Region of Iraqi Kurdistan reformist party overtake established dynasty in monumental vote
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Iran President Faces Domestic Backlash for Peace Moves
New Iran President faces domestic backlash against plans to open relations with democratic world
Bahrain Protests Continue as Talks Stall
Oil rich Bahrain protests remains a dictatorship that represses politics of majority Shiite religion
US and Iran Prepare Highest Level Talks in Decades
US and Iran have begun preparations for highest level talks in thirty years
Award for Jailed Bahrain Human Rights Group
Jailed members of Bahrain human rights group given award for work documenting systematic violence of minority oil dictatorship
US and Iran Movement Toward Peace Building
Hints at nuclear deal open possibility of Iran movement toward peace building to ease cold war
Jailed Iran Dissident’s Father Calls for Freedom
Reformist President receives plea for leniency from journalist and jailed Iran dissident’s father
Good News From Iraq as Kurdish Democracy Growing
Kurdish democracy growing to represent an actual positive outcome from America’s War in Iraq
Freed Iran Dissident Vows Activism to Continue
Dictatorship holds many political prisoners, but freed Iran dissident vows activism raising hope
New Crisis in Bahrain After Opposition Arrest
Shiite majority calls off negotiations with government after arrest of opposition head in crisis in Bahrain