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Iran must put fighting virus above military adventurism
A city worker disinfects a bus stop sign because of the new coronavirus in Tehran, March 5, 2020. (AP) By Majid Rafizadeh May 25, 2020 Coronavirus disease cases are spiking again in Iran after the regime loosened restrictions. According to official figures, there have been more than 133,000 coronavirus cases and 7,000 deaths in [...]
A new Iran nuclear deal? Not so fast
A staff member removes the Iranian flag from the stage after Iran nuclear talks at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria July 14, 2015. (REUTERS) By Ari Heistein and Dr. Raz Zimmt May 23, 2020 Both US presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Joe Biden, have declared their intentions to reach an agreement [...]
The Supreme Leader’s new Tom and Jerry sequence
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei waves to his supporters during his visit to Mashhad, 900 km east of Tehran, March 21, 2018. (AP) By Amir Taheri May 23, 2020 Is a military clash between the United States and Iran inevitable? Since last January, when the Americans assassinated Tehran’s top general, Qassem Soleimani, policy circles [...]
Iran has chance to embrace friendship with Gulf states
World Health Organization (WHO) aid, destined for Iran, is loaded onto a UAE military transport plane, Dubai, March 3, 2020. (AFP) By Majid Rafizadeh May 22, 2020 Amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Islamic Republic has a great opportunity to launch diplomatic initiatives with the aim of improving its relations with other countries [...]
Is Kadhimi a genuine anti-Iran reformer?
PMF chairman Falih al-Fayyadh with Iraq’s PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi at a meeting at PMF headquarters in Baghdad on May 16, 2020. (Facebook) By Track Persia May 18, 2020 After more than five months with a caretaker government headed by Adel Abdul Mahdi and two failed nominations for the premiership, Iraq has finally settled [...]
Iran – why all the warnings of “public distrust”
People walk near a burnt bank, after protests against increased fuel prices, in Tehran, Iran November 20, 2019. (Reuters) May 18, 2020 'Public distrust' of the government is a code of expression of fear and panic over the nationwide uprising and the overthrow of Iran’s clerical regime, which has been particularly pronounced in [...]
Ten reasons why the Iranian Parliament is Ineffective and ceremonial
Iranian President Hassan Rohani (Right) speaks at parliament in Tehran on December 25, 2018 as he presents his government's 2019-2020 budget. (AFP) By Pezhman Tahavori May 18, 2020 “The performance of Iran’s last [tenth] parliament in supervising the executive was weak.” Many agree with this criticism of the tenth parliament that, in a week, [...]
Iranian regime’s plan will not save the economy
Iranian rials, U.S. dollars and Iraqi dinars at a currency exchange shop in Basra, Iraq, November 3, 2018. (REUTERS) By Majid Rafizadeh May 15, 2020 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s administration is claiming that it is taking important steps to improve the nation’s economy, including by using redenomination, which involves altering the face value of [...]