Mohammad Khatami Commentary

Testing Tehran

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Feb 18, 2009
America needs to strategize for any potential summit with Iran. By using quiet negotiations now, we can avoid major embarrassment if a future meeting ends up failing.

Iran's "Moderate" Election

Geoffrey Kemp | Feb 10, 2009
Lots of Westerners are happy about Mohammad Khatami’s presidential candidacy in Iran. But they’re wrong to think he’ll change Tehran’s foreign policy.

Iranians Cast Their Votes

Barbara Slavin | Mar 12, 2008
The American election looks a lot more exciting to Iranians than their own vote to be held on Friday. Who the Iranians are rooting for at home and abroad.

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.

Brainwashed in Boston?

Sleepless in Washington | Sep 07, 2006
Governor Romney is so vociferously misinformed on Iranian leaders, only one explanation seems plausible: the Romney family malady.

The Victory of an Iranian Choice

Nir Boms
Reza Bulorchi
| Mar 31, 2004
If doubts remained as to the extent that last month's rigged Iranian elections were boycotted by Iranian citizens, they were put to rest Tuesday, March 16.

Viva la Reformers!

Reza Bulorchi
Nir Boms
| Jan 28, 2004
Defying conventional wisdom, fresh voices of freedom appear to be coming from the Middle East as of late.

Iran: Elections and Legitimacy

Geoffrey Kemp | Jan 28, 2004
US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage recently referred to Iran as a "sort of democracy.

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