Saturday, July 25, 2026

OPINION: The Situation in Iran Is Critical, And More Protests Are Likely

By Majid Mohammadi There is no longer any need to cite alarming data such as hyperinflation, chronic unemployment, negative growth, non-existence foreign trade, and endemic corruption to prove that Iran has been in the grip...

OPINION: Hormuz Strait Blockage Could Destroy IRGC Navy

By Babak Taghvaee Last Saturday, Ayatollah Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran's Islamic Republic, backed President Hassan Rouhani's suggestion to block Gulf oil exports if Iran’s own exports were to be stopped in the wake of...

OPINION: Iran is Rich in Oil and Gas, But Its Citizens Are Impoverished and Severely...

By Dr. Mansour Kashfi (Dr. Kashfi is an expert on petroleum geology and the Iranian oil and gas industry, and a professor at Dallas College in Dallas, Texas. The views expressed are his own.) Iran shares...

OPINION: Director Babak Payami Remembers His Own Tehran Arrest

By Babak Payami Almost 19 years ago last month, I was arrested on the streets of Tehran by the notorious plain-clothed agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran security forces. Jafar Panahi and I...

OPINION: Shahrokhi Uprising (Nojeh Coup), the Last Attempt?

By Babak Taghvaee Just sixteen months after the withdrawal of the Pahlavi government, which came about as a result of the Islamic revolution in 1979, almost 500 members of the Iranian Army and Air Force...

OPINION: New Year Brings Hopes of Better Future in Iran, End of Islamic Republic

By Elahe Boghrat The will to survive, be free, and thrive is so strong in humans that when faced with the harsh realities of everyday life, many withdraw into alternate realities and parallel universes that...
Hossein Salami, IRGC commander

OPINION: What Are IRGC’s Plans for Iran?

By Majid Mohammadi If the Islamic Republic’s domestic and foreign policies remain unchanged, we will witness three developments in Iran in the coming year: The Majlis (Iranian Parliament), which is now controlled by Islamist hardliners,...

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: Who Staged the 1953 Coup, the Shah or Mossadegh?

By Elahe Boghrat The late Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (1919-1980) kept two people out of prison and saved their lives, namely the former Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh (1882-1967) and the founder of the Islamic...

OPINION: Will Khamenei Drink ‘Jug of Poison’ and Strike Deal With U.S.? 

By Dr. Mehrdad Khonsari On Friday February 7, 2025, Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei firmly rejected the idea of negotiations with the United States, appearing to pour cold water on gestures by prominent figures in...