Category: Commentary

Fouad Ajami : Iran and the ‘Freedom Recession’

In his piece in the Wall Street Journal, Fouad Ajami makes some good points:
“a year after the fraudulent election last June 12, the theocracy is entrenched and the Revolutionary Guards and the Basij, the regime’s murderous paramilitaries, man a political order bereft of mercy and restraint. Iran was not fated to have its “velvet revolution.” [...]

Wednesday June 16th, 2010 in Commentary, News | No Comments »

Iranian Kurds Mourned Their Death With a Day on Strike

To Protest the death of 5 political prisoners of which 4 were Kurdish political prisoners, Iranian Kurds went on strike on a coordinated campaign by exiled Kurdish opposition political parties.

Saturday May 15th, 2010 in Articles, Commentary, News | No Comments »

Looking Back at the Mykonos Trial

This article was written on the 10th anniversary of Mykonos Verdict where a highest German court found top Iranian officials including then the President of the Islamic regime of Iran, Rafasnajani (CNN: German court implicates Iran leaders in ‘92 killings)responsible for the death of Dr. Sadegh Sharafkandi the leader of Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (PDKI) [...]

Sunday April 11th, 2010 in Commentary, FlashBack, Human Rights, Interests, News, Updates | No Comments »

Two Opposing Perspectives on Iran’s Ethnic Groups

Although the regime has been able to contain the Green Movement for its part, the debate over this movement and its direction still dominates much of the media frenzy about Iran.  As the Middle East Institute hosted an event to discuss Iran’s Kurds as one of the largest ethnic groups in Iran where I argued [...]

Saturday March 20th, 2010 in Activities, Articles, Commentary, News | No Comments »

What to do with Iran?

What to do about Iran is a puzzling question in the minds of many who have a vested interest in this country and its people.  Though, there are no wrong or right answers to this questions, my colleague, Loghman H. Ahmedi has drafted a brief analysis of all possible answers and solutions to this dilemma [...]

Friday March 5th, 2010 in Articles, Commentary, News | No Comments »

Medya News Report: Iranian Regime Will Be Pressed at the UN Human Right Body

Representatives of nationalities in Iran (Azerbaijan, Balouchistan, Ahwaz and Kurdistan) will also be present at the 7th Session of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review Working Group according to Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran’s (PDKI)representative in UK, which is the main ethnic group opposition to the Islamist regime in Tehran.

Sunday February 14th, 2010 in Commentary, Human Rights, News | No Comments »

PDKI: The Kurdish Nation in Iran Should Participate in the Revolution Anniversary Demonstrations

10 Feb 2010 – Medya News – A few days left to the Anniversary of 1979 Revolution in Iran, and everyone views this year’s celebrations and anniversary differently.  The general perception is that the Islamic regime that hijacked the 1979 Revolution, its days are numbered and the people in Iran can create another epic in [...]

Wednesday February 10th, 2010 in Commentary, News | No Comments »

Michael Gerson: The Green Revolution has not yet built effective cooperation with Iran’s oppressed minorities

It is about time that oppressed national minorities are well heard in Washington that they must be listened to by both the Green Movement and the policy makers around the world. The success of the green revolution is, in many ways, tied to its approach on the minorities and the minorities’ response will depend on the promises pledged by the [...]

Thursday February 4th, 2010 in Commentary, News | No Comments »

Mostafa Hejri: The Green Movement and Responsibilities That Lie Ahead

This piece by our Secretary-general Mostafa Hejri is Party policy direction in regards to Iran’s green movement that first and foremost appeals to the green movement organizers to “propose leaders for this movement who will not only shape it rightly until the toppling of the regime, but who will also contribute to spreading it. Expanding the Green [...]

Tuesday February 2nd, 2010 in Commentary, News | No Comments »

5 people arrested in intelligence and governor’s offices in Iranian Kurdistan

This clearly proves how terrified the regime is when powerful Kurdish political groups show force against the regime.  The regime is now getting ready to confront a new wave of uprisings, this time around, across the country on the anniversary of the 1979 Revolution.

Wednesday January 27th, 2010 in Commentary, News | No Comments »