OPINION: How Temporary Marriage, or Sigheh, is Spreading in Iran
By Shokouh Mirzadegi
There have been news reports about the mushrooming of “chastity houses,” particularly in holy cities, and their increasing popularity with male foreign tourists visiting Iran. Though they are yet to become legal,...
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: 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: 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: The Potential for Change In Iran Has Never Been Greater
By Mehrdad Khonsari
The war in Ukraine has overshadowed the fact that, for the past several months, there has been an unrelenting series of public protests in the streets of numerous towns and cities throughout Iran.
These latest...
OPINION – “I Feel Suffocated”: Afghans Are Feeling Hopeless, but There’s Still a...
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OPINION: Iranian Regime’s Inability to Deliver Economic Well-Being
July 23, 2018
Iranians hoped that the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) would ease sanctions, reboot the economy and improve their lives. Yet instead of investing in the country and its people, the...
OPINION: Why U.S. Sanctions Won’t Change Iran’s Foreign Policy
By Maysam Behravesh
Oct 8 (Reuters) - The messages from Tehran are stark. On October 1, Iranian forces fired six missiles at Islamic State positions in eastern Syria. The weapons landed within three miles of...
OPINION: How an ‘Iranian Hulk’ Turned Out to Be a Paper Tiger
By Potkin Azarmehr
It all started six years ago, with a few pictures showing off his massive bulk on Instagram. The photos quickly went viral, and Sajad Gharibi, born in 1991 in Iran’s oil-rich province...
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...
