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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
