https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-Tragedy-of-the-Left-s-Discourse-on-Iran https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-Tragedy-of-the-Left-s-Discourse-on-Iran 2009-07-19T15:25:35Z text/html en Saeed Rahnema Iran <p>The electoral coup and the subsequent uprising and suppression of the revolting voters in Iran have prompted all sorts of analyses in Western media from both the Right and the Left. The Right, mostly inspired by the neo-con ideology and reactionary perspectives, dreams of the re-creation of the Shah's Iran, looks for pro-American/pro-Israeli allies among the disgruntled Iranian public, and seeks an Eastern European type velvet revolution.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV414-July-2009-" rel="directory">IV414 - July 2009</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Iran-+" rel="tag">Iran</a>