Just as Iranian ex-leftwingers in the west call for reconciliation between the two wings of the Islamic regime, the ruling faction clamps down on its rivals. Yassamine Mather reports The Stalinist show trial of Saturday August 1 – when a number of prominent ‘reformists’ appeared on Iranian state TV to ‘thank their interrogators’ before repenting …
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Out of step with the masses
With the crisis-ridden Islamic regime wracked by divisions, what is the state of Iran’s opposition? Yassamine Mather surveys the sorry scene Statements from some of the most senior clerics of Iran’s Islamic state has left little doubt that the Shia republic is in deep crisis. First came the rather sad sermon of ayatollah Ali Akbar …
Interview mit Yassamine Mather zur Frage des ‘antiimperialistischen’ Charakters des iranischen Regimes
Interview mit Yassamine Mather, Sprecherin der Organisation “Hands Off the People of Iran” (HOPI) zur Frage des “antiimperialistischen” Charakters des iranischen Regimes – Interview with Hopi spokesperson Yassamine Mather on the question of the ‘anti-imperialist’ character of the Iranian regime. A.Holberg Würden Sie bitte die Geschichte und das Programm von “Hands Off the People of …
Iran: le debut de la fin
French translation of Yassamine Mather’s article ‘The Beginning of the End’ on the Carre Rouge website.
Iran: their solidarity and ours
Yassamine Mather examines a regime in crisis and looks to working class forces for a solution The continuation of demonstrations and protests against the Islamic republic of Iran, albeit on a smaller scale than two weeks ago, have fuelled further divisions at every level of the religious state: the Shia scholars of Ghom oppose the …
Beyond Moussavi: The Movement of the Iranian Masses
An article by Hopi Steering Committee Member David Broder on the Commune website: While in the last two years there were strikes on the Tehran bus network and in isolated factories, as well as illegal student protests thousands strong, the post-election demonstrations were by far the greatest challenge to the authority of the Ayatollahs’ regime …
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Against imperialist war, against theocratic rule
Mike Macnair explains why it is now more urgent than ever to fight on two fronts (first published in the Weekly Worker- source) In last week’s issue James Turley charted the responses of the British left to the mass mobilisations in Iran against Ahmadinejad’s ‘re-election’ and to the repression unleashed by the regime. In the …
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Iran: first round to Ahmadinejad?
Permanent Revolution and HOPI Steering Committee member Stuart King on the largest period of social unrest in Iran since 1979. Following the announcement of “an overwhelming victory” for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the 12 June Presidential election and the defeat of opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, up to a million people poured onto the streets in …
A Different Regime
Through his election coup Ahmadinejad has initiated a military-style government, argues Mehdi Kia The Islamic regime in Iran has entered an irreversible turning point. In the first instance, on the morning of June 13 2009 it was fundamentally different from what existed before. At the same time the events of the last two weeks have …
Beginning of the End by Yassamine Mather
Ayatollah Khamenei’s June 19 speech reminded many Iranians of some of the utterances of the shah in the last months of his rule: former president and current chairman of the ‘assembly of experts’ Ali Akbar Rafsanjani cannot be corrupt – he has been the supreme leader’s friend for over 50 years! Everyone in Iran had …