FP contributors weigh in on the latest from Iran

We’ve had a whole lot of content on Iran this week tied to today’s demonstrations. Here’s a quick guide: Colum Lynch profiled the key players in the Iran sanctions debate.  Daniel Drezner wondered how we will be able to tell if the protests are having any effect.  Stephen Walt said the lack of reliable information ...

By , a former associate editor at Foreign Policy.
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Tens of thousands of Iranians attend a rally to mark the 31th anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Azadi (Freedom) Square in southwestern Tehran on February 11, 2010. Iranian opposition leaders Mohammad Khatami and Mehdi Karroubi came under attack and their supporters clashed with police as vast crowds massed in the Iranian capital to mark the 1979 revolution. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)

We've had a whole lot of content on Iran this week tied to today's demonstrations. Here's a quick guide:

We’ve had a whole lot of content on Iran this week tied to today’s demonstrations. Here’s a quick guide:

 

Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating

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