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: As U.S. Sanctions Loom, Can Iran Nuclear Deal Still Be Saved?
By Maysam Behravesh
(Maysam Behravesh is a multimedia journalist at the TV channel, Iran International, a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science and an affiliated researcher at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies,...
OPINION: How the Iranian Army Can Help Bring About Regime Change
As of December 2017, thousands of Iranians have been protesting against Iran’s Islamic regime, criticizing its domestic and foreign policies -- including funding terrorism in Gaza and Lebanon instead of spending Iran’s resources on...
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: Could Saudi Arabia Replace All the Barrels Lost from Iran Sanctions?
By John Kemp
LONDON, July 9 (Reuters) - The United States wants to eliminate all Iran’s crude oil exports from November, and is relying on Saudi Arabia and other OPEC and non-OPEC members to fill...
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: White House Must Choose Between Tough Iran Sanctions and Moderate Gasoline Prices
By John Kemp
LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - The White House can drive Iran’s oil exports to zero, or it can have moderate U.S. gasoline prices, but it probably cannot have both.
The awkward tension between...
OPINION: Islamism, a British Colonial Tool in Iran
By Reza Parchizadeh
During the 2015 nuclear negotiations with the P5+1, the Tasnim news agency, which has strong links to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), reported that “elements within the seditious faction,” namely the...
OPINION: How Football Has Become a Political Tool in Iran
By Reza Parchizadeh
The Islamic Republic did not pay much attention to football or sports in general in the period immediately following the 1979 Revolution. Over the years, however, football has become not only a...
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...
