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Karim Sadjadpour
Karim Sadjadpour is an associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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Iran: One Year Later
Karim Sadjadpour Series: Islam 2010-06-02One year after the contested re-election of hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spurred the country’s largest popular uprisings since the 1979 Islamic revolution, the regime has violently quelled its opponents. But the country’s deep internal rifts – both among political elites as well as between government and society – are far from being reconciled.... read Comments: 1 Recommended: 1 Read: 13759
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Iran Encounters Obama
Karim Sadjadpour Series: The World in Words 2008-12-24Expectations of Barack Obama’s ability to influence US-Iran relations should be realistic, but even an unsuccessful US attempt to reach out has merit. If it becomes evident that hardliners in Iran – not America – are blocking better relations, internal elite and popular opposition could build, potentially creating large, unpredictable cleavages within Iran's political system. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 13191
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Does Iran’s Parliamentary Election Matter?
Karim Sadjadpour Series: The World in Words 2008-03-07Iran’s Majles (parliament) is a second-tier player in the country's power structure, subordinate to the will and whim of the unelected Guardian Council. Even so, the Majles can play an important role in framing national debates, and the upcoming election will be a crucial test of strength between President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad's hard-line allies and more pragmatic conservatives.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 14729
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Pakistan’s Iranian Shadow
Karim Sadjadpour Series: The World in Words 2008-01-17As the future of Pakistan wallows in uncertainty, parallels are being drawn to the 1979 fall of the Shah and the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Once again, a liberal elite rails against a dictator, confident that their country is primed for secular democracy, but ready to embrace a politics of rage in which Islamist extremists thrive.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 15808
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Can US-Iran Relations Be Revived?
Karim Sadjadpour Series: Islam 2004-12-01During World War II, Allied soldiers occupied Iran, using the country as a way station to transport supplies from the Persian Gulf to the Soviet Union. This was Iran’s first exposure to Americans. “They arrived in our country with a certain innocence,” said the respected Iranian historian Kaveh Bayat, “and without any colonial pretenses.” ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 20518
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The Revolt of the Mullahs
Karim Sadjadpour Series: Islam 2004-02-26Iran's election fiasco seemingly confirmed for Iranian reformists a conclusion that tens of millions of Iranian citizens reached long ago - the country's Islamic government, as it exists today, is beyond rehabilitation. Whether ordinary Iranians now believe that the reformers are also beyond redemption is an open question. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 15509
