Category Archives: Iran

Strong Women (and Men)

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Muller

On my numerous visits to Iran during the last decade I have rarely come across nomads. Once, when being on trips from the southern city of Shiraz to Pasargadae and the Margoon waterfalls in the Zagros mountains, my young companion pointed … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review, Iran | Tagged Jon Thompson, Nasrollah Kasraian, nomads, Richard Tapper, Shahsevan | 1 Comment

Resuming the Talks

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Muller

Update below. Finally, Tehran has positively responded to a request, or invitation, from Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, to revive talks in Vienna on the nuclear issue. The meeting is supposed to be held on November 15-17. Another … Continue reading →

Posted in IAEA, Iran, NPT, P5+1 | Tagged Bushehr nuclear plant, Catherine Ashton, Eric A. Brill, Flynt Leverett, hypocrisy, ISIS, LEU, medical isotopes, Safeguards Agreement IAEA-Iran, Tehran Research Reactor, UN Charta, Vienna Talks | Leave a comment

Hiking In the Danger Zone

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Muller

Update below. It is hoped that the enormous amount of data on the Iraq war 2003-2010 which have been made public by Julian Assange and WikiLeaks this week will keep analysts busy for the coming weeks. Amazingly, the leaked 391,832 military documents, … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, Iraq, USA | Tagged As Sulaymaniyah, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, Joshua Fattal, Julian Assange, Kurdish-Iraq, Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer, WikiLeaks | Leave a comment

Eric A. Brill’s Arguments

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Muller

I have foretold the final result of last year’s presidential election in Iran already early in May 2009. I wrote at that time, “Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei can’t help but only endorse ‘his’ president Ahmadinejad. And when he is going to … Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Iran | Tagged Benford's Law, election fraud, Eric A. Brill, Flynt Leverett, Hillary Mann Leverett, Iran's presidential election 2009, peer review, scientific method | 2 Comments

Freedom of Press

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Muller

Update below. According to Reporters sans frontières (Reporters Without Borders), a France-based non-governmental organization, latest Press Freedom Index (covering the period between 1 September 2009 and 1 September 2010), Iran ranks 175, with 178 countries assessed. Only Turkmenistan, North Korea and … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran | Tagged crack down, dictatorship, freedom of press, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, opinion polls, presidential election, Tehran University, WorlPublicOpinion | Leave a comment

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