by Amir Taheri | Oct 31, 2014 | Opinion
Anxious to reach agreement with the P5+1 on Iran’s nuclear program, President Hassan Rouhani is trying to mobilize support for his divisive policy. Last month, he tried to woo nationalists with a speech in which there was no mention of Islam, let alone the “Supreme...
by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Sep 21, 2014 | Opinion
What is happening in Yemen represents as great a threat, if not more so, than what is happening in Iraq and Syria, at least in the eyes of the Gulf states and particularly Saudi Arabia. The Houthis represent a greater strategic threat to Saudi Arabia and Arabs,...
by Amir Taheri | Mar 19, 2014 | Book Reviews
[inset_left]Persian Service: The BBC and British Interests in Iran By Annabelle Sreberny and Massoumeh Torfeh I.B.Tauris, 226 pages London 2014[/inset_left] “It’s all the work of the English!” Even when said in jest, for many Iranians this popular adage still has a...
by Amir Taheri | Feb 11, 2014 | Features
In 1978, as the turmoil in Iran rapidly developed into a mass movement for regime change, those who took part in the events were unable to agree on a word that would describe what was happening. The Mussadeqist middle classes, who provided the façade of the movement,...
by Seyyed Ali Mir Mousavi | Feb 11, 2014 | Opinion
The relationship between Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution and modernity is a controversial one. Views on the issue can be divided into three categories: progressive, regressive and post-modern. From a progressive standpoint, the Iranian revolution is seen as a step...
