by Amir Taheri | Jun 26, 2015 | Opinion
Is Iran’s “Supreme Guide” Ali Khamenei worried that the forthcoming elections for Majlis (Parliament) and the Assembly of Experts might cause a split within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)? The question is not academic. Over the past year, various IRGC...
by Amir Taheri | May 22, 2015 | Opinion
Anyone following the media in the Islamic Republic of Iran these days is likely to be reminded of a slang Persian word that might better describe the political situation in Tehran than any sophisticated terminology. The word is balbashu, which is hard to translate...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 8, 2015 | Middle East
Dubai and Munich, Reuters—Iran’s supreme leader said on Sunday he could accept a compromise in nuclear talks and gave his strongest defense yet of President Hassan Rouhani’s decision to negotiate with the West, a policy opposed by powerful hardliners at...
by Amir Taheri | Nov 14, 2014 | Opinion
For decades, relations between the United States and Iran have been marked by attempts to make a deal at the eleventh hour. This started in 1978, even before the mullahs seized power. Recent revelations show that leading Khomeinist figures, notably Ayatollah Muhammad...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 2, 2014 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—While the eyes of the rest of the world are focused on the international negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program, within Iran allegations of high-level corruption at one of the country’s leading institutions are threatening to provoke a major...
