Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Human rights groups are trying to track how many Iranians are in custody following last month's disputed presidential election in Iran.
Iranians returned to the streets of Tehran Thursday to protest a disputed presidential vote. Analysts assess the latest developments.
The street calm in Iran is misleading, although the scale of demonstrations has subsided, the depth of people’s sense of outrage and injustice has not.
While Europe and the United States have been vocal in their response to the turmoil in Iran, its neighbors in the Arab world have been noticeably silent.
The large crowds we witnessed last week in Tehran may have subsided for now, but the uneasy calm is misleading.
Reviewing past cases of rigged elections in authoritarian and transition countries can illuminate the prospects for Iran's opposition.
The Iranian opposition is entering a new phase. Instead of mass rallies they are now focusing on civil disobedience, including strikes among merchants, labourers, and key industries of the Iranian economy.
In the aftermath of Iran's disputed election the opposition has grown bolder, seeking to fundamentally change the system of government by abolishing or seriously weakening unelected leadership positions, including that of the Supreme Leader, whose authority has never been challenged before.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's hotly contested victory in Iran's presidential election has led to protests of a size and nature not seen since the 1979 revolution.
Riot police attacked hundreds of demonstrators with tear gas and fired live bullets in the air to disperse a rally in central Tehran Monday, carrying out a threat by the country's most powerful security force to crush any further opposition protests over the disputed presidential election.