by David Patrikarakos | Dec 28, 2013 | Majalla Blogs
Strange things are happening in Iran these days. Its president says he seeks not confrontation but conciliation. Women feel able to push the boundaries of “acceptable” clothing with a little less fear that the country’s vicious fashion police will punish them for it....
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 4, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran’s conservative hardliners used the anniversary of the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran in 1979 to rally against any opening to the West on Monday. In what has become a yearly ritual, thousands of demonstrators packed into the site of...
by Ali M. Pedram | Jul 28, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The outgoing Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has received a license from the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution (SCRC) to establish a private technical university in the capital, Tehran. According to the conservative Tasnim news...
by Ali M. Pedram | Jun 13, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Unofficial opinion polls show only narrow margins between the front-runners for Iran’s presidential poll on June 14, Iranian media reported on Wednesday, leaving the leading candidates neck and neck with two days to go. According to the news...
by Ali M. Pedram | Jun 8, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The final live debate focusing on the political agendas of the eight approved Iranian presidential candidates took place yesterday in a tense atmosphere. This heated debate represents the climax of the electoral campaign season and saw...
