Opinion
1995-2000
The
time is now
A new beginning in Iran-U.S. relations
By Hooshang Amirahmadi
December 22, 2000
And
the winner is...
... not George W. Bush. But it ain't the end of the world
Editorial
December 14, 2000
Drawing
the line
.. in journalism. How far can you go?
By Termeh Rassi and Jahanshah Javid
December 12, 2000
Powerless
But still popular
By Mehdi Ardalan
December 6, 2000
Objection!
Iran should defend itself in U.S. courts
By Babak Movahedi
November 29, 2000
Making
a hero
Heroes are neither self-selected nor eternal
By Ali Akbar Mahdi
November 27, 2000
Revolution
of youth
Today's Iranian youth are much more liberated
By Khordad
November 23, 2000
Dictators
create heroes
Heroes appear when there is no way to stop the oppressor
By Amirali Baniasadi
November 20, 2000
Defiance
and regret
Reformists on trial
By Mehdi Ardalan
November 16, 2000
Keep
it the way it is
The electoral glue holds us together
By Guive Mirfendereski
November 14, 2000
Religion
& freedom
Separation of church and state does not eliminate religion's
impact
By Yahya Kamalipour
November 9, 2000
The
fourth generation
... of Iranian intellectuals
By Ramin Jahanbegloo
November 9, 2000
Japan
can say yes
... to the rest of the world
By Majid Tehranian
November 3, 2000
We,
the people
Not the corporations
By Behrouz Vafa
November 2, 2000
The
other guy
The third party factor
By Babak Yektafar
November 2, 2000
The
best man
I would vote for Gore
By Ramin Tabib
October 30, 2000
Read
or watch?
That is the question in the age of computers
By Fereydoun Hoveyda
October 27, 2000
More
powerful force
Open letter to Palestinians and Israelis
By Majid Tehranian
October 25, 2000
Bound
in the land of the free
Displacement is another form of imprisonment
By Maryam Khosharay
October 25, 2000
Not
presidential material
But your votes on November 7 will still be important
By Babak Yektafar
October 18, 2000
Crooked
wall
Blind support for Israel undermines U.S. as peace broker
By Guive Mirfendereski
October 16, 2000
The
twelve rules
... of surviving Iran & Iranians
By Elaine Sciolino
October 13, 2000
Four
more years?
Raised expectations have turned into deep frustrations
By Mehdi Ardalan
October 11, 2000
Uneven
crops
Agricultural production & the government
By Mehrdad Valibeigi
October 11, 2000
Go
Gore!
Iran is not the main issue
Editorial
October 4, 2000
Democracy
Defending our opponent's freedom
By Mohandes
October 3, 2000
Clinton
legacy
Clinton & the Iranian-American community
By Guive Mirfendereski
September 22, 2000
Reverberations
An outsider's perspective of the revolution
By Sayed S. Husein
September 20, 2000
The
Tonbs
The Haute Couture connection
By Guive Mirfendereski
September 20, 2000
Sag
mahi
The theology of caviar
By Guive Mirfendereski
September 13, 2000
New
world order
Globalization and its narratives
By Majid Tehranian
September 13, 2000
Empathy
& compassion
"Believing in dialogue paves the way for hope"
By Mohammad Khatami
September 8, 2000
Tip-toeing
toward reform
... against a powerful conservative minority
By Mehdi Ardalan
August 31, 2000
Nutty
tariffs
Iranian pistachio blocked by high tariffs
By Mehrdad Valibeigi
August 25, 2000
Snake
island
Great Tonb and the zoological evidence
By Guive Mirfendereski
August 23, 2000
Sea
of opportunities
... if large and small states cooperate over the Caspian
By Hooshang Amirahmadi
August 15, 2000
Still
an optimist
Despite a general lack of faith in the future
By Fereydoun Hoveyda
August 9, 2000
No
brainer
Consequences of blocking peaceful reform
Editorial
August 7, 2000
Better
for business
Republican vice-presidential nominee has opposed unilateral sanctions
By Gary Sick
August 3, 2000
Get
real real
Stereotypes & perceptions
By Poopak Taati
August 2, 2000
Come
back and be quiet
Iran's conditions for returing expatriates
By Khordad
July 21, 2000
Due
process
The Sherman proposal is anemic
By Guive Mirfendereski
July 20, 2000
Just
think about it
Iran's irrational judicial system
By Babak Yektafar
July 20, 2000
Dumb
and dumber
New sanctions will achieve nothing, but...
