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Article
04 June 2013
Iran’s new barbaric laws
In other countries there are pre-election promises. In Iran there is new, barbaric legislation....
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Article
03 June 2013
Armenia’s Choice – Will it be Russia or the EU? And why it should matter to the West
EFD Fellow Anna Borshchevskaya writes about Armenia's political future in Turkish Policy Quarterly....
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Article
31 May 2013
New evidence of Iran’s destabilising influence across South America
Argentinian General Prosecutor Alberto Nisman presented a 500-page dossier providing evidence of the Iranian regime’s efforts at ‘infiltrating’ several South American countries ‘
New evidence of Iran's destabilising influence across South America
By Albany Tribune -- (May 31, 2013)
By Roberta Bonazzi
EFD commends the work of Argentinian General Prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who this week presented a 500-page dossier, providing ev...
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Article
31 May 2013
Saeed Jalili and Israel
Iran's presidential candidate Saeed Jalili has not concealed his desire to confront Israel....
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Article
29 May 2013
The Legacy of Ahmadinejad
Over the past eight years President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has become one of the world's most talked-about leaders for his controversial statements and uncompromising views....
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Article
23 May 2013
Iran: The logic of Totalitarian power
Iran's presidential elections are testing the country's power structures and many suspect that it is on its way to becoming a totalitarian state....
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Article
16 May 2013
Hezbollah activism online
In Germany a Shi'a Islamic website has emerged which acts to recruit Hezbollah sympathisers. This article is only available in German.
Das Shia-Forum.de tritt als eine religiöse Vereinigung auf und verbreitet alle religiösen und politischen Mythen der totalitären Herrscher im Iran in deutscher Sprache. Sie sind Anhänger von Ayatollah Khomeini, Gründer der islamistischen Diktatur im Iran. Sie gehorchen dem heutigen Revolutionsführer A...
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Article
15 May 2013
Iran recruits online for militants to fight Israel
Will the West install a political framework which secures peace and development in Syria, or will its people continue to suffer, much to the benefit of Iran's paranoid leadership?...
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Article, Interview
14 May 2013
Iran: EFD Senior Fellow says reform is impossible in the Islamic Republic
Interview: EFD Senior Fellow says he is "closing the book" on the possibility of reform in the Islamic Republic....
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Article
14 May 2013
Iran: No Freedom of Religion
The Iranian government continues to carry out human rights violations on the basis of religious affiliation....
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Interview
14 May 2013
Prospects for Reform in the Arab World
EFD Programme Director Ahmad Mansour says that as long as secular voices in the Arab world are not tolerated, prospects for change remain elusive....
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Article
13 May 2013
Proscribing Hezbollah: a boost for Lebanon and EU
Senior EFD Policy Advisor, Magnus Norell, discusses how an EU agreement to proscribe the Shi'a militant group Hezbollah could benefit both the EU and Lebanon....
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Article
08 May 2013
Online recruitment of Iranian militants
An Iranian website associated with the country's Supreme Leader is attempting to recruit individuals to attack Israel....
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Article
06 May 2013
China: Iran’s economic saviour
Iran's relationship with China has become a strategic lifeline, as the country bears the weight of international sanctions....
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Article
02 May 2013
Iran: elections without democracy
In the run-up to 2013 Iran’s presidential elections, EFD Fellow, Wahied Wahdat-Hagh discusses the prospects for democracy in a country where Islamists keep maintaining control....
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Article
30 April 2013
Iran: Poverty on the rise
Unemployment and labour unrest are on the rise in Iran, but the government is ignoring the issue....
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Article
25 April 2013
Iran awaits Presidential Elections
There are growing discussions over who should become Iran's next president....
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Article
25 April 2013
When jihadism becomes a domestic threat
Claims that radicalisation occurs through a lack of integration are unfounded says EFD Senior Policy Advisor....
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Article
24 April 2013
Ahmadinejad attempts to postpone elections
Iranian politicians say President Ahmadinejad wants to postpone upcoming elections....
