Iran Liberalism

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) The Ukrainian jetliner stood ready for takeoff at Iran’s main international airport bound for Kyiv, packed with passengers and so many bags on one of the cheapest routes to the West that the ground crew rushed to unload some l…

Over the past three weeks, many analysts have focused on how the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani will affect the Iran-US confrontation in the Middle East. Little attention has been paid, however, to the effect his death will have on the internal affairs of Iran. The general, who headed the…

Call for Papers The Iranian Yearbook of Phenomenology20212nd IssuePHENOMENOLOGY AND the Social The Iranian Society for Phenomenology is intending to publish the 2nd Issue of “the Iranian Yearbook of Phenomenology” in Iran, In Partnership with Iranian Political Science Association and Gam-e-nou(New Step) Publisher. We Invite every interested researcher to contribute…

January 20, 2020 4:23AM PT Massoud Bakhshi’s second feature, “Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness,” has its world premiere in Sundance’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition, to be screened without the director. The pic’s production company, JBA Production, and sales outfit, Pyramide International, issued a joint statement on Jan. 14 explaining that…

The recent conflict between the U.S. and Iranian regimes brings to mind that hilariously famous scene from Stanley Kubrick’s classic, Dr. Strangelove, with the U.S. president calling the Soviet leader to warn him about a foolish mistake that had led to a hydrogen bomb heading their way from an American…

DAVID WURMSER WAS  a longtime advocate of war with Iraq in the Bush administration. Eventually, he got what he wanted, and it was a total disaster. Now, Wurmser again has the ear of a president this time, Donald Trump and his sights are set firmly on Iran. …

Around the world, more than 260 million Christians—one of every eight believers—experience high levels of persecution, just for following Jesus. For the past 28 years, the Open Doors World Watch List has offered a global indicator of countries where human and religious rights are being violated, and those countries most…

David Wurmser was a longtime advocate of war with Iraq in the Bush administration. Eventually, he got what he wanted, and it was a total disaster. Now, Wurmser again has the ear of a president — this time, Donald Trump — and his sights are set firmly on Iran. An…

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair In war, truth is the first casualty. Aeschylus Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state. Noam Chomsky, Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda We are governed, our min…

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