Editorial
July 18, 2000
Naa-gofteh-haaye
kou-ye daaneshgaah
Points about the dormitory attack case
By Reza Mirkhani
July 18, 2000
Wall
of woes
Divided Cyprus has a become a world center for dialogue
By Majid Tehranian
July 12, 2000
Just
like that
How the Mossadegh government was overthrown
By Mark Gasiorowski
May 26, 2000
Tried
Baba Karam?
U.S. needs a different strategy to get Iran's attention
By Babak Yektafar
June 30, 2000
Red
ink
The battle for freedom of the press
By Azadeh Hamehdoni
June 29, 2000\
Wake-up
call
The student protests of July 1999
By Ali Akbar Mahdi
July 3, 2000
Democracy
is paramount
Lessons from the aftermath of the '53 coup
By Asghar Massombagi
June 23, 2000
Let's
face it
A trial or a circus?
By Pedram Moallemian
June 16, 2000
Things
you'll never hear
Interview with Noam Chomsky
By Ramin Jahanbegloo
June 14, 2000
Good
luck
The reformists and the new Majlis
Interviews by Jahanshah Javid
June 1, 2000
Paying
our dues
Academics need to do more to respond to Iran's democratic movement
By Mehrdad Valibeigi
April 27, 2000
Numbers
don't lie
Demography holds Iran's destiny
By Farzaneh Roudi
May 31, 2000
Active
peace
Instead of an interlude between wars
By Majid Tehranian
May 16, 2000
Reform
in retreat
The movement for change has suffered a set back. But...
By Rasool Nafisi
April 27, 2000
Anger
& despair
Possible reactions to the political crisis in Iran
April 24, 2000
For
God's sake
Conservatives need more than divine intervention to stop reforms
Editorial
April 20, 2000
Lost
opportunities
Limits of U.S. support for constitutionalism in Iran
By Charles Kurzman
April 19, 2000
Second
class
The legal status of Iranian women
By Mehrangiz Kar
April 18, 2000
Troubled
waters
Tripple track diplomacy in the Persian
By Majid Tehranian
April 12, 2000
Getting
down to business
The future of Iranian assets and claims in the U.S.
By Guive Mirfendereski
March 29, 2000
Deli
diplomacy at Purim
Iran, America & Iranian Jews
By Guive Mirfendereski
March 22, 2000
Who
to blame
Can Iran be solely responsible for hostage ordeal?
By Bradley J. Hernlem
March 22, 2000
Not
so bright
Secretary Albright's olive branch has neither leaves nor olives
By Guive Mirfendereski
March 20, 2000
Ball
in Iran's court
Will Iran grasp the opening offered by the U.S.?
From Iranians for International Cooperation
March 20, 2000
Velvet
Czech respect for human life and passive resistance
Written & photographed by Rasool Nafisi
March 8, 2000
The
road to victory
It won't be smooth
By Rasool Nafisi
February 22, 2000
Dethroning
Akbar Shah
The genie is out of the bottle -- almost
By Mehdi Ardalan
January 26, 2000
All
tied up
Reflections on the Iran-USA ball game & ballistics
By Guive Mirfendereski
January 20, 2000
January 5, 2000
Goal!
