A joke is making the rounds in Tehran. In it, the Iranian press confront President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad just before he leaves office with a report declaring Iran the second-most corrupt c...
In late November 2014, cyber-warfare burst into the American public consciousness when Sony Pictures Entertainment was the victim of a massive cyber-attack. Hackers leaked Sony’s corporate...
I don’t believe that economic misery brings down regimes. The pidgin Marxism that passes for serious analysis among all too many of our deep thinkers would have us believe that misery...
To pay for it, Rouhani will have to tax a disgruntled middle class. Luckily he’ll have well-paid Guards to quash any potential unrest. Hasan Rouhani submitted his...
North Korea has denied any involvement in the massive hacking attack last month on Sony Pictures Entertainment, and absent evidence c...
The founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, famously said the 1979 Islamic Revolution was “not about the price of watermelons.” To parse...
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Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani came into office in August 2013 promising better governance and economic reform. His administration launched investigations into corruption, which flourished...
North Korea is engaged in a blitz of diplomatic activity, summed up by the New York Times as Pyongyang’s “Diplomatic Charm Offensive.” Earlier this month, Nor...
For a conflict that still captivates much of Iran’s ruling elite, the Iran-Iraq War gets very little attention in the United States. Over the years, we’ve...
To understand the foreign policy goals of European engagement with Iran during its nascent phase, it is worth recalling a joke of the time. In 1984, Germany’s then-foreign mi...
Never mind the negotiations with Iran over the Islamic Republic's nuclear weapons program. Far more urgent developments are afoot. While the foreign ministers were busily counting how many c...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is at it again. Following a recent unsuccessful prob...
Sanctions relief, according to the White House and supporters of the current negotiating strategy with Iran, empow...
When Comrade Stalin ruled in the Kremlin, his many apologists and admirers could never bring themselves to admit that he was responsible for the many terrible acts of the Soviet Union. Indeed, th...
Why hasn’t Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, agreed to the offer the West put on the table in Vienna last month ...
Amidst the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, Iran’s celebration of...
Urbi et Orbi, the city and the world, Tehran and the globe. In his turban and clerical robe, softly speaking of peace, Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, resembles a spiritual guide mor...
Co-authored by Arsham Parsi While the world powers prepare for a July negotiation session with Iran over its illicit nuclear program, the deteriorating situation for sexual mino...
With 17 seats, Italian comedian-turned-party leader, Beppe Grillo and his party, the Five-Star Movement, will join the newly elected European Parliament alongside other Eurosceptic parties from l...