4 ChangeNarcissus Flower: a poem by Majid Nafisi
Monday, December 2, 2019
My beloved Has a Narcissus flower in mouth,Her souvenir From the prisons of Iran. I know that nightly From behind bars One can see the trace of flowers…
Revolution: a poem by Ziba Karbasi
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
The people’s hand was wounded The people’s foot The people’s back was wounded So their sky would rain stars. When their sky rained stars The people’s body was…
Iranian regime faces new crisis at home
Sunday, November 24, 2019
Yassamine Mather Over the last five days, tens of thousands of Iranians have protested against the hike in the price of oil, following an official statement issued by…
Iran Nationwide Popular Protests Call for Overthrow of Demagogic Regime
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Frieda Afari Police stations, banks, some public buildings, a few religious seminaries and many posters of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have been set on fire. Demonstrators have…
Why is Iran so paranoid about environmentalism?
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Kaveh Madani A group of Iranian conservationists, working for the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation (PWHF) and known for their exemplary efforts in preserving the endangered Asiatic (Iranian) cheetahs,…
How Tehran-backed forces are taking over in Iraq
Friday, November 15, 2019
Patrick Cockburn Iraqi security and pro-Iranian paramilitary forces are shooting into crowds of protesters in a bid to drive them from the centre of Baghdad and end six…
A Year After Khashoggi’s Murder, Saudi Arabia is Lurching Toward Chaos
Sunday, October 6, 2019
Robert Fisk The Saudis are taking a pasting. Video pictures from the Houthis of Saudi soldiers and their allies killed or surrendering inside the Saudi border town of…
Three Saudi Brigades Annihilated in Devastating Houthi Offensive in Saudi Arabia
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Federico Pieraccini Many may have hitherto been led to believe that the Houthis were a ragtag armed force lacking in sophistication. Many, seeing the drone and missile attacks…
Everything you need to know about the attacks on Saudi oil installation
Monday, September 16, 2019
Michael Safi and Greame Wearden. What happened on Saturday morning? Saudi pipelines, oil installations and tankers have occasionally been attacked over the past two years, but analysts say…
Yemen: The Deeper Meaning in a Lost War
Thursday, September 5, 2019
Alastair Crooke. It’s pretty clear. Saudi Arabia has lost, and, notes Bruce Riedel, “the Houthis and Iran are the strategic winners”. Saudi proxies in Aden – the seat…
The Fighting Dramatically Escalates As Both Sides Prepare For “The Final War” Between Israel And Iran
Sunday, September 1, 2019
Michael Snyder Are we about to see World War 3 erupt in the Middle East? Over the past several days, Israel has attempted to prevent attacks by Iranian…
A Shelter (سقف): a song by Iraj Jannati Ataei
Saturday, August 31, 2019
Saghf (Persian: سقف)(Literary: Roof) is one of the most beautiful Iranian songs. It was first performed by Farhad Mehrad in the 1970s. The lyrics are composed by Iraj…
Why Hezbollah is now focused on Lebanon’s domestic politics
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Paul Khalifeh. The New Hezbollah has emerged. In the past, the Lebanese Shia party proclaimed its allegiance to Iran through resistance to the state of Israel, and by…
Long Range Attack On Saudi Oil Field Ends War On Yemen
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Today Saudi Arabia finally lost the war on Yemen. It has no defenses against new weapons the Houthis in Yemen acquired. These weapons threaten the Saudis economic lifelines….
Persian Gulf: Tanker wars and propaganda
Monday, July 29, 2019
Yassamine Mather. The conflict between Iran and the United States is in its early stages, yet we are already witnessing war propaganda, and the presentation of outright lies…
It’s Trump Who Needs to be Deterred From War Not Iran
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Robert Fisk. It’s about time we wised up to what is going on in this utterly farcical “crisis” in the Gulf, this charade of lies and pomposity which…
Lights out: Tehran’s clampdown on Western habits
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Kourosh Ziabari. Iran is a country in which many aspects of public life: governance, education, foreign relations and even people’s lifestyles are peculiarly determined by ideology. The authorities…
Turkey’s Erdoğan: A vizier or a jester?
Saturday, July 20, 2019
Esen Uslu. The Turkish airforce base at Mürted near Ankara had an interesting history. The name means ‘renegade’, and it has been associated with the Battle of Ankara…
Is Iran’s influence in Iraq waning?
Saturday, July 13, 2019
Hamidreza Azizi Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi issued a decree July 1 obliging the overwhelmingly pro-Iran Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) to fully integrate into the Iraqi armed…
US Media Creating a Climate for War With Iran
Thursday, July 4, 2019
Media outlets are creating a climate for a US military attack on Iran by hyping the idea that Iran is an imminent threat to peace, by failing to…
Suitcases & Theater: Two poems
Saturday, June 29, 2019
Solmaz Sharif. Suitcases Suitcases of dried limes, dried figs, pomegranate paste, parsley laid in the sun, burnt honey, sugar cubes hardened on a baking sheet. Suitcases of practical…
Iran Had the Legal Right to Shoot Down US Spy Drone
Monday, June 24, 2019
Marjorie Cohn. The New York Times is reporting that on June 20, President Trump ordered military strikes against Iran to retaliate for its shootdown of a U.S. drone, but then pulled back…
Persian Gulf: The War Of Oil Tankers
Sunday, June 23, 2019
Dr Alias Ankle. The economic war waged by Trump’s administration against Iran seems to have been escalated to involve false flag attacks against oil tankers in the Gulf…
Tehran 2019: City On Edge, Iranians In Anticipation
Monday, June 17, 2019
Fariba Amini. May this year was a very pleasant time in Tehran when it comes to the weather. The abundant rain had cleared the pollution for a while,…
U.S. Rushes to Blame Iran for Tanker Attacks as Much of World Pushes for Diplomacy
Saturday, June 15, 2019
Vijay Prashad. Tensions between the U.S. and Iran are again ratcheting up as the Trump administration accused Iran of orchestrating an attack Thursday on Japanese and Norwegian oil…
Yemen: Why the Houthi drone strikes targeted Saudi oil facilities
Monday, June 10, 2019
Samuel Ramani. On May 14, Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen launched multiple drone strikes against Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities. These drone strikes targeted a major oil pipeline located…
9 Easy Propaganda steps to War with Iran
Sunday, May 19, 2019
Juan Cole. The Trump administration is now in full disinformation mode, using all the classical techniques of propaganda to put the gullible US public on a war footing…
Trump and the Middle East: a Long Record of Personal Failure
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Melvin Goodman. Many American presidents have blundered in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf, but Donald Trump’s personal involvement in the region has been particularly disastrous. President…
Threat of war in the Middle East is real
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Yassamine Mather. A common question journalists ask these days – if they are not asking about Brexit – is ‘Will there be a war against Iran?’ and, if…
Three poems by Forugh Farrokhzad, a woman alone
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
English Translations of selected Poems and Poetry of the great Iranian Poet Forugh Farrokhzad فروغ فرخزاد Forugh, one of the most famous Persian Women poets died in a…