Normalization of U.S.-Iranian relations
By Najmedin Meshkati & Guive Mirfendereski
January 4, 2000
Three
men
... who shaped Iran in the 20th century
By Farhad Koohkan
January 3, 2000
Iranian
of the century
Internet survey
December 21, 1999
Here
to stay
Lamenting our lost roots is unproductive
By Fereydoun Hoveyda
December 14, 1999
Letter
from Amman
U.S. is perceived to be playing the old imperial game
By Majid Tehranian
December 9, 1999
Keep
it simple
Free thoughts on Iran-U.S. normalization
By Guive Mirfendereski
November 30, 1999
It's
over
Conservatives are fighting a losing battle
By Kamran Qezelbash
November 23, 1999
Truth
& justice
Interview with Arash Forouhar
By Haleh Vaziri
November 11, 1999
Picking
a president
Figuring out the U.S. presidential candidates
By Babak Yektafar
November 5, 1999
Cyrus
meets Lincoln
Iranian-American runs for U.S. Senate
By S. Rob Sobhani
November 4, 1999
Time
to move on
Twenty years after the hostage crisis
Interview with Bruce Laingen
October 28, 1999
Crossing
boundaries
Globalization of American culture does not necessarily mean control
By Hamid Naficy
October 21, 1999
It's
time
Mehrangiz Kar's human rights campaign
By J. Javid
October 19, 1999
Disillusioned
Instability has undermined our value-systems
By Mehrdad Emadi-Moghadam
October 8, 1999
I
love hate you
America's success has resulted in admiration, jealousy, and resentment
By Yahya R. Kamalipour
October 5, 1999
Catching
up
The Muslim world at the threshold of the third millennium
By Fereydoun Hoveyda
Sept 28, 1999
Heading
where?
Four scenarios for Iran's future direction
By Majid Tehranian
Sept 2 1999
Culture
of Karbala
Wondering why we are so uncompromising?
By Asghar Massombagi
August 11, 1999
He
won't be missed
Judging Chief Judge Mohammad Yazdi
By Soma in Tehran
August 5, 1999
Changing
mindsets
Opening closed societies to democracy
By Fereydoun Hoveyda
July 30, 1999
Iran
at the cross-roads
Image, identity, tolerance and freedom
By Yahya R. Kamalipour
July 28, 1999
Who
are we kidding
We need more than just mild improvement
By Reza Razavi
July 26, 1999
Widening
gap
Reflections on the student uprising
By Rasool Nafisi
July 22, 1999
Harmful
favoritism
How NOT to help arrested Jews in Iran
By Ali Akbar Mahdi
July 21, 1999
It's
the civil society, stupid
It's ugly and brutal - but true
By Mansoureh Haqshenas & Koorosh Bayat
July 20, 1999
1979
not 1999
Protest movement has no recognized leader
By Fereydoun Hoveyda
July 16, 1999
Deja
Vu
20 years after the revolution
By Arash Markazi
July 15, 1999
Now
what?
Three possibilities following the student protests
By Mark J. Gasiorowski
June 29, 1999
Not
about Khatami
All about the younger citizens who are prepared to take
a stand
By Mehrdad Emadi-Moghadam
June 11, 1999
Let's
do business
All is fair in love and trade
By Shahriar Afshar
May 26, 1999
Ripple
effects of Iranian diplomacy
The view from Washington
By Alidad Mafinezam
May 3, 1999
Travelers
on one ship
An in depth interview with Abdolkarim Soroush
By Mahmoud Sadri
April 22, 1999
Cucumbers
and tomatoes
Becoming a part of the societal salad bowl
By Guive Mirfendereski
January 15, 1999
No
thanks
Changing Persian script would be harmful
By Saba Ghadrboland
December 29, 1998
Far
from Utopia
A "select elite" don't represent Iran's youth
By Ataollah Togha
December 16, 1998
Looking
forward
"Time to live in the present and for the future"
By Ali Akbar Mahdi
December 9, 1998
Cyber
clash
Conversations with Iranians in cyberspace on the clash of civilizations
By Dokhi Fassihian
December 1, 1998
Oil,
mean people, dark skin, terrorism
Mental images of the Middle East influence relationships
By Yahya R. Kamalipour
November 18, 1998
Copenhagen
conference
Opposition groups meet to express their latest views
November 12, 1998
Giving
all a piece of the pie
The political risks of various pipeline routes in the Caspian
basin
By Hooshang Amirahmadi
November 9, 1998
If
Mahdi doesn't come
A reformer's guide to engagement
By Siamak Namazi
November 4, 1998
After
19 years
Rally in front of former U.S. embassy shows shift toward domestic
issues
November 4, 1998
From
confrontation to modus vivendi?
