Rasool Nafisi
While Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was touring the UN last week, delivering acerbic speeches and giving interviews, back home in the Iranian parliament questions were raised not about Ahmadinejad himself, but about the institution of the presidency in total, and whether…
more »Shayan Ghajar
In an interview broadcast live to one of Iran’s primary state-owned TV channels the evening of October 4, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad indicated that Iran may be amenable to maintaining communications with the United States to prevent international incidents between the two nations in the Persian Gulf.
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Editor’s Note: Amid threats from Iran to deploy warships to U.S. coastal waters, InsideIran’s Shayan Ghajar conducted an interview with W. Jonathan Rue, a Senior Research Analyst at the Institute for the Study of War in Washington, DC. From 2007-2011, he was an active duty Marine officer in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as an advisor to the Iraqi Army. more»
Ali Kiani
Editor’s note: this article was written by an industrial engineer in Iran.
I got on my work shuttle to go to a factory in Hashtgerd, a city 40 miles west of Tehran. I am an industrial engineer who graduated about two years ago. The bus is full of factory workers, clerks, and engineers. The radio is on and the broadcaster is announcing the news of Ahmadinejad’s trip to New York. more»
Editor’s Note: Amid the environmental protests in the Iranian Azeri region, InsideIran’s Reza H. Akbari conducted an interview with Hassan Shariatmadari in Germany to paint a broader picture of the ongoing tensions in that region. Mr. Shariatmadari is a prominent Iranian Azeri activist who has been active in Iranian politics since before the 1979 Revolution. Hassan Shariatmadari’s political activities include work in organizations urging free elections, separation of religion and state, and greater cultural rights for Iran’s minorities. more»
Reza H. Akbari
One of Iran’s most prominent dissident clerics, Grand Ayatollah Ali-Mohammad Dastgheib, issued two letters to the Assembly of Experts and condemned the state of “lawlessness,” which has dominated the country during the past two years. more»
Reza H. Akbari
“Any plan that divides Palestine would be rejected,” said Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran on October 1. These remarks were made during the 5th International Conference on the Palestinian Intifada held in Tehran.
Shayan Ghajar
While Iran’s military commemorates the start of the eight-year Iran-Iraq war in 1980 during its annual “Sacred Defense Week,” two prominent Iranian commanders indicated September 27 that the Islamic Republic’s naval forces may soon assert their presence just outside of United States territorial waters in the Atlantic.
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Reza H. Akbari
Ahmadinejad’s speech at the 66th United Nations General Assembly was generally received positively by the Iranian politicians; however, some of the conservative factions in the parliament ridiculed his comments about easing tensions between Iran and the United States. more»
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