Some months ago, on a bus ride from Edinburgh airport to St. Andrews in Scotland, I was sitting with a British gentleman who was going

On May 27, 2010, the International Society of Iranian Studies (ISIS) will hold its three-day biennial conference in Los Angeles, California. It is jam-packed with

One day, many years ago, when I returned to Iran after a long absence, I saw an old friend. We walked and talked on Pahlavi

One evening last week at the Free Library of Philadelphia, I met Alex Fattal. I saw pain on his face, as he came up to

“Today the house is no refuge, no protection anymore.” Luise Solmitz The English historian, Richard Evans, in his three extraordinary volumes on Nazi Germany goes

In 2009 I lost my beloved father, the youngest judge of his time, a man of integrity . In 2009 I lost my aunt, the

مادرم تعریف می کرد که روزی پس از انقلاب به منزلمان در باغ فردوس، شمیران می رفت. کوچه خانه ما بن بست بود، همان کوچه

When, more than ten years ago, we founded the Alliance for Defense of Human Rights in Iran (ADHRI) in Washington, D.C., after the serial murders

“Innocence is to be presumed, and no one is to be held guilty of a charge unless his or her guilt has been established by

نام دکتر عباس میلانی بر ایرانیان گمنام نیست. او نویسنده کتاب های مختلفی است. از جمله “داستان دو شهر” (که به فارسی ترجمه نشده است)

I was one of the thousands of protestors who gathered in front of the United Nations on September 23 to say NO to Ahmadinejad and

We will be waiting for you on September 23rd, all of us, from all over the US. We are not just green, red and white,

This report is dedicated to the brave men and women of Iran who have sacrificed with their blood and their courage to uphold freedom for

In a show of solidarity with their countrymen and women, Iranians took to the streets of Washington DC on Saturday June 20th to protest the

Iranians from every political stripe have taken to FACEBOOK to discuss whether they should vote in this month’s presidential election. There are numerous daily online

A review of “The Shah’s Story” An autobiography by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi “[Mosaddeq] was certainly a completely irrational being, but since, in politics, everything must

Dubai likes to see itself as the center of commerce, investment, and even culture, in the Persian Gulf. It is where the global rich can

Dubai likes to see itself as the center of commerce, investment, and even culture, in the Persian Gulf. It is where the global rich can

If there is anyone who must apologize to the Iranian people, it is first and foremost Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his four year regime of economic

Amidst the madness around us, the joys and the sorrows, sometimes it is soothing to read or write about something that is very personal and

It’s hard to celebrate the beginning of 2009, a year that was to begin at least with great hopes following the election of Barak Obama,

In a few days, 10 years will have passed since the brutal death of Dariush and Parvaneh Forouhar. Later Mohammad Mokthari,  Ja’far Pouyandeh and  Majid

I recently visited Lisbon and several other cities of Portugal. The trip was not only fun but an adventure since Portugal is like no other

To feel today what one felt yesterday isn’t to feel – it’s to remember today what was felt yesterday, to be today’s living corpse of

John Limbert is a former American hostage. He is also one of several former hostages who have spoken out arguing that the US should engage