Iran’s Remarkable Election

The large number of nonvoters suggests that the movement for a free, internationally monitored referendum on the Islamic Republic’s constitution could gain widespread support. We must now work to make…

Iran’s massive protest movement against June’s electoral coup is now moving into a new phase. What are its prospects?

Basic demographic and socioeconomic factors in Iran are favorable to democratization. The mullahs may hope to stave off democratic change by emulating the Chinese model, but this strategy is doomed…