Iran Goes on Strike
Reza Aslan, a contributor to the Daily Beast, is assistant professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside and senior fellow at the Orfalea Center on Global and International Studies at UC Santa Barbara. He is the author of the bestseller No god but God and How to Win a Cosmic War.
Reza Aslan reports that opposition leaders in Iran are planning a three-day strike to be carried out under the cover of a religious holiday. The revolution, it turns out, is far from over.
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The battle between pro-democracy activists and the hardline regime over President Ahmadinejad's disputed election victory is the culmination of years of tension between a variety of powerful leaders. Who are the major players in the standoff?
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Pillars of the Islamic Revolution are turning against the supreme leader and a massive, bloody security crackdown on the thousands of peaceful protesters is looking increasingly likely-leaving Obama with a huge dilemma.
Iran's Riveting Political Drama
Reza Aslan, a contributor to the Daily Beast, is assistant professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside and senior fellow at the Orfalea Center on Global and International Studies at UC Santa Barbara. He is the author of the bestseller No god but God and How to Win a Cosmic War.
No matter who wins on Friday, this election season has been unlike any other in Iran, with Twittering political rallies, rancorous televised debates-and a challenger that has Ahmadinejad lifting pages from Obama's playbook. The Daily Beast hits the streets in Iran to gauge the mood.
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The writer, who uses a pseudonym for his own safety, is a university student in Iran.
While incumbent Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declares victory, runner-up candidate says it's fraud. Iranian university student Telmah Parsa on the divergent groups-Iran's young hipsters versus their deeply religious parents-that may have swayed presidential election, and why the country's semi-democratic process is still much richer than the Middle East's other faux elections.
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