Why Iran '09 Could Be Like Florida '00

Foreign Policy by Karim Sadjadpour | Jun. 11, 2009 (News Analysis)

Americans can be forgiven for being a bit confused about the upcoming Iranian elections. While four years ago Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called Iran a "totalitarian" state, today some media outlets are touting Mir Hossein Mousavi -- incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's strongest challenger -- as Iran's Barack Obama. Though Iranian politics are wholly unique, analyzing these elections in an American political context -- however incongruous the ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics
Topics: Iran, Foreign Policy, Bush Administration
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Posted by: via Foreign Policy - Jun 11, 2009 - 1:16 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Kaizar Campwala (review), Walter Cox (review)
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 by Walter Cox - Jun. 12, 2009

Wow! This story is very heavy on imprecise analogies with American politics, yet it laid out some basics of the Iranian political scene that had previously eluded me. I wouldn't, on the basis of this article, pretend to understand very much, yet after reading it I have at least progressed beyond my black hole of total ignorance.

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 by Kaizar Campwala - Jun. 12, 2009

Though the author tries a little to hard with the America comparisons at times, this was on the whole an informative read for an American trying to understand the Iranian political landscape.

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 by Derek Hawkins - Jun. 11, 2009

While his divine inspirations, lack of introspection, and polarizing rhetoric have frequently earned comparisons to George W. Bush, what’s unclear is whether ... More »

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