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Opinion: Iran looking beyond the nuclear issue

by Shahir Shahid Saless | Jan 6, 2014 | Opinion

The dust had barely settled on the Iranian revolution when on 4 November 1979, less than a year after the Shah departed the country, a radical group of students fiercely loyal to Ayatollah Khomeini stormed the American embassy in Tehran. Thus began the stormy...

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Members of international advocacy group Avaaz take part in a protest wearing masks of Iran’s new President Hassan Rouhani (R) and U.S. president Barack Obama, outside the U.N. headquarters in New York September 24, 2013. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (UNITED STATES – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Opinion: Two Presidents and One Fatwa

by Shahir Shahid Saless | Oct 2, 2013 | Opinion

President Obama’s speech at this year’s UN General Assembly, as well as Iran’s newly-elected, moderate President Hassan Rouhani’s attendance, captured the world’s attention due to increasing hopes for a peaceful resolution to the Iranian nuclear crisis. The media’s...

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Iran’s new President Hasan Rouhani, waves after swearing in at the parliament, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013 (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Opinion: Hassan Rouhani, Victim of a Possible Attack on Syria

by Shahir Shahid Saless | Aug 31, 2013 | Opinion

While most news agencies report that an attack by the US and its allies on Syria is imminent, new developments have cast doubt upon those predictions. The British Parliament rejected a proposal for military action in Syria by a 285 to 272 margin. The vote was...

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Iranian (L) and US (R) flags are seen in these file photos from early July 2013. (Reuters)

Opinion: Preventing another failure in possible US–Iran talks

by Shahir Shahid Saless | Jul 20, 2013 | Opinion

According to a July 13 report in the Wall Street Journal, the Obama Administration intends to press for direct negotiations with Tehran. According to the report, this follows Iran’s president-elect, Hassan Rouhani, sending “positive signals both publicly and privately...

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In this photo released by the official website of the office of Iranian President-elect Hasan Rouhani, Rouhani waves as he leaves a conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Office of the President-elect, Hojjat Sepahvand)

Opinion:The lessons of Iran’s elections

by Shahir Shahid Saless | Jul 7, 2013 | Opinion

During the recent Iranian presidential election Saeed Jalili, the hardliner candidate and Iran’s top nuclear negotiator since 2007, collected approximately 4 million votes, 11.4% of the total ballots. Notably, President-elect Hassan Rouhani defeated Jalili by a margin...