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How Did Iran Become an Islamic Republic? [interview with Darioush Bayandor]
Published by IranWire Iranians marked the 40th anniversary of the Iranian revolution in 2019. Many an academic conference around the world marked the occasion (including a workshop jointly held by my own New York University and Columbia University), but grand narratives or conclusive accounts of the revolution have been conspicuous in their absence. This is… How…
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US sanctions on Iran put us all at risk during coronavirus
Published by the New Arab
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Why I am boycotting the Iranian elections in 2020
Published by the New Arab Four years ago, in a meeting room in San Francisco, I joined a group of Iranian dissidents, including a number of former MPs, in a fractious debate on a familiar question: Should we, or should we not boycott the 2016 Iranian elections?
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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.
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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.
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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 in the newspaper today? Are the Turks killing or are they being killed?” The quote was meant to caustically symbolize…
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British Baha’is with Iranian Background Deported from US
Published by IranWire
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At the UN, Iran Stands Accused of Human Rights Violations
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Zarif Meets Prominent Baha’i on South Africa Trip
Published by IranWire 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… Zarif…
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World Leaders Congratulate Baha’is on Bicentennial Celebrations
Published by IranWire
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Iran’s Baha’is Attacked and Detained on Eve of Holy Celebrations
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Iranians Angry About Trump Calling Persian Gulf “Arabian”
Published by IranWire
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“Bring My Father Home”: Pressure Mounts for Iran to Release Lebanese Businessman
Published by IranWire
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The Donald vs The Revolutionary Guards
Published by IranWire
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Reading Ishiguro in Tehran
Published by IranWire
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From Mountains to Palaces: The Life of Jalal Talabani
Published by IranWire
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“Israel has a Moral Commitment to the Kurds”
Published by IranWire
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“Yazidis See the Referendum as Kurdish Betrayal”
Published by IranWire
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What Can Israel do for the Kurds?
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The Timing of the Kurdish Referendum is Bad for the Kurds and the US
Published by IranWire