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Independence Without Freedom: Iran's Foreign Policy R. K. Ramazani, Rouhollah K. Ramazani
Publisher: University of Virginia Press

May 30, 2014 - Not So Happy In Iran · Christian Caryl | 19 hours ago .. "Even the big outlets like Weekly Eleven don't go against public opinion," it said, referring to a local newspaper that, in 2011, earned a Press Freedom Prize from media watchdog group Reporters Without Borders. Interests in the region – those interests are not democracy and freedom, but oil/gas resources and geopolitical control vis a vis China and Russia. Jun 8, 2011 - While it is true that the Arab popular uprisings, including the one in Bahrain, are not primarily motivated by sectarian identities and that they are home-grown and independent social movements without any ties to Iran, it can hardly be disputed that Iran . "Right now I am fielding a considerable amount of pressure from different quarters over this sensitive issue," Dunkley wrote in the memo, which was obtained by Foreign Policy. Apr 17, 2014 - Independent institutions such as the polling organisation, the Levada-Centre, are under massive administrative attack, subjected to measures such as regular and intrusive tax inspections. Will accept whatever monarchy or demagogue supports U.S. Sep 3, 2012 - Not only does the heavily attended summit lend “legitimacy” to Iran's foreign policy behavior, as former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton, noted bitterly, but it also serves as a stark reminder of the abysmal failure of the Obama administration's policy of . If Bergdahl has to endure a third martyrdom, then perhaps it wasn't so In the link to the Fox News clip of Ralph Peters, he's initially asked how a soldier can just "walk away" without others on the base knowing about it. Peters responds, in essence, that no soldier would go out alone. 3 days ago - Secondly, he was martyred on the altar of a foreign policy that is ostensibly about exporting "freedom" and is in reality a longstanding and ongoing crime against liberty. The revolution was therefore at the same time a revolt against the monarchy and a war of liberation against US “imperialism,” as embodied by its key catchphrase: "Independence, freedom, Islamic Republic.".