OPINION: Discussions About A New Iran Must Include Ethnic Minorities
By Monireh Shirani
My name is Monireh Shirani. I am a human rights activist who has, for decades, worked on the issues of Balochistan . We have tried to fill the information gap. We have...
OPINION: Iran’s Regular Army Should Side With the People, Rescue the Nation
By Hamed Mohammadi
More than three weeks have passed since the start of military operations against the Islamic Republic of Iran. And now, United State forces from the 82nd Airborne Division are on their way...
OPINION: Iran Is an Obstacle to Peace and Stability in the Middle East
By Hamed Mohammadi
The Iranian authorities have urged the public to take part in the forthcoming presidential election in June.
In his first public address since the start of the Iranian new year on March 21,...
OPINION: Iran’s Regional Posturing Exacerbates Tensions with America
By Dr. Ali M. Pedram
Iran and Saudi Arabia continue to remain at odds with each other through deepening disagreements which could plunge the whole region into an unprecedented level of turmoil. If this trajectory...
OPINION: Iran’s IRGC Quds Force Is Powerless After Soleimani’s Death
By Hamed Mohammadi
The former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ Qods Force (IRGC-QF) Brigadier General Ghasem Soleimani was killed in a targeted U.S. drone attack on
Baghdad’s International Airport on January 3.
Many political observers...
OPINION: Iran’s Future Judiciary Must Abolish Capital Punishment
By Nader Zahedi
As the Islamic Republic moves closer to its eventual and inevitable demise, opposition forces are facing the historic and daunting task of achieving democracy in Iran. A democratic governing system safeguards human...
OPINION: Is the British Government Supporting the Ayatollahs?
By Potkin Azarmehr
A Times of London exposé last week revealed that a high-ranking Islamic Republic official responsible for the mandatory hijab laws and the hated ‘Morality Police’ in Iran is also the director of...
OPINION: Iran Economic Crisis Underpins ‘No to Islamic Republic’ Campaign
By Roshanak Astaraki
In recent days, many Iranians inside and outside the country have joined an online campaign titled “No to the Islamic Republic,” launched earlier this month by some 600 Iranian political dissidents, activists,...
EDITORIAL: Kayhan Publishing Celebrates Its 80th Birthday
By Kayhan Life Staff
Dr. Mostafa Mesbahzadeh established Kayhan Publishing 80 years ago in Tehran. The first issue of the Kayhan daily came out on May 27, 1942.
The parallel existence of this historic newspaper both...
OPINION: Iran Uses Global Film Festivals as an Ideological Tool
By Reza Parchizadeh
Asghar Farhadi’s “Everybody Knows,” starring Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, opened the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. While Farhadi didn’t win any prizes this year, fellow Iranian director Jafar Panahi received the Best...
