OPINION: Executions in Iran – Ayatollahs Are Testing the International Community’s Reaction
By Potkin Azarmehr
Iran’s ruling Ayatollahs are desperate to quell the nationwide protests aimed at their overthrow. The protests, initially sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, have now lasted four months.
The most brutal methods...
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...
OPINION: The U.S. Move to ‘Snapback’ UN Sanctions will lead to Disappointment for the...
By Bahram Ghiassee
The Trump Administration, in line with its policy of exerting maximum economic, diplomatic, and political pressure on Iran, on 20 August 2020, invoked the so-called ‘Snapback’ provisions of the UN Security Council...
OPINION: MEK Influence Wanes at White House, Gains Ground in House of Lords
An Iranian opposition group once listed by Britain and America as a terrorist organisation has been courting senior U.S. officials in the hope of establishing itself as Iran’s next government, and is now looking...
OPINION: As World Watches Ukraine, Iran and Other Mideast States Chart a New Path
By Peter Apps
LONDON, March 24 (Reuters) - As Russia faced Western outrage over its invasion of Ukraine, Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was quietly being welcomed back to the club of Middle East leaders in the UAE...
Noor Pahlavi: Pandemic Is ‘Spiraling Out of Control’ in Iran
While the world focuses on the unfolding political and humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan, just across its border, in Iran, another crisis is approaching a breaking point.
Every two minutes an Iranian is dying from COVID-19,...
OPINION: Iranian Missile Attack on U.S. Base in Iraq Was a Face-Saving Ploy
By Asharq Al-Awsat Newspaper
On January 8, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) launched a series of missile attacks from inside Iran against the Al Asad Air Base that houses Iraqi and U.S. troops. No...
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: Why Iranian Women Should Lead the ‘No to Islamic Republic’ Campaign
By Firouzeh Ramezanzade
Many Iranians, including a significant number of women inside and outside the country, have joined an online campaign titled “No to the Islamic Republic” launched earlier this month by some 600 rights...
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...
