212 - MERIP

Fall 1999

Middle East Report 212 takes an early look at the reformist movement in the Islamic Republic of Iran.


From the Editor (Fall 1999)	The Editors
Up Front
What’s New in the New Sudan?	Dan Connell
Do Immigrants Have First Amendment Rights?	Jeanne A. Butterfield
Economics of Palestinian Return Migration	Ward Sayre, Jennifer Olmsted
Articles
Do-e Khordad and the Specter of Democracy	Kaveh Ehsani
Political and Social Transformations in Post-Islamist Iran	Azadeh Kian
The Islamization of Law in Iran	Azadeh Niknam
Municipal Matters	Kaveh Ehsani
“God Hasn’t Died in This Society Yet”	Kaveh Ehsani
Pushing Back the Limits of the Possible	Zarir Merat
“The Conservatives Have Misjudged”	Kaveh Ehsani
Iranian Press Update	Sha'banali Bahrampour, Ramin Karimian
“Existing Political Vessels Cannot Contain the Reform Movement”
Iran and the United States	James A. Bill
“The Temptation of Democracy”	Kaveh Ehsani
Women’s Space/Cinema Space	Norma Claire Moruzzi
Reviews
Clipped Wings, Sharp Claws	Joost Hiltermann

Editor’s Picks (Fall 1999)	The Editors