In the early to mid-00’s, Voice of America’s Persian service could do no wrong. Farsi-speakers all over the world, and especially in Iran, watched everything

Context: For centuries, life in India has been shaped by two different religions, Hinduism and Islam. They were not any less divergent in their prescription

I keep reading articles and blogs about all opponents of the regime uniting, and how somehow a knight needs to show up on a horse

Whenever I go to Iran I find changes, one year to next bring many changes which you won’t notice as much if you go there every few

The Final Cut from the album by the same name is the last one that Pink Floyd released with Waters still in the band. It

I have read in the news media that the former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami urging the Islamic Republic leadership and the people of Iran to

The reason for this rather unorthodox title is the fact that the so called “last stand of the 300 Spartans” in 480BC is said to

    The term Satrap derived from Old Persian Xsatrapa, means the Protector of the Land, and it was the name given to the provincial

The European Union and the Obama administration have made a splendid art of double standards by imposing sanctions on Tehran’s rulers for their human rights

When will we end our policy of intervention in foreign affairs? First we went into Afghanistan searching for the 911 perpetrator Osama Bin Laden. Even

This is the first Norooz when I have no new outfit, no sabzeh, and not even a haft-seen. I won’t even mention how my major

As president Obama’s outreach to Iran failed to bring positive results or a dialog on issues of concern for either side, he chose the sanctions

The 1953 Iranian coup d’état, on August 19, 1953 (and called the 28 Mordad coup d’état in Iran), was the overthrow of the democratically elected

In today’s world, war is our business. In 2010 the U.S. is busy warring and pushing its imperialistic control throughout the world. We are located

Because of a new injunction by Suprme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, this year’s birthday celebrations for the Hidden Imam on July 27 will be a

Iran has pardoned or commuted the prison sentences of 81 people convicted of offences linked to the unrest after last year’s disputed election – just

Home, Thank God, I am home at last. A return to sanity, And the security of knowing, That I am home. An opportunity to begin

I held myself perfectly still as he approached as if movement might scare off or encourage him. He was now so close that I could

Continued from Part I, Part II, Part III. Thirty thousand feet above northern Iran. Inside the cockpit of an Iran Air Boeing 727, two pilots

At first glance, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei might seem a happy man. The pro-democracy movement had promised that last Thursday, the 31st anniversary

. .  I don’t watch TV anymore.  Too much violence; and I’m not talking about violence in PBS shows like NOVA or Nature, where crocodiles

We are only one day away from the 31st anniversary of the Fall of the Pahlavi Regime, a day of showdown between the Green Opposition and

Last night I was having tea in my back yard when my astrology-savvy friend up north called to make sure I planned to catch the

Inspired by a new book: The Persians, by G.R. Garthwaite. Fifty thousand years back, a group of Africans moved into Asia and Europe. When the

I was inspired by Faramarz’s recent blog about Reza Shah Kabir high school girls to post this piece. It is part of a work in