The debates among ordinary voters go to the heart of a structural weakness in the Iranian state.

If the United States wants a democratic Iranian state, it should negotiate with Iran.

Ahmedinejad's threats to liquidate Israel reveal just how dangerous and out-of-control the Iranian state is.

You see," he began, "the Azeris were cofounders of the Iranian state.

I'm sure none of ewes would mind being reprimanded as long as you weren't killed by the Iranian state.

It was necessary to develop an alternate ideology for the survival of Iranian state.

There were many local states prior to the Iranian state established by Ismāil.

As a result, his work serves as an extended commentary on the historical progression of the Iranian state and its people.

In the south, you've got a Shiite majority that wants a "pale version of an Iranian state."

These revolutionary ayatollahs originally used the party to form a monopoly over the post revolutionary theocratic Iranian state.