by Amir Taheri | Apr 21, 2017 | Opinion
In old Hollywood, the word “chestnut” denoted a formula which though lacking originality could still provide the kernel for a moderately successful B-movie. Anyone following the latest presidential election campaign in the Islamic Republic in Iran is bound to notice...
by Amir Taheri | Oct 24, 2015 | Opinion
The late Ayatollah Khomeini dreamed it; President Barack Obama is trying to deliver it: the end of Pax Americana. The topic was at the center of a daylong seminar in Tehran last week attended by ambassadors from Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Venezuela, plus a...
by Amir Taheri | Sep 14, 2015 | Book Reviews
Khomeini, de Sade, and Me By Abnousse Shalmani Grasset, 177 pages Paris, 2014 If we are to believe Abnousse Shalmani, being a woman is hard work even in Western democracies boasting of gender equality and human rights. It is even harder in contemporary Iran where a...
by Amir Taheri | Mar 20, 2015 | Opinion
Until a few weeks ago, Yemen hardly featured in the Iranian political landscape. Now, however, it gets top billing as the latest nation to embrace the Khomeinist ideology. “The people of Yemen have joined Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon in a common struggle for...
by Amir Taheri | Feb 6, 2015 | Opinion
Over the past week the Iranian authorities have marked the 36th anniversary of the Khomeinist revolution by deploying the heaviest propaganda artillery at their disposal. The official narrative is that Iran, under its “Supreme Guide,” has the most perfect political...
