OPINION: The Wave of Conspiracy Theories Around Iran’s Fuel Protests
By Majid Mohammadi
There has been no shortage of conspiracy theories issued by the Islamic Republic officials in recent weeks, accusing foreign powers and Iranian opposition groups outside the country of engineering the nationwide civil...
OPINION: A Flawed Survey of Iranian Public Opinion
By Shokouh Mirzadegi
The Islamic Republic has not released any credible data on social, political, economic and cultural issues in the past four decades. In most cases, the security agencies review and modify the findings...
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.
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Threats by angry Muslim mobs and the absence...
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...
OPINION: How Can 80 Million Iranians Tolerate This Regime?
By Farid Khalifi
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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: Islamic Republic’s Anthem Is A Negation of Iran
By Potkin Azarmehr
“Iran's soccer players refuse to sing their national anthem ahead of the World Cup opening match”.
This is how many Western media outlets have reported the single unanimous act of defiance displayed by...
OPINION: How We Became Activists to Free Our Parents from Tehran’s Evin Prison
By Elika Ashoori and Mariam Claren
On this Human Rights Day, we demand humanity and justice for our parents and for all those who are suffering wrongful imprisonment.
One only starts to miss a quiet,...
OPINION: No Deal With Tehran Will Hold Without Regime Change
By Kambiz Zare
(Kambiz Zare is Professor of International Business and Geostrategy at the KEDGE Business School in France. The views expressed are his own.)
The U.S.-Iran talks—framed as a renewed push for diplomacy—were back on,...
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: The Islamic Republic Regime’s Desperate Battle for Survival
By Hamed Mohammadi
The former head of the Supreme Court of Iran, the late Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Beheshti (1928-1981), delivered a speech at Tehran University on Oct. 26, 1979, in which he said: “Iranians...
