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A picture obtained from Iran’s ISNA news agency shows supporters of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (portrait) flashing the sign for victory as the foreign minister arrived at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport after talks in Geneva in which world powers reached an agreement with Iran over its nuclear programme on November 24, 2013. (AFP/ISNA/Arash Khamooshi)

Deal in Geneva, Hope in Tehran

by Farahmand Alipour | Nov 27, 2013 | Features

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—After more than six years of tough talks between Iran and the P5+1 about the Islamic Republic’s nuclear activities, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted on November 24 that Tehran and the world powers had finally clinched a...

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Ebrahim Yazdi, founder of the Freedom Movement of Iran and ex-foreign minister (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Iran’s Ex-FM on Assad, the US and Israel

by Farahmand Alipour | Oct 24, 2013 | Interviews

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ebrahim Yazdi served as deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Iran in the short-lived government of Mehdi Bazargan in the immediate aftermath of the 1979 revolution. As such, he found himself close to the center of the storm that...

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File photo of Zahra Eshraghi, Iranian activist and granddaughter of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Khomeini’s Granddaughter: I want to start a “color revolution”

by Farahmand Alipour | Oct 13, 2013 | Lifestyle & Culture

Tehran, Asharq Al-Awsat—Zahra Eshraghi is an Iranian human rights activist who is well known for her outspoken, feminist views. She also happens to be the granddaughter of Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In an exclusive...