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. Â
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.