Category Archives: Iran

Iran Sanctions Re-visited

Posted on August 23, 2012 by iPouya

I participated in a discussion on Huffington Post Live in which we discussed the ongoing sanctions on Iran. I am preparing an article on the subject but the video will give those interested an idea of what I’ll be addressing … Continue reading →

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Iran’s Olympic Run in Perspective

Posted on August 12, 2012 by iPouya

“Iran only sent 53 athletes to the 2012 Olympic Games. Compare that with the United States’ 530 athletes, or China’s 396, and you’ll appreciate Iran’s accomplishment… Iranians won a medal for every 4.4 athletes they sent to the Olympics…The Chinese … Continue reading →

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Stay Gold, Iran

Posted on August 10, 2012 by iPouya

As much as I don’t like nationalisms (except for ones brutally denied!), open displays of nationalism, flags and false borders, I nevertheless find great joy in Iran’s success in the Olympics thus far. I am an Iranian, an American, and … Continue reading →

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The Politics of the Aurora Theatre Shooting

Posted on July 20, 2012 by iPouya

It almost seems cliche to say so, but I find it necessary to say it anyway: Had the psychotic and imbecile shooter of the threatre been a Muslim, or was remotely connected to Islam or the region, i.e. his grandmother … Continue reading →

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US Military Bases around Iran

Posted on April 26, 2012 by iPouya

And how many Iranian bases exist near the US? Zero. Yet, somehow someway, Americans feel threatened by Iran.

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Israel general says Iran is “very rational” and atomic bomb unlikely

Posted on April 26, 2012 by iPouya

This is a very important update. The ultra right in both the US and Israel have long argued that Iran is a suicidal irrational state and that it does not abide by a basic cost-benefit rubric, thus, “allowing” it have … Continue reading →

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iPouya: “Depicting Iran: How Western Portrayals Justify Intervention”

Posted on March 5, 2012 by iPouya

Here is my most recent article. It has appeared on PBS’s Tehran Bureau, University of Michigan’s  The Michigan Daily, and UC Berkeley’s The Daily Californian: As the ideological groundwork for military strikes on Iran is laid by hawks and certain … Continue reading →

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Asghar Farhad wins Oscar and scores for peace

Posted on February 27, 2012 by iPouya

Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar speech was a small but important victory for the anti-war voice: “At this time, many Iranians all over the world are watching us and I imagine them to be very happy. They are happy not just because … Continue reading →

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Dabashi: “Iran: The garrison state conducts a parliamentary election”

Posted on February 21, 2012 by iPouya

Al-Jazeera English Excerpts: “If Iranian national politics took the centre stage and overshadowed the regional geopolitics shortly after the presidential election of June 2009, it is now the turn of the geopolitics of the region, dominated by the unfolding Arab … Continue reading →

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Sectarianism in the Middle East

Posted on February 13, 2012 by iPouya

Professor Vali Nasr recently published an important article on Sunni-Shi’ite sectarianism in the Middle East as the “dominant dynamic in the region today.” Although it is an important issue in the Middle East and the wider Muslim world, I disagree … Continue reading →

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“Israel is using Iran to sidestep Mideast peace talks”

Posted on February 6, 2012 by iPouya

Ha’aretz: The deadline the Quartet gave Israel and the Palestinians for submitting their positions on security and borders – Thursday, January 26 – flew by. It’s as if it never existed. The Quartet’s plan, which was to bring the parties … Continue reading →

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Iran Wins Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film

Posted on January 16, 2012 by iPouya

Last night Iran’s submission (“A Separation”) won the Golden Globe for best foreign film. See the trailer to the film here. The acceptance speech was short but sweet. See it here.  I was most pleased that the speech was non-polemical … Continue reading →

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False Flag: How Israel is Baiting a War between Iran and the US

Posted on January 16, 2012 by iPouya

This is an expose first published on ForeignPolicy.com and has been picked up and transmitted all over the world. It more or less exposes how Israeli agents have been posing as American CIA agents and recruiting terrorists to wage a … Continue reading →

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Fidel and Mahmoud

Posted on January 16, 2012 by iPouya

There’s much to post and blog about so here’s where we begin: Ahmadinejad visits four Latin American countries and here’s a video of him in Cuba with Fidel.

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The Latest Episode in the Covert War in Iran

Posted on January 11, 2012 by iPouya

Make no mistake about it, there’s a covert war being waged inside Iran right now. This latest killing comes on the heels of a number of previous assassinations of nuclear scientists inside Iran. Al Jazeera English lists the most recent … Continue reading →

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