There is good news for those believers with vigilante tendencies: it is now legally acceptable to kill people who act “immorally” in Iran.  If before

Everywhere you turn these days there is talk of war with Iran.  Ever since the Islamic Revolution of ’79 there has never been a time

It is hard to witness all the angry outcries and the commotion that a derogatory cartoon of Mohammad, the prophet, has unleashed and not be

There are two main reasons behind the significance of Iran’s presidential election on Friday. One is the obvious one of who will become president at

When I was a teenager I made a bet with my cousin that I would lose my virginity before him. I remember we were sitting

Once again I am in an airplane headed to Tehran. It has been almost three years since I moved back to my birth place. In

20 Fingers a film, in seven episodes, written and directed by Iranian actress and filmmaker, Mania Akbari made the kind of noise at this years

We left Tehran in the early morning hours. Ever since the earthquake the shorter road to the Caspian has been closed so we had to

Spread at my feet The dirty sheet Of this city Sun-drenched and Infinitely gray. Two bicycles on the balcony Face away from each other Having

Friday was an exceptionally humid spring day in Tehran. I was taking a rare afternoon nap when I felt my bed move and the room

It is hard to have supported the American invasion of Iraq and still muster the courage to put pen to paper on the subject. The

TEHRAN — It is election time in the Islamic Republic of Iran. No one here doubts that the elections for the seventh Majlis (Parliament) will

Over a year ago I came back to live in Iran after an absence of some twenty-five years. I came hoping to quell a longing

The History of U.S relations with Iran since WWII is studded with incredible gaffes. Afraid of communist takeover and Soviet influence in Iran for much

TEHRAN — For more than a week Iran has witnessed the most widespread protests by students in the past four years. The protests began with

Speech of Hashem Aghajari in June 2002 in Hamadan. His attack on “traditional Islam” has earned him a death sentence by a court. Student demonstrations

Source: The New York Times What's going on in Iran today is, without question, the most promising trend in the Muslim world. It is a

We need new people, not new governments. New state, not new head of state. New values, not just a new constitution. We need individual morality,

A few days ago I witnessed the much-anticipated Friday Prayer speech by Ali Khamenei, the “Supreme Leader” of the Iranian Revolution. The current political climate