Ali Reza Eshraghi

Institute for War and Peace Reporting

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Iran's Project Manager at the Institute for War and Peace Reporting and a teaching fellow in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; former senior editor at several of Iran's reformist dailies

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Four years ago, widespread protests over President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election appeared to  threaten Iran's clerical leadership. Some dissidents are still in jail.

Iran's Presidential Election: Interesting after All

Four years ago, widespread protests over President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election appeared to  threaten Iran's clerical leadership. Some dissidents are still in jail.

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