Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Commentary

Iran Update: Khamenei on the Way Out?

| Jul 06, 2009

Shunning the Mullahs

Hossein Askari | Jun 17, 2009
Iran is seeing its greatest crisis since the 1979 Revolution. If America avoids legitimizing the regime, the government may well fall.

The Next Iranian Elections

Hossein Askari | Mar 21, 2007
With parliamentary and presidential elections slated for the next two years, political posturing in the Islamic Republic provides insight into potential power shifts in Tehran.

Iran's Tectonic Elections

Hossein Askari | Dec 21, 2006
Ahmadinejad and his defeat may have been the headliner in the elections, but there is a more preponderant, slower-moving back-story to the vote, reflecting a potential shift in a real center of power.

Iran, Tyranny and Democracy

Roger Howard | Jun 17, 2005
Administration officials in Washington have been quick to venture fierce criticisms of the forthcoming presidential elections in Iran, which are being held this week to find a successor to the outgoing President Khatami.

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