Open Letter to U.S. President Donald Trump: Targeting Iran’s Cultural Heritage is Complicit with the...
Dear President Trump,
You are the only U.S. president who has explicitly opposed the Iranian regime for the past 40 years. You have repeatedly stated your support for the people of Iran and the unique...
OPINION: White House Must Choose Between Tough Iran Sanctions and Moderate Gasoline Prices
By John Kemp
LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - The White House can drive Iran’s oil exports to zero, or it can have moderate U.S. gasoline prices, but it probably cannot have both.
The awkward tension between...
OPINION: The Missing Catalyst for Iranian Democracy
By Brenda Shaffer
Nov 21 (Reuters) - Just before imposing new sanctions on Iran, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the country’s “cabinet is in disarray, and the Iranian people are raising their voices even louder...
OPINION: Why Iranian Women Should Lead the ‘No to Islamic Republic’ Campaign
By Firouzeh Ramezanzade
Many Iranians, including a significant number of women inside and outside the country, have joined an online campaign titled “No to the Islamic Republic” launched earlier this month by some 600 rights...
OPINION: No Deal With Tehran Will Hold Without Regime Change
By Kambiz Zare
(Kambiz Zare is Professor of International Business and Geostrategy at KEDGE Business School and a member of the Scientific Committee of the Spirales Institute, a France-based think tank. The views expressed are...
OPINION: Analyzing Surveys of Iranians on Social Media
By Elahe Boghrat
Editor-in-Chief, Kayhan London
The interconnected global technological environment, better known as cyberspace, provides a viable vehicle for the computer-literate and educated segments of society to express their social, political and cultural views, particularly...
OPINION: MEK Influence Wanes at White House, Gains Ground in House of Lords
An Iranian opposition group once listed by Britain and America as a terrorist organisation has been courting senior U.S. officials in the hope of establishing itself as Iran’s next government, and is now looking...
OPINION: Why Are Iran’s Human Rights Violations Ignored by Sanction Opponents?
By Azadeh Karimi
A large number of those who voted in the last two Iranian presidential elections sincerely believed that President Hassan Rouhani was not a fanatical ideologue, but rather a moderate politician who would...
OPINION: Islamism, a British Colonial Tool in Iran
By Reza Parchizadeh
During the 2015 nuclear negotiations with the P5+1, the Tasnim news agency, which has strong links to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), reported that “elements within the seditious faction,” namely the...
OPINION: Blast At Missile Depot In Northeast Iran Is Yet Another Embarrassment for IRGC
By Potkin Azarmehr
Two Iranian cities this month were shaken by loud explosions, shortly after Iran’s security forces said they had thwarted an Israeli plot to sabotage Iranian missiles. The blasts, however, appear to be...
