OPINION – Iran: A Future Beyond Trump and Khamenei
By Mehrdad Khonsari
The introduction of the latest round of U.S. sanctions against Iran has for the time being played into the hands of the Iranian Supreme Leader and his followers who see the protection...
OPINION: Iranian Women and the Removal of the Veil
By Roshanak Astaraki
It has been 88 years since a law was passed in Iran authorizing the removal of the hijab (known as the kashf-e hijab). Nearly nine decades later, Iranian women are mounting a...
OPINION: What Iran Nuclear Deal Reveals About Talking to Theocrats
By Kambiz Zare
The latest rounds of negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program highlight a fundamental reality: in politics—as in war and in dealmaking—success often depends on timing and on bold, decisive action. Recognizing the right...
OPINION: Iran Could Profit From Its Natural Gas Resources, Export Electricity
By Dr. Taghi Alereza
Iran, after Russia, has the largest natural gas reserves in the world. Due to a number of issues, however, the country has not been able to benefit from these vast resources.
Iran...
OPINION: Iran and U.S. Both Declare Victory in Their War of Words
By Rafiq Khoury, Independent Arabia online news website
In his memoirs, former Israeli President Shimon Peres (1923-2016) writes: “ Ben Gurion and I were traveling together from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem one day. Ben Gurion,...
OPINION: Scholars for Dollars: The Role of Iran’s Religious Bureaucrats
By Imam Mohammad Tawhidi
In 2007, I travelled to Iran from Australia in order to engage in Islamic Studies. I was publicly ordained as an Imam in 2010 in the Holy City of Qum, and relocated to...
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: Khamenei’s Funeral Spotlights A Regime in Crisis
By Kayhan Life Staff
Ali Khamenei burial ceremony in Mashhad began today, under the shadow of U.S. bombings, at the shrine of Imam Reza, the eighth Shiite imam. The shrine, in northeastern Iran, is one...
OPINION: In Their Treatment Of Child Sex Offenders, Iran and The UK Have Much...
By Natasha Phillips
Child sexual abuse is at an all time high in both Iran and the UK, but how does each country treat offending paedophiles, and are they really that different?
The UK’s child sex...
OPINION: Rebel Cleric Disrobed for Criticizing Religious Hypocrites
By Potkin Azarmehr
15 Jan - Last Saturday, the Iranian Shia cleric, Hassan Agha-Miri, was disrobed by the Special Court for the Clergy. He was charged with the following:
- insulting the sanctities by making fun...
