Iran Elections: to boycott, or not to boycott?
It’s only two days until the presidential elections in Iran, and it’s still unclear whether the vast majority of Iranians will choose to boycott the elections, or vote. The pro-democracy […]
Category Archives: Iran Politics
The Rowhani Campaign: Iran’s Purple Revolution
Presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani has showed his true colors this past week. With the release of a 30-minute documentary on his life, and the first open presidential debate, the once-believed […]
Navigating the Future of Relations between Iran and Egypt
Egypt is no longer beholden to any hegemonic power, which has created room for the reconstruction of relations between Egypt and Iran that has been all but non-existent since the […]
Banning Wrestling from the 2020 Olympic Games–A Slap in Iran’s Face.
Competitive sports has long been political among nations, and Iranian athletes have become the most recent victims of the dirty politics of the Olympic Games. Last year alone, FIFA brought […]
Brief Look at American Relations with Iran Under the Bush and Obama Administrations
Although some people mark the U.S. hostage crisis of 1979-1981 as the beginning of the strain on American relations with Iran, Iranians draw American-Iranian tensions all the way to the […]
It takes two to tango: US failure to achieve diplomacy with Iran
I recently received my Iranian passport in the mail, and was excited of the prospect of finally going to Iran this summer. However as summer approached, and discussion of Iran’s […]
Where is the diplomacy? Tensions heighten between the US and Iran
Azadeh Moaveni has written two books about the paradox of being an Iranian American. I often feel like I could write my own. Recently American military rescued Iranian fishermen in […]
Ahmadinejad..Smashes Larry King!
Ahmadinejad smashes Larry King. Regardless that I oppose Ahmedinejad, and that he stole Mousavi’s presidency, I’m sure Iranians all over the World would be snickering at Larry King’s attempt to […]
هومان مجد : “Yeki-Bood, Yeki-Nabood”
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Yeki-bood, yeki-nabood. Once upon a time, Hooman Majd starts theThe Ayatollah Begs to Differ with this universal phrase: Once upon a time. This book however is far from Iranian fiction, and even further from being a fairytale. It is very much a real story of one man’s travel back to his home country. However,compared to the figment of the Iran we see from the US, perhaps this story of Hooman’s travels in Iran will seem like a fantasy to us. Yeki-bood, yeki-nabood…A paradox of Shia Iran……
Fareed Zakaria: Theocracy and its Discontent
In this week’s Newsweek, the editor, prominent Fareed Zakaria has written an article about Iran, its theocracy, and its discontent. The main messege he gives: Even if there is no […]
