Published by IranWire British diplomat Simon Shercliff was appointed as ambassador to Iran earlier this month. He seemed to be off to a great start: he had already spent three years in Iran, from 2000 to 2003, all the time when reformist President Mohammad Khatami was in power. Things seemed more hopeful for the country in general, …
انتشار در ایران‌وایر «آرین شریفی»، جوان ۳۰ ساله ایرانی که حدود شش سال است در تفلیس زندگی می‌کند؛ هرگز زمانی که برای اولین بار نام «پوریا نایبی» را شنید، فراموش نمی‌کند. تابستان سال ۲۰۱۵ بود و او تازه چند ماه بود که مثل خیلی ایرانی‌های دیگر به امید زندگی بهتر و فعالیت اقتصادی به جمهوری …
Published by Newlines Iran’s foreign minister, Javad Zarif, is used to giving interviews. In his almost eight years in the job, he’s spoken to hundreds of journalists from around the world, putting forward Tehran’s case, quite often in fluent English. But on Feb. 24, he sat down with the Iranian economist Saeed Leylaz for a …
Published by IranWire Iran’s foreign minister Javad Zarif has lot on his plate these days: A deal just inked with China, scrambles for possible talks with the new administration in the United States, which could revive his signature legacy (the 2015 nuclear deal), and calls for him to run in the presidential elections in June. …
انتشار در ایران‌وایر تغییر رئیس‌جمهور در آمریکا در چهل سال گذشته معمولا یک پیامد برای ایران داشته است: تغییر رویکرد نسبت به ایران. حالا که «جو بایدن» دموکرات جای «دونالد ترامپ» جمهو‌ری‌خواه را گرفته، انتظار می‌رود، این تغییر بیش از معمول هم باشد؛ اما این تغییر را در پرتو نگاهی تاریخی چطور می‌توان دید؟ در …
Published by IranWire The outcome of any American election has obvious consequences for many people all over the world. Few are affected more than Iranians since US presidents have often had sharply divergent policies on Iran, perhaps no shift has been more dramatic than the one that occurred last month when Joe Biden succeeded Donald …
Published by IranWire It began as a rumor but has now been confirmed: according to Iran’s own official media, Emad Edward Sharqi, vice-president of the holdings company and noted tech investor Sarava, was arrested while attempting to leave the country. The reports didn’t say when the arrest took place. But the rumors about it had …
Published by IranWire Growing up in the Israeli port city of Haifa, Mikhal Dekel was often asked about her parents’ background, as many Israelis are. When they asked her if her father was a Holocaust survivor, she’d say, “No, he was not. He was a Tehran Child.” For generations of Israelis, the term “Tehran Children” …
Published by New York Times He has been dead for a month. On Dec. 12 Iranians woke up to bleak news: Their government had executed Ruhollah Zam, a 42-year-old journalist. The sentencing judge described Mr. Zam as a spy, as someone who incited violence and had “sown corruption on earth,” a vague charge which is often used …
Published by Atlantic Council “Goodbye, my son; a son who was a father, a husband, a brother and a comrade; a comrade to the very end,” wrote prominent reformist cleric Mohammad Ali Zam in an Instagram post. He was the father of dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam, who was brutally executed on December 12. In 2019, Ruhollah …