Is this Iran’s ‘Chernobyl moment’?
Published by the New Arab
Months before Ukrainian passenger plane PS752 was shot down over the Iranian skies, another Ukraine-linked historical disaster had preoccupied Iranians.
Disaster averted. But can there be peace between Iran and the US?
Published by the New Arab
That was close.
The first week of the new decade has been a living hell for the people of Iran and all those worried about the prospect of a full-on military confrontation between Tehran and Washington.
You don’t need to mourn Qassem Soleimani to be deeply worried: Reflections of an Iranian dissident in exile
Published by +972 magazine, January 5, 2020 In 18th century Vienna, where intellectuals and flaneurs liked to hob nob in the city’s fabled cafe scene, there was said to have been an infamous saying: “What’s… You don’t need to mourn Qassem Soleimani to be deeply worried: Reflections of an Iranian dissident in exile
Zarif Meets Prominent Baha’i on South Africa Trip
On the evening of October 23, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif attended a reception at the Pretoria Country Club organized by the Iranian embassy in South Africa. While there, Zarif met with Iraj Abedian, one of South Africa’s most prominent economists. Abedian is of Iranian descent — and he’s also a Baha’i, part of a community that Iran’s authorities have cruelly oppressed for generations.
This might have been the first time that the Islamic Republic’s highest diplomat has met with a prominent Baha’i figure, a man who has represented the faith at the highest national level in South Africa, serving as treasurer of the National Spiritual Assembly.