Realism has beaten idealism
By Alex Bigham. Source: The Guardian Comment is Free
A new order is taking shape in the Middle East with Iran and Syria at its centre, but will human rights and democracy be the losers?
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Where to take the nuclear family
By Alex Bigham. Source: The Spectator
24th June 2006
Is there another Iran? One where people care about things other than turning yellowcake into uranium hexafluoride gas? One where the fashion accessories are not just nuclear worker's face masks or chadors? One where the price of watermelons is more keenly debated than the scale of the Holocaust?
Going face to face
By Alex Bigham. Source: The Guardian Comment is Free
In the hall of mirrors, Iran may quietly be welcoming Washington's offer of talks.
Iran's Media Battleground
By Philip Fiske de Gouveia. Source: The Guardian
Washington's plan to expand Farsi-language TV and radio broadcasts may fuel the media equivalent of an arms race
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