AWARDS CEREMONY (Video Report)
14 june 2011, Leiden University, Faculty of Law, Lorentzzaal
1st prize winner
How can Iranians, in general, and particularly the Green Movement, bring democracy into their country eventually?
2nd prize winner
Although the picture with regards to prospects for change in Iran is not as optimistic as many wish it would be, positive outcomes cannot be excluded.
3rd prize winner
Beyond Impoverished Rights: A Critical Reflection on Current Discourses of Human Rights in Iran
Call for Participation
IPY Essay Contest 2011: «Prospect of Change in Iran». Share your ideas and prospects concerning the possibilities of change in Iran.
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Essays
The Green Movement: A Losing Winner
How can Iranians, in general, and particularly the Green Movement, bring democracy into their country eventually? (more)
Prospect of Change in Iran
Although the picture with regards to prospects for change in Iran is not as optimistic as many wish it would be, positive outcomes cannot be excluded. (more)
Beyond Impoverished Rights
A Critical Reflection on Current Discourses of Human Rights in Iran (more)
Pathology of the Iranian Change
How the Global Community Can Help (more)
Iran: The Democratic Illusion
Why parliamentary democracy will not solve Iran’s problems (and is unlikely to be achieved anyway) (more)
The Political Praxis of Iran’s Green Movement
Autors requested not publishing their article online because it is part of the dissertation that thay are each in the process of writing. (more)
The Death of Neda Agha-Soltan
The video of Neda attests to the image’s potential of rupturing the sensible regime that imprisones us, revealing an ethical interdependency on one another. (more)
Evaluating The Danger of a Post-Islamic Dystopia
An Iranian Secular Democracy Must promise to include all Iranian citizens, not only Persians (more)
New Persia
Taking over the Islamic Republic cleric by cleric, lawyer by lawyer and region by region will weaken the regime and expand freedom to create a New Persia. (more)
Iranians your salvation is now
” There is never a time in the future to work out our salvation, the best time is now”. (more)
What are the ways to bring about a democratic change in Iran?
If the Persian people want real change and want it now, we must formulate a decisive plan of attack and present it to the international community.
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Prospect of change in Iran
Concerning to the culture of Iran, spirit of nation has to be understood, accepted and packed into the modern shape. (more)
On democracy and Iran
The civil society can actively play a role towards facilitating democratic institutionalization by actively educating, enlightening and empowering people from the grassroots level. (more)