Iran-U.S. relations 19 years after the hostage crisis
By Hooshang Amirahmadi
October 26, 1998
Let
the occasional chalice break
Abdolkarim Soroush and Islamic liberation theology
By Mahmoud Sadri and Ahmad Sadri
October 1, 1998
Standing
against Taliban - together
Afghanistan crisis calls for U.S.-Iran cooperation
By Hooshang Amirahmadi
September 14, 1998
Prepare
for the worst
But work for reconciliation
By Siamak Namazi
September 14, 1998
National
interests come first
On the Iran-Taleban crisis
By Hooshang Amirahmadi
August 11, 1998
Window
of opportunity
Images of Iranians in the U.S. Media
By Yahya Kamalipour
August 7, 1998
Modernity
& consumerism
The forces of progress
By Bijan Namvar
June 30, 1998
Attacks
on free speech condemned
Statement condemning use of "hezbollahi" tactics
to silence those who think differently
June 23, 1998
Time
to Move Forward?
The horizon is rife with opportunities for constructive
interchange between Iran and the U.S.
By Tagi Sagafi-nejad
June 18, 1998
Here
kitty, kitty
U.S. makes an offer to Iran
U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's speech
June 9, 1998
U.S.
-Iran trade: Iranian-Americans adrift
On the negative impact of U.S. sanctions
By Shahriar Afshar
June 8, 1998
Farsi:
Bittersweet?
An academic debate on the usage of Persian v. Farsi
June 2, 1998
What
about MY rights?
Silencing speakers you don't like? Not here.
By Siamak Namazi
May 8, 1998
From
populism to pluralism
The Islamic Republic in transition...
By Kazem Alamdari
May 5, 1998
Proceed.
With caution.
Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Murphy
on Iran-U.S. relations
April 15, 1998
Misguided
policies toward expatriates
The Islamic Republic remains extremely myopic in the way
it sees and treats its citizens abroad...
By Siamak Namazi
Jan 8, 1998
Time
for reconciliation
Normalization of Iran-U.S. relations will normalize Iran's foreign
& domestic policies.
By Nayereh Tohidi
Jan 6, 1998
The
other peace process
Tips on how Iran and the U.S. should start normalizing their relations.
By Guive Mirfendereski & Najmedin Meshkati
Jan 2, 1998
Nezaarat,
nah dekhaalat
Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri's controversial views on
velayat-e faqih; speech in Qom, in Persian...
Khaah
pand gir, khaah....
Montazeri's response to attacks following his speech, in
Persian...
Leadership
& legitimacy
The controversy among the clergy over who should lead the Islamic
state.
By Maziar Behrooz
Dec 2, 1997
Khaharan
va Dokhtaran Ma
Excerpt from a 1944 book (Our Sisters and Daughters)
by Ahmad Kasravi, a year before he was assassinated by Islamic militants
(Persian).
Nov 5, 1997
Out
of breath
On the "crisis" facing the Islamic revolutionary
wave.
By Mark N. Katz
Oct 28, 1997
A
minimum of good will
American leadership, and Iranian good will are essential to reach
a trade-off with respect to Iran.
By Henry Kissinger
Freedom
... for some?
If you believe in freedom, believe in it for all.
By Kristin Aileen Motlagh
Oct 10, 1997
No,
No, No
More than 90 percent on THE IRANIAN mailing list oppose
U.S. sanctions.
