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The US’s Shifting Perspective on Iran: Interview with Washington Institute’s Patrick Clawson

By Nazenin Ansari The surprise accuracy of the Iranian missile strikes against Saudi oil facilities and US bases in Iraq has changed the view in Washington on how to handle Iran, according to Patrick Clawson,...
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‘All Totalitarian Rules Eventually End’: An Interview with Reza Pahlavi

By Nazenin Ansari Since December 2017, workers, teachers, pensioners and ordinary people from all walks of life have been staging protests in cities and towns across Iran. They have been voicing their anger at the...
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LA’s Farhang Foundation Unveils Program of Concerts, Films in 2019

By Fred Parvaneh Iranian-Americans living on the West Coast have a rich slate of cultural programming to look forward to, courtesy of the Farhang Foundation. The L.A.-based non-profit foundation, which has a mission to celebrate and...
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Breaking the Barriers to Gender Equality: Interview with Author Nina Ansary

By Nazenin Ansari Did you know that the world’s first chemist was a woman? Or that the first female astronomer and the first female mathematician were both from the Middle East? These are some of the revelations...
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VIDEO: Actress Nazanin Boniadi Meets Refugees in Calais

By Ahmad Rafat In July 2019, the British-Iranian actress Nazanin Boniadi visited refugee camps in Calais (France) and Dunkirk (UK), and met asylum seekers from Iran, Afghanistan and other countries. “Stateless” —  a documentary film produced during...

Iranians in LA Demonstrate in Support of Iran Protests; Sattar Joins In

By Fred Parvaneh Southern California boasts the largest concentration of Iranians in the world outside of Iran. Los Angeles, affectionately known as “Tehrangeles,” is home to a populous Iranian-American community. On Sunday at 2:00 pm, a...