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Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, on October 3, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing entitled: Reversing Iran’s Nuclear Program. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Opinion: American and Iranian DNA

by Ataollah Mohajerani | Oct 28, 2013 | Opinion

Wendy Sherman, the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs and the State Department’s third-ranking official, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on October 3: “The fundamental large sanctions that we have in place should not disappear anytime...

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addresses a high-level meeting on Nuclear Disarmament during the 68th United Nations General Assembly on Thursday Sept. 26, 2013 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Mike Segar,Pool)

Opinion: Rouhani’s Wave

by Ataollah Mohajerani | Oct 1, 2013 | Opinion

During last week’s UN General Assembly meeting, attention was focused on whether President Hassan Rouhani of Iran and President Barack Obama of the US were going to meet and shake hands. That did not happen. During Obama’s speech at the UN, Javad Zarif, Iran’s...

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Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran, addresses the media during a press conference on the sidelines of the 68th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, New York, USA, 27 September 2013. (EPA)

Opinion: Iran’s Heroic Flexibility

by Ataollah Mohajerani | Sep 24, 2013 | Opinion

Recent signs imply that Iran is going to show us a new face. Not only has the man who denied the Holocaust gone, but further remarkable changes in Iran are also taking place. In other words, it seems that Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, has made a significant...

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In this Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009, file photo, Iran’s former reformist President Mohammad Khatami, attends a ceremony organized by his party, a group of pro-reform clerics, in Tehran, Iran, to announce he’ll challenge hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the country’s June 12, 2009, presidential elections. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Opinion: A conspicuous absence

by Ataollah Mohajerani | Aug 13, 2013 | Opinion

Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami did not attend Rouhani’s inauguration ceremony. I examined the faces of everyone in attendance while watching the event, which was held in the office of the supreme leader. Khatami’s absence raised a lot of questions. Why was...

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Saudi dancers perform during the Janadriyah festival of Heritage and Culture held in the viallge of al-Thamama, 40 kilometres north of the capital Riyadh on April 10, 2013. AFP PHOTO / FAYEZ NURELDINE

The Sword Meets the Pen

by Ataollah Mohajerani | Apr 19, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

I participated in the Janadriyah festival recently. Janadriyah, located twenty-six miles northeast of Riyadh, is the venue for Saudi Arabia’s national festival of heritage and culture. It is a colorful festival, organized by the National Guard every year. The first...