Mr Rouhani’s Speech at the UN: A Reality Check
By Potkin Azarmehr
September 30, 2017 Hojatoleslam Hassan Rouhani delivered a cunning speech at the UN that was soothing for the credulous but frustrating to the astute. Accordingly as President, he admirably preserved the Islamic...
Trump at the UN: Lost in Translation in Iran
By Potkin Azarmehr
September 21, 2017 English speaking Iranians who heard US President, Donald Trump’s speech at the UN General Assembly were amused by the way it was simultaneously translated on Iran state TV news...
Revolutionary Arson 19th August 1978: 470 Burnt Alive
August 19, 2017
By Potkin Azarmehr
Thirty-nine years ago today, 470 innocent people were burned alive inside the movie theatre in southwest Iran. The movie theatre on the first floor of a shopping arcade. Victims included...
Federica Mogherini in Iran and Selfies of Shame
August 11, 2017
By Potkin Azarmehr
Rouhani's second term in office officially began last Thursday when the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei endorsed his electoral votes during a ceremony known as Tanfeez. According to the constitution of...
Murder in Metro over Islamic Dress Code
July 20, 2017
By Potkin Azarmehr
A video showing Iran police shooting at a man with a Kalashnikov from close range in one of the Tehran Metro stations went viral last Saturday. State TV was quick...
Mohsen Dehnavi, Media and US J1 Visa
July 17, 2017
By Potkin Azarmehr
The way some of the leading Western media reported the deportation of a member of the paramilitary wing of the Revolutionary Guards from US should enter journalism’s text books as...
On Trial in Iran: a Dual National Accused of Stealing $40 Billion
July 10, 2017
By Potkin Azarmehr
Mehdi Shams, a British-Iranian dual national, faced the notorious Judge Moghisseh during the first two sessions of his retrial, held on Saturday and Sunday.
Shams is accused of being...
Election and Coup Plotters: an Interview with Mohsen Sazegara
July 05, 2017 Mohsen Sazegara is one of the original members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). He held a number of senior posts in the government of Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi in...
Iraqi PM Abadi heads to Saudi Arabia at start of MidEast tour
June 19, 2017
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi headed on Monday to Saudi Arabia, the first leg of a Middle East tour that will also include Iran and Kuwait, in a diplomatic effort to...
Saudi Navy Seizes Boat with Weapons Near Offshore Oilfield-SPA
June 19, 2017
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi navy seized a boat carrying weapons as it approached the kingdom's offshore Marjan oilfield in the Gulf on Friday evening, the official Saudi Press Agency reported on...
