Iran

Nicholas Thompson from Wired magazine explains Twitter's role in Iran during the post-election unrest, even as some means of communication are blocked by the government. Link to video

The international community believes that. And right now, we are bearing witness to the Iranian peoples' belief in that truth, and we will continue to bear witness. Steve Clemons sees an Obama shift on how to respond to Iran with notable Joe Biden ...

Steve Clemons, director of New America Foundation's American Strategy program, discusses the violent protests in Iran. Link to audio

But Afshin Molavi, an Iran expert at the New America Foundation, said that the vast majority of Iranians today want better relations with the United States, and middle-class Iranians in particular, he said, were hoping that the Iranian regime would ...

This is not a new clash; what the world is watching in Tehran is yet another chapter of Islam grappling with modernity, democracy and lucrative financial cronyism.

“Obama is in a bind because, because he's seen as a transformational figure,” said Steve Clemons, an analyst at the New America Foundation, a policy research institute in Washington. “And now he seems to be wanting to talk to the leaders instead of the ...

Steve Clemons, an expert at the New America Foundation, a Washington research center, said Obama made a "mistake" to dismiss the differences between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi. "Obama may not have meant to but he conveyed disrespect for the process at ...

This week's protests in Iran are truly unprecedented, says Iran expert Afshin Molavi in an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE. The demonstrators come from all walks of life and from across the country. Discontent with Tehran's hardline leadership is widespread.

SPIEGEL ONLINE: On Thursday, a million people demonstrated in the streets of Tehran. Are we witnessing a revolution in Iran?

But that characterization is not always true, said Afshin Molavi, a Washington-based Iran analyst at the New America Foundation who spent time with Basiji while researching a book. "The Basiji volunteer militia . . . are not monolithic," he said, ...

"This anti-Ahmadinejad image is connecting with a lot of Iranians because many feel Ahmadinejad has gone too far, said too many outlandish things and is responsible for a serious financial crisis the country is in," said Afshin Molavi, a senior fellow ...