OPINION: Let Iranians Decide Their Own Future Through the Ballot Box
By Bijan R. Kian and Amir Reza Oveissi
The Iranian people have already paid an enormous price -- in blood, in hardship, and in lost futures -- for their freedom. That sacrifice now demands a...
OPINION: Oil Diplomacy and the U.S. Presidential Election
By John Kemp
LONDON, July 14 - Slower growth in petroleum consumption has intensified competition among the major oil producers and contributed to periodic volume wars and price slumps as they have fought for market...
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: 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: Iranian State May Have Masterminded Deadly Attack on Shiraz Mosque
By Potkin Azarmehr
A false flag operation is defined as an act committed with the intent of disguising the real source of responsibility and blaming it on another party to justify further action. The Islamic...
OPINION: Iran’s Role in Protests Against ‘The Lady of Heaven’ Movie
By Potkin Azarmehr
The cinema chain Cineworld canceled the screening of “The Lady of Heaven” after Muslim activists living in the UK protested outside its theaters last week.
https://youtu.be/1MaDAW0jRYM
Threats by angry Muslim mobs and the absence...
OPINION: Oil Market Power Ebbs from OPEC to the Troika
By John Kemp
LONDON, Nov 26 (Reuters) - The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has been marginalised as critical decisions about the oil market are taken by a troika of the United States, Russia...
OPINION: On Seyyed Hossein Mousavian’s Presence at Princeton University
By Lawdan Bazargan
As I reflect on the harrowing experiences that my family and thousands of others endured at the hands of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), I am compelled to speak out against...
OPINION: How Can 80 Million Iranians Tolerate This Regime?
By Farid Khalifi
https://youtu.be/4esfyCpcSJ0
Any Iranian whom the Islamic Republic has not killed to date is owed a “normal life” by the state, the clerics, and Islamists, for every second he or she has lived under...
OPINION: Should We Support the Iran Team at the FIFA Football World Cup?
By Roya Kashefi
I must have been no more than 5 years old when football first entered my memory, not as a game, but as sound.
Amjadieh Stadium in Tehran was roaring. It was 1968, and...