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Article
23 April 2013
EU and Egypt: realpolitik vs. human rights
Valentina Colombo examines EU policy towards Egypt in light of recent sectarian violence.
The EU’s High Representative, Catherine Ashton, was visiting Cairo when, during the funeral service for four Egyptian Christians who were recently killed, violence broke out once again between Coptic Christians and Muslims around St Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, in the Abbasiyya quarter. Two people died and some 80 were wounded.
Since the beginning...
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Article
18 April 2013
Iranian cleric says house arrests don’t exist in Islam
Iranian cleric says reformist politicians Mir Hussein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi are not under house arrest....
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Article
17 April 2013
Iranian regime targets actresses
The Iranian regime is using the help of Interpol to track Iranian actresses....
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Article
09 April 2013
No stop for Iran’s nuclear ambitions
On the occasion of Iran's "national day of atomic technology", President Ahmadinejad warns that no state is capable of halting its nuclear programme. Are negotiations doomed to fail?...
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Article
05 April 2013
No word on Iranian agent detained in Bulgaria
During preparations for an attack on a synagogue, an Iranian al-Quds Brigade is arrested in Sofia....
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Article
04 April 2013
I used to be an Islamist
EFD Programme Director Ahmad Mansour tells of how he turned his back on the allure of religious fundamentalism....
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Article
04 April 2013
The Little Girls’ Revolution
The tragic death of an 8 year-old girl sparks passing of Child Protection Law in the United Arab Emirates....
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Article
03 April 2013
How Islamists deny the Holocaust
A leading Iranian newspaper claims the Jewish festival of Purim was a holocaust committed against the Persians....
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Article
26 March 2013
Does the key to Tehran lie in Moscow?
In the below article, EFD Fellow, Wahied Wahdat-Hagh draws attention to Russian-Iranian relations, which could represent an alternative to the Iranian-American dialogue in solving the nuclear issue....
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Article
22 March 2013
What is the future for US-Iranian relations?
Today Iran enjoys the prospect of improved relations with Russia, yet hope for dialogue with the US looks set to remain bleak....
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Article
16 March 2013
Losing influence in Africa, Morocco has to change its policy
In the below article, EFD Senior Fellow, Bakary Sambe discusses how growing Turkish influence within West Africa is leaving regional powers such as Morocco looking further south for new opportunities....
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Article
15 March 2013
Acceptance or resistance? Iran’s nuclear ambitions
Iranian scholar says that the West must accept Iran's nuclear programme if it wants to avoid war....
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Broadcast
15 March 2013
Salafism as a danger to society
EFD Policy Advisor Ahmad Mansour talks about the appeal and danger of Salafism
On March 15, the Forum Emanzipatorischer Islam, along with the support of the European Foundation for Democracy hosted an evening of discussion on Salafism. EFD Policy Advisor Ahmad Mansour talks about the appeal and danger of the Islamic fundamentalist movement especially to young people.
Click here to listen the Ö1 Radio report.
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Article
08 March 2013
Iran: Children under Pressure to Convert
Harassment against Bahai schoolchildren is on the rise, as Iranian schoolteachers are given instructions from the state to pressure children to covert to Islam....
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Article
07 March 2013
A nuclear train without brakes
The historical narrative paints a clear picture that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons and shows no signs of being deterred. EFD Fellow, Wahied Wahdat-Hag deals with this issue showing the failure of UN nuclear negotiations with Iran....
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Article
07 March 2013
Iran: Violence against the Bahai goes unpunished (Part 1)
The Bahai religious minority has been victimised for more than 30 years by the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Bahai International Community has published a new report entitled, “Violence with Impunity: Acts of Aggression Against Iran’s Bahai Community”....
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Article
01 March 2013
Iran: Farmer rebellion due to water scarcity
In areas of Iran people are suffering from water scarcity. This recently sparked off a farmer rebellion in Ishafan, where insurgents burned down buses and attacked a police station to free arrested farmers....
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