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...
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...
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...