OPINION: UK Decision to Proscribe the IRGC Is Welcome
By Sarah Sackman / Member of Parliament for Finchley and Golders Green
For many members of Finchley and Golders Green’s Iranian community, the threat posed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is not an...
COMMENTARY: Iran’s Future Will Be Brighter Than Its Past
By Princess Noor Pahlavi
On this, the 100th day of its national revolution, I am newly inspired and amazed by the continuity, growth, and unity of the Iranian people’s movement to reclaim and rebuild Iran.
I...
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: I am the 15th Signatory
By Potkin Azarmehr
It all started when 14 civil society activists inside Iran signed a daring public letter on June 12 demanding the resignation of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.
The signatories listed the country’s economic...
OPINION: Iranians Want Change, But What Direction Will the Country Take?
By Elahe Boghrat
Many Iranians believed that their country would enter a new era of reconstruction after the turbulent events of the 1979 Islamic Revolution and an eight-year war with Iraq (1980-88) that cost so...
OPINION: Islamic Republic’s Cultural War on the Iranian Nation
By Reza Parchizadeh
War is not always physical: it can also be psychological. A two-pronged approach involving both types of warfare ensures victory. Much to the disappointment of the Communists, labor unrest in the 1920s...
OPINION: Why Is Iran Exacerbating Regional Tensions?
By Hamdi Malik, Al-Hayat Newspaper
The U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal, and reimposition of crippling economic sanctions have presented the Islamic Republic...
OPINION: Iran Has Difficulty Bypassing U.S. Sanctions
By Reza Taghizadeh
On June 12, police in the Republic of Cabo Verde, an island country in the Atlantic Ocean, detained Alex Nain Saab Moran, a Colombian-born businessman, who was accused by U.S. authorities of...
OPINION: Why Will Iran Not Tell the Truth About Ukrainian Plane Crash?
By Hamed Mohammadi
On Jul. 24, the Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA) concluded its examination of the two black boxes that were retrieved from the wreckage of the Ukrainian commercial...
OPINION: A Post-Islamic-Republic Iran Will Bring Stability to the Middle East
By Potkin Azarmehr
Iran has risen again, this time with a fervor and a determination unlike anything the country has seen before. Yet there is still some reluctance among Western leaders to contemplate regime change...
