Iran's newly elected president, Hassan Rouhani, took to Twitter on Tuesday to convince the world -- and especially the U.S. -- of his 'moderate' stance and willingness to engage with the West.
On his English-language Twitter account, Rouhani tweeted a photo of himself in 2003 visiting an American hospital set up in Iran's southeast after a deva ... Continue reading »
Excerpt: Several air force defectors reported that pilots were often instructed to go after bakeries (bread is a key element of the Syrian diet) and apartment buildings, in order to maximize the suffering among civilians. The air force is rapidly disappearing because of combat and operational (accidents and poor maintenance) losses. At this poi ... Continue reading »
by Shiva Balaghi
Do not just look at the pictures of Iranians celebrating late into the night in Tehran’s streets. Listen, they are singing Yar-e Dabestani-ye Man [My Grade School Friend]. This old Iranian protest song has become the unofficial anthem of the student movement.
Tyranny’s welt on our flesh
Has not faded with time
The fields of our ... Continue reading »
He cleared out Gezi Park with brutal violence, disparaged the protesters as terrorists and railed against the foreign media. After a brief conciliatory respite, Prime Minster Erdogan is inflaming the conflict in Turkey once more. But the protest movement shows no signs of backing down.
For a short time it looked as if Turkish Prime Minister Recep ... Continue reading »
Tehran Bureau correspondent
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 18 June 2013 05.55 EDT
Ghorban Ali lived in the shantytowns of Shahr-e Rey, just south of the Tehran city line. He was a metal worker and a staunch supporter of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the very end. He felt a close bond with this president who was the son of an ironsmith, who seemed to live a lif ... Continue reading »
The stunning election victory for reform and moderation in Iran this weekend takes me back 16 years to the mind-boggling election upset I covered in 1997, when the moderate cleric Mohammad Khatami won. I covered him on the campaign trail and dubbed him the Mullah with the smiling face, and in fact his was a new and different face of Iran. He was th ... Continue reading »
Art of Eternity For a long time now I have had a huge fascination with ancient religious and cultural forms of art. I find myself attracted and inspired by art that has the power to religiously encapsulate people and not only inspire them but also strengthen their faith in the supernatural and in God. Faith and religion should be understood and ... Continue reading »
Will Iran's president-elect provide to be a partner in advancing nuclear negotiations?; expert worries more moderate presentation will deter West from "effective response" to Teheran's foreign policies.
The election of cleric Hassan Rohani as president of Iran could damage Israel’s national interest, according to some analysts.
They argue that ... Continue reading »
By Alexandra Sandels
June 16, 2013, 1:04 p.m.
BEIRUT -- The election of Hassan Rowhani as Iran’s new president has raised hopes of increased engagement with other nations and a new era of moderation in the Islamic Republic, according to commentaries across the region on Sunday.
Rowhani, a soft-spoken, 64-year old bespectacled and turbaned cler ... Continue reading »
In an article that sounds more like a pro-Islamic Republican rant than a news story, Robert Fisk of the Independent (UK) writes: "The Independent on Sunday has learned that a military decision has been taken in Iran – even before last week’s presidential election – to send a first contingent of 4,000 Iranian Revolutionary Guards to Syria to suppo ... Continue reading »
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