Iran’s Mullahs Have No Answers
Ali Safavi, Real Clear World, 9 March 2018 On Dec. 31, 1977, then-U.S. President Jimmy Carter toasted the Shah’s Iran as “an island of stability in one of the more…
DOWN WITH TYRANNY: The World Must Stand With The Iranian People
Soona Samsami, The Daily Caller, 31 January 2018 As 2018 dawned in Iran, a surge of urban uprisings engulfed more than 140 cities and towns. Protesters angrily chanted “Leave Syria alone, think…
Time to Recognize Iranian People’s Demand for Regime Change
Ali Safavi, IJR, 12 January 2018 With audacious anti-regime protests roiling throughout Iran, wheezy officials of the dictatorship have repeatedly declared the uprising at an end. But the raw social anger did…
Iran Protests: Here Is What The US Should Do Now
Alireza Jafarzadeh, Fox News, 2 January 2018 VIEW MORE STORIES ABOUT THE MOVEMENT HERE What started as economic demonstrations have transformed into deadly anti-government protests across Iran. A round-up of…
Iran’s Election is Profoundly Undemocratic
Ali Safavi, Washington Examiner, 19 May 2017 Friday’s presidential election in Iran represents anything but a genuine process like that expected by the average American. In Iran’s theocratic state, the…
Trump Administration Puts Iran “on Notice” & Issues Sanctions. What’s Next?
Alireza Jafarzadeh, Foreign Policy Blog, 22 February 2017 Barely a week after President Donald Trump was sworn in as U.S. president, Iran commenced another round of ballistic missiles to test his…
Iran Put On Notice: What Next?
Ali Safavi, Huffington Post, 14 February 2017 Last month, the US imposed new sanctions on Iranian entities involved in weapons procurement. The move came two days after the administration of Donald…
Time to Turn Up the Heat on Iran
Ali Safavi, The Hill, 9 February 2017 By testing their ballistic missiles in a provocative act last month, Iran’s ayatollahs also tested the resolve of the new U.S. president. National…
Iran Sanctions Fight: Three Myths
Alireza Jafarzadeh, Fox News, 21 January 2015 The expected congressional vote on a new sanctions bill against the Iranian regime has rekindled debate over Tehran’s nuclear defiance and the best…