By Abbas Djavadi — (A reprint from Feb 25, 2010) Recently, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s highest Shi’ite authority, urged … More
Category: Iran
Nizami Gəncəvi Kimindir
Abbas Cavadi – Hərdən bir hay küy qopur: Axırda Nizami Gəncəvi üzərində “mülkiyyət haqqı” kimə aiddir? İrana ya Azərbaycana? İranlıydı … More
Gülüstan Müahidesi — Keçmiş Artıq Keçmişdir
Abbas Cavadi – 1950, 1960-ci illərdə – biz Təbrizin Məqsudiyyə məhəlləsində yaşadığımız vaxtlar bu məhəllədə bir neçə hörmətli ailə də … More
Azeri Turkish, My Mother’s Language
By Abbas Djavadi — February 21 is the International Mother Language Day and, again, I think about my own mother … More
Reading Persian Classics In Iran
By Abbas Djavadi — “Do you have the original edition of this book?” It’s a question many Iranian booksellers are … More
After Green Movement, Iran’s Conservative Factions Turn On Each Other
By Abbas Djavadi — Last year’s crackdown on Iran’s opposition Green Movement united the various factions of the country’s ruling … More
Iranian Small Business Squeezed By Ahmadinejad’s Policies
By Abbas Djavadi — Even as the latest UN, U.S., and European Union sanctions against Iran create new hardships for … More
Iran’s Ethnic Azeris And The Language Question
By Abbas Djavadi — Call it discrimination or even chauvinism: Millions of Iran’s ethnic Azeris have no right of education … More
A Trial In Tehran: Their Only ‘Crime’ — Their Faith
By Abbas Djavadi — Of the hundreds of political prisoners in Iranian jails, there is one group, probably the only … More
With Disappearing Subsidies, Iran’s Annual Inflation Rises To 50%
By Abbas Djavadi, Arash Hassan Nia — A recent pronouncement by Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appears to have … More
