Why Rafsanjani is so important for the Greens
Six months ago in Mashad, Iran, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani delivered a speech to a group of Iranian student activists saying: “If people want us, we will govern; and if they don’t, we will have to go.” This might have seemed like nothing new, but it wasn’t coming from just anyone — it was said by […]
Candidates seeing green over Mousavi’s campaign
The color green can be seen almost all over Iran these days. From campaign posters, wrist bands, ribbons, scarves, and magazines, green is bringing a change to Iran’s election — or so is the hope of presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi. The color has become a symbol for the Mousavi Campaign; supporters covered from head to […]