By Struan Stevenson
Posted on UPI.COM on July 12, 2013
How easily the West allows itself to be repeatedly duped by the religious fascist rulers of Iran. Past-masters at the art of deception, they have defied world opinion for the past decade in their race to build nuclear weapons but after eight tortuous years of confrontation with the unstable Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the helm, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei finally realized that the only way to buy more time was to convince the West that a moderate had emerged as the new president of Iran.
By Maryam Rajavi,
Posted on Huffingtonpost on June 14, 2013
The winds of change that swept through the Middle East are nearing, of all places, Iran. As the Presidential Elections get underway on Friday, there is evidence the strength of the nation's theocracy is weakening. Late last month the unelected watchdog Guardian Council disqualified the two-time former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's protégé, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei.
By Robert Joseph
Posted on NationalReview on June 03, 2013
June may prove to be a critical month in determining the outcome of Iran’s nuclear program and the future of the theocratic regime itself. This week, the IAEA Board of Governors will convene, and on June 14, Iran will hold its presidential election (with a possible runoff one week later).
By ALIREZA JAFARZADEH, UPI Outside View Commentator
WASHINGTON, May 28 (UPI) -- The Iranian regimes presidential election, which is scheduled for June 14, took several dramatic turns last week when the Guardian Council disqualified former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who had surprised everyone by standing in for the elections.
The Islamic Republic of Iran often is in the news, and usually for all the wrong reasons. Tehran is suspected of developing nuclear weapons, though U.S. intelligence agencies see no evidence of an active nuclear weapons program. Iran also has a deteriorating human rights record.