Iran at the Crossroads

As the confrontation between the West and Iran over uranium enrichment comes to a head, the internal confrontation in Iran between the partisans of divine sovereignty, allied with the Revolutionary Guard, and popular sovereignty continues to simmer.
In this section, the first president of the Islamic Republic, a leading cleric of the opposition, the Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi and a former British intelligence agent ponder what lies ahead.     

近距离看韩国

7月21日,我有幸作为"中韩青年友好交流计划"的首批成员,随团中央书记处书记、中华全国青年联合会常务副主席胡伟率领的中国青年代表团共200人访问韩国.根据今年5月中韩两国政府签署的<青少年交流协议>,韩国政府从2004年开始连续三年邀请500名中国各界优秀青年代表访问韩国.该团正是应韩国政府的邀请,双方共同实施的一项大型中韩青年友好交流项目,同时这也是全国青联自1985年以来派出的最庞大的青年代表团.