On the occasion of Nowruz 2019, Amir Taheri, the veteran international journalist and former editor-in-chief of Kayhan in Iran, 1972-1979, reflects on the political life of Iran as a country, and the Islamic revolution.
In a conversation with Nazenin Ansari, editor of Kayhan Life, he describes the past year as one of passion, hope, struggle, resistance and the understanding that there is a better way forward for Iran.
The topics he addresses include the privileged lives of children of the Islamic Republic’s elite in the West and the various ways in which regime change can occur peacefully.