by Amir Taheri | Jul 19, 2016 | Features
For more than 30 years the Iranian press has had to observe a black list of names that should never be mentioned in print in the Islamic Republic. A good many of those “forbidden” names belong to pre-revolution film stars who were admired, criticized, loved and hated...
by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | May 16, 2016 | Middle East
The chief negotiator of the High Negotiation Committee (HNC) Asaad Al-Zoubi in Geneva warned that the Russian – Iranian alliance coordinated with the Syrian regime to amend plans for an attack to include the intensification of missile strikes on the outskirts of...
by Amir Taheri | Mar 21, 2016 | Media
Shortly after the “liberation” of Iraq in 2003, the CIA set up a “listening post” in Dubai with the mission to monitor radio and TV broadcasts from the Islamic Republic and read newspapers published in Iran. To that end they hired a number of young journalists from...
by Mona Alami | Feb 15, 2016 | Middle East
New York- Regional tensions reached their prime in the Middle East. How will the nuclear deal affect Iranian foreign policy after the financial sanctions were lifted? Is Iranian leadership in Tehran expected to adopt more hostile stances in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and...