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Iranians look at newspapers displayed on the ground outside a kiosk in Tehran on November 25, 2013. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)

Iran’s liberal media continue decline under Rouhani

by Maha Mehrgan | May 14, 2014 | Media

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The history of journalism in Iran is a story of more than 150 years of struggle between journalists and those in power. Depending on the political circumstances of the day, this struggle has sometimes put journalists on top, sometimes sent them...

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President of Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products Jeffrey Godsick attends a news conference after the launch of the Genting Integrated Tourism plan and Twentieth Century Fox World at Genting Highlands, in state of Pahang outside Kuala Lumpur December 17, 2013. Twentieth Century Fox World is the name of Fox?s new theme park in Malaysia, the […]

Opinion: There are aliens among us

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Jan 17, 2014 | Opinion

A few days ago, I read a strange story on Al-Arabiya’s website about someone who revealed himself to have a troubled relationship with reality. The story was about former Canadian Defense Minister Paul Hellyer, who used an interview with a Russian TV station to...

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Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, attends a press conference with Egyptian Sunni clerics at Al-Azhar headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Ahmadinejad–Azhar Row Escalates

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Feb 21, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Statements by Ahmed Mousavi, Iranian presidential adviser and Director of the Haj and Pilgrimage Organization (HMO), on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent visit to Cairo provoked serious controversy in Egypt earlier this week. Mousavi...

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A demonstrator peeks from under an Iranian flag during a ceremony to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, in Tehran’s Azadi square in this February 11, 2012 file photo. (REUTERS)

Iran Says Arrest of Journalists Not Media Related

by Mohammed Jumeh | Jan 29, 2013 | Media

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Iranian Minister of Culture and Guidance has called the recent arrest of 11 journalists “a case in the hands of Security Forces because their charges are definitely not media related.” Iran arrested 11 journalists accused of cooperation...