Walking in the city of Berlin on a very rainy day, I was looking for an address of an art gallery. I walked up and

Dr. Avner Cohen is an Israeli-American scholar who has written extensively on nuclear weapons. Dr. Cohen believes that Iran, like Israel, is conducting a policy

I don’t know if I should cry or laugh these days. I have cried quite a lot since losing a dear friend so now I

این نه آخرین دیدار بلکه اخرین گفتگو با دوستی که بیش از 30 سال او را می شناختم بود.  هیچگاه فکر نمی کردم که او

Mehrdad Mashayekhi is Mr. Mash. We also call him Mr. Secular! Born into a notable and learned family (Aryanpour from his mother’s side and Mashayakhi

“This building was constructed in 1334 thanks to the generosity of Mohammad Hasan Shamshiri.* All the money received from regular patients who come here for

Walter Posch is a researcher and historian who has worked on security issues in the region, most recently on Iran. He is an Austrian citizen

The Revolution could have never been realized without the leadership of the clergy, and if this support is diminished it will not last. — Ali

There is another America, beside the world of Donald Trump, the self righteous billionaire who questions Obama’s citizenship, Sara Palin, yesterday’s Republican contender, Wall Street

بعد از وفات تربت ما در زمین مجوی در سینه های مردم دانا مزار ماست I wanted to write about my father Nosratollah Amini on

In the summer of 2005, shortly after Ahmadinejad had first been elected President, I visited Iran. I saw with my own eyes the many changes

Avner Cohen is a senior fellow at the Monterey Institute/ James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Washington, DC. He has done extensive research on

Gary Sick is Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, and served on the National Security Council under President Ford and Carter.

“Our homeland can betray us, it can become unlivable, but it remains the place where we belong. Perhaps Iran’s greatest tragedy is that it has

“Yes, we are reactionaries, and you are enlightened intellectuals: You intellectuals do not want us to go back 1400 years. You, who want freedom, freedom

They have strangled the humming bird, and still in the twilight of the river, her song flows…. H.E. Sayeh “We are not afraid of economic

In 1952, an emissary went to Ayatollah Boroujerdi (the highest ranking Shi’a cleric) to ask him to tell members of the Fedayeen-e Islam not to

Hedayat Matin-Daftari is the grandson of Dr. Mohammad Mosaddegh. Dr. Matin-Daftari is the son of Ahmad Matin-Daftari who was Mosaddegh’s son-in-law (1896-1971). He studied law

Article five of the UN Human Rights Declaration states: “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”

Recently we heard the wise words of the son of the late Mohammad Reza Shah promoting a non-violent movement towards democracy. Such rhetoric makes sense

“Ayatollah Kashani called me one early morning to go see him in a village where he was staying, between Aqdasieh and Gardaneh Quchak. He told

The 2010 Eighth Biennial Conference of the International Society of Iranian Studies (ISIS) is taking place on May 27-30 in Los Angeles, California. This is

“The only way to leave the circle, to stop dancing with the jailer, is to find a way to preserve one’s individuality, that unique quality

Dr. Abbas Amanat is professor of History and International and Area Studies at Yale University in New Haven Connecticut. Prof. Amanat graduated from Tehran University

“Do not save your loving speeches For your friends till they are dead; Do not write them on their tombstones, Speak them rather now instead.”