Iran’s 24 World Heritage Sites Are Safe. Learn More about Five of Them.
The past few days may be remembered by historians and Americans in general as the most turbulent period of Donald Trump’s presidency. Facing an... Read More
A Certain Uncertainty: Brookings Holds Discussion on Recent Iranian Protests
Amid two weeks of protest in Iran, the Brookings Institution’s Center for Middle East Policy hosted Iranian-Canadian journalist and filmmaker Maziar Bahari in a... Read More
US Needs Political-Military Strategy to Moderate Iran’s Israel Policy
Although US and Iranian diplomatic strategy compartmentalized the Iran nuclear negotiations in order to reduce the risk of failure on this priority issue, these... Read More
Humanists Must Enter the Middle East Policy Fray To Prevent War with Iran
In February 2015 I wrote an op-ed for the Humanist titled “Religious Nationalism: A Weapon of Mass Destruction" in which I said that the conflicts... Read More
Iranian Cinema: Defiance and Creativity in the Face of Authoritarianism
Journalist and Middle Eastern cultural expert Diana Darke once wrote, “In Iran, they say there are two books in every household—the Koran and Hafez.... Read More
The Iran Nuclear Deal: Human Reason Triumphs over Greed and Corruption
Make no mistake: President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran is a historic victory for reason. On July 14, the Obama administration accomplished what no... Read More