Saeed Jalili, Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator and a presidential candidate, says that offers from six world powers demand far more short-term sacrifices of his government than the Islamic Republic considers reasonable or reciprocal.
The current offer from the so-called P5+1 group (the US, Russia, China, Britain, France, and Germany) requires Iran ... Continue reading »
It did not make major headlines and unless you listened carefully to NPR you would NOT have even know it happened ….but…this past week the Saudi Arabian Minister for Oil visited Washington DC and delivered an important speech. And in his speech he confirmed a reality about the Persian Gulf that no one until today has acknowledged. And that is, that ... Continue reading »
As my colleague Neil MacFarquhar reported on Tuesday, when American, Iranian and Russian wrestlers visited the United Nations, the match was part of a unified effort by sporting officials from the three nations to save wrestling as an Olympic sport. The International Olympic Committee suggested in February that wrestlers might not be invited to com ... Continue reading »
Qur’ān Gate (Persian: دروازه قرآن Darvāzeh Qor'ān) is a historic gate in the southern-central Persian city of Shiraz, Iran. It is located at the northeastern entrance of the city, on the way to Marvdasht and Isfahan, between Baba Kouhi and Chehel Maqam Mountains near Allah-O-Akbar Gorge. Photo by Mehrzad Hatami ... Continue reading »
Has a weapon ever been invented, no matter how terrible, and not used? The crossbow, the dreadnought, poison gas, the tank, the landmine, chemical weapons, napalm, the B-29, the drone: all had their day and for some that day remains now. Even the most terrible weapon of all, the atomic bomb, that city-buster, that potential civilization-destroyer ... Continue reading »
There was neither a breakdown nor breakthrough in the Moscow talks between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1). The P5+1 and Iran negotiated but could not make any headway. No one should be surprised by this result -- after all, the two sides only had the ability to make demands. They -- particularly t ... Continue reading »
Meir Javedanfar is an Iranian-born Israeli Middle East expert. He lived in Iran until eight years after the revolution. He was educated in British universities and now lives in Israel. Asia Times called him “one of the best informed observers” of the Middle East.
Mr. Javedanfar is the publisher and editor of the website Iran–Israel Observer. Prev ... Continue reading »
For my Persians!!! Photograph by Mehrzad Hatami ... Continue reading »
بیوگرافی مختصر منوچهر ثابتیان (به نقل از وبسایت شخصی او) : جراح مشاور، نویسنده و فعال سیاسی - فرزند سهیل ثابتیان و مریم ثابت - از بنیانگذاران و دبیران کنفد راسیون دانشجویان ایرانی در اروپا - رئیس سابق انجمن قلم ایران در تبعید - تحصیلات دبستانی در فیروز بهرام و دبیرستانی در کالج البرز تهران - دارای درجات دکترا از دانشگاه درهام انگلیس و استادی ج ... Continue reading »
Election Watch: Hardline Kayhan Criticizes Rafsanjani
In a lengthy editorial on Monday, Hossein Shariatmadari, editor of hardline newspaper Kayhan, which is close to the Supreme Leader, criticized the decision of former president Hashemi Rafsanjani to register his candidacy, asking what the point of doing so had been, and suggesting that it could ... Continue reading »
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