Oct 7, 1997
U.S.
Sanctions: The McStick... Hold the carrots?
Reactions to the League of Iranian-American Voters' opposition to
the French-Iranian gas deal and a reply.
Sept 19, 1997
Bani
Ajam
Not pretty: The image of Arabs in modern Persian literature.
By Joya Blondel Saad
Sept 17, 1997
Mithraism:
Jung vs. Freud
On the significance of Mithras slaying the bull.
By Richard Noll
Hello
Capitol Hill
A modest lobbying effort against U.S. sanctions imposed
on Iran.
By Trita Parsi
...
and save the whales
Results of THE IRANIAN survey on expectations from the Khatami
government
WANTED:
Ambulance chasers
Why should discriminatory treatments at airports and...
must stop.
By A. Mollabashy
Hope,
again?
Novelist in exile on his hopes for the Khatami presidency.
By Abbas Ma'roufi
Maa
mimaanim (Persian) -- (English
excerpts)
Why it can be so hard to leave Iran, despite everything.
By Masoud Behnoud
Get
over it
A petition to U.S. Congressmen against economic sanctions.
Yaadaavari-ye
koochak (Persian)
An editor reminds president-elect Khatami of his responsibilities.
By Ameed Naeeni
Entekhaabaat:
Enqelaab mardomi dar baraabar vaz'e mojood (Persian)
Ayatollah Montazeri's advice to President-elect Khatami.
THE
IRANIAN Survey : The 1953 coup and the CIA
Nearly 80 percent believe the CIA should be sued to make
documents public.
Commets:
The 1953 coup and the CIA
What you said about the "destruction" of '53 coup
documents.
The new president
* Ping
pong president - John Daniszewski, Los Angeles Times
* But
can he deliver? - Kenneth Timmerman, Democracy Network of
Iran
* Theocracy
rejected - Constitutionalist Movement of Iran
* Islamic
Republic revived - Hamshahri editorial (Persian),
Tehran
Knock
knock
Former U.S. national security advisors call for change in
U.S. policy.
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Brent Scowcroft and Richard Murphy
Persians:
Kind, hospitable, tolerant flattering cheats?
17th century traveler's often unflattering observations
By Sir John Chardin
Basta!
(Italian)
The dangers of isolating Iran.
Ramin Rafirasme
OPEC
gaazi? (Persian)
Time for a natural gas producers' cartel?
Dr. Fereidoun Barkeshli
The
Iranian ambassador (French)
High praise for Abbas Kiarostami's "The Taste of Cherry"
-- top winner at Cannes
Jean-Michel Frodon
You're wrong, Mike
Two critical views on Mike Wallace interview with President
Rafsanjani. By Gary
Sick And Parviz
Sayyad
One
beautiful Saturday morning
A 10-year-old tells the Oregon governor how worried she is about
the environment.
Mandana Ramezani
Meyl-e
Hafez beh gonaah(Persian)
What did Iran's greatest poet think about human desire?
Baha'eddin Khorramshahi
Feb/May 1997:
Survey:
German ruling against Iran
Members of THE IRANIAN mailing list respond to questions.
Reflections
about my hero
What good is a dead hero?
Massud Alemi
Islamophobia
Fearing Muslims, specifically Iranian Muslims.
Kamran Rastegar
The
boot for the cat
Former U.S. defense secretary's Persian strategy.
William Perry
Eenjoori
Beneveeseem?
A debate on whether to change the Persian alphabet.
Silk
Road to energy
A review of Shirin Hunter's book on Central Asia.
Alidad Mafinezam
In the Dec96/Jan 1997 issue:
Not
what you think
Gary Sick on recent signals between Iran and the U.S.
A
new generation?
Discussing women's issues in Iran in the 1990s.
Janet Afary
The
Indo-European Legacy
From the discovery of the wheel to nuclear weapons.
J.P. Mallory
Politics
101
Political systems in terms of cows.
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