Rise of anti-election movement in Iran

Interview with Hamid Taqvaee May 29, 2005 Maryam Namazie: The Islamic Republic of Iran is holding its presidential ‘election’ on June 17. You have stated this is not a real election. Why do you say that? Hamid Taqvaee: Actually by any standards, these cannot be called elections. The first reason is that in the Islamic [...]

Referendum or Revolution?

Interview with Hamid Taqvaee May 22, 2005 Maryam Namazie: There is a debate on the open democracy website entitled ‘Iran between democracy and revolution’. The debate has been started by Mohsen Sazegara who was part of Khomeini’s inner sanctum. He had a key role in creating the notorious Revolutionary Guards, the Islamic Pasdaran, as well [...]