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Update on Iran with Roger Cohen of "The New York Times" and "International Herald Tribune" from Iran and Robin Wright of "The Washington Post" from Washington
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Christopher 06/24/2009 08:17 AM Report
Also, Robin's explanation of matyrdom was interesting.
Christopher 06/24/2009 08:15 AM Report
Yep, I agree with morgansmith, I think that Roger is a solid reporter. Even though I don't always agree with him, he seems to do his work honestly. And the guy is in his mid fifties! If I were that age, I would not be in Iran during this thing.
morgansmith 06/23/2009 08:22 PM Report
I have the highest regard for Mr. Cohen. His has always been a human, intelligent voice, and he has steadfastly refused to demonize anyone. I do not always agree with him, but I always am interested in what he had to say on the politics of this troubled, and vexing, region.
RWillis 06/23/2009 03:59 PM Report
I wonder if Mr. Cohen is able to say and report everything he sees going on in Iran. It seems that journalists are getting tossed out of the country daily. I'm curious if he worries about what he reports and if that will jeopardize his ability to stay there to work. I also wonder if he fears for his safety.
REMant 06/23/2009 10:44 AM Report
I thought the president's statement about this last week could not have been improved upon. Anything the admin would have said could have done nothing but harm at that juncture. If he could have had some immediate impact then it might have been worth it, but the Iranian protestors already know most of the rest of the world is behind them, if it is important to them, and it ought to be clear that unless they are in extremis no one is going to be invading the country on their behalf in any case. Maybe not even then, if you recall the situation with dissent in Iraq after the first Gulf War. This is, and even after the killings this weekend, has to be, the Iranian's own business, and we have no business encouraging sedition in another country. Those who are saying we should do this or that are either short-sighted or plain conceited. I suggest that if they really want protest, they go there and do just that. Nevertheless, as even my mother observed, if the govt can count all the ballots in less than a day, they surely don't need to take a mere 10% sample to check the result, and there is ample evidence that the results have been manipulated. Many have pointed to Ahmadinejad's support in rural areas as the reason for his political success, but a London-based Chatham House study said conservative candidates, particularly Ahmadinejad, were "markedly unpopular" in rural areas in past presidential elections, and that it would not likely have been possible for the president to have obtained the additional 13 million votes more than his 2005 election total, considering that they would have had to come from groups opposed to him. The figures just don't add up. Yesterday the govt acknowledged that it found voting irregularities in 50 of 170 districts, including vote counts that exceeded the number of eligible voters, but which it said were not enough to affect the outcome.