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Who are we?

The Persians Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Iran by Homa Katouzian Yale University Press, 2009 REVIEW Homa Katouzian’s latest book The Persians is arguably the most

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Democratic criticism

'I am against the Iranian government and its policies.  This is one thing.  But it is a different thing to call for the destruction of

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Possible futures

I recently encountered in an editorial the rather melodramatic reading (to say the least) of President Ahmadinejad's open letter to President Bush as 'a declaration

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