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Reason
April 2002
Jesse Walker |
Soundbite: Dissent via Satellite Before the revolution of 1979, Zia Atabay was a successful pop singer in Iran. Now 60, he presides over National Iranian Television, a two-year-old, Los Angeles-based satellite TV station that broadcasts cultural and political programming to Iranians around the world...   |
Reason
December 2001
Sara Rimensnyder |
God-Worthy Pop: Iranian Rock 'n' Roll In Iran, even the most sugary Western pop tunes are deemed a potent moral threat. Clerics at the Ministry of Culture have dabbled with a supply-side approach: They've joined the music biz themselves, producing and promoting a handpicked group of local pop artists... |
Reason
February 2006
Michael Young |
Persian Letters Three personal accounts of modern Iran: Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America and American in Iran, by Azadeh Moaveni... Even After All This Time: A Story of Love, Revolution, and Leaving Iran, by Afschineh Latifi... etc. |
Salon.com
January 11, 2001
Ben Barber |
Shutting down the Tehran Spring How religious hard-liners sabotaged reforms in Iran and earned the spite of their people... |
Reason
October 2007
Michael J. Totten |
The Next Iranian Revolution How armed exiles are working to topple Tehran's Islamic Government. |
Reason
December 2004
Charles Paul Freund |
Queen of Persia The first rock group to have its music officially authorized for sale by Iran's ruling mullahs is, of all acts, Queen. |
BusinessWeek
February 4, 2010
Stanley Reed |
A Modern B-School -- in Tehran Iranian executives figure their homeland needs some good MBAs. |
Reason
September 2004
Marc C. Johnson |
Chatroom Revolutionaries Iran's dissidents and exiles discover the Web and are sending encrypted and compressed documents via U.S.-based free e-mail accounts, a tactic also used by organized criminals, terrorists, spies, journalists, and even businessmen. |
Smithsonian
March 2005
Afshin Molavi |
Letter From Iran The regime may inflame Washington, but young Iranians say they admire, of all places, America. |
BusinessWeek
January 10, 2005
Stanley Reed |
Rule By Rigor Mortis "In the Rose Garden of Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran," Christopher de Bellaigue theorizes about an Iranian culture that places an unhealthy emphasis on death and martyrdom and defiance of outsiders. |
Parameters
Autumn 2007
Christopher Hemmer |
Responding to a Nuclear Iran What should American foreign policy be if current efforts to discourage Iran from developing nuclear weapons fail? |
Parameters
Autumn 2004
Richard L. Russell |
Iran in Iraq's Shadow: Dealing with Tehran's Nuclear Weapons Bid The Iraq war is the backdrop for the evolving policy debate on Iran. Tehran might be tempted to harness the threat of nuclear weapons for leverage in the political-military struggle against the United States for power and influence in the Persian Gulf. |
Home Theater
June 2008
Kris Deering |
John Mayer: Where The Light Is--Sony Music (Blu-ray) "Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles" captures the multi-Grammy Award-winning, platinum-selling singer/songwriter in the element where fans love him the most: live on stage. |
Mother Jones
May/Jun 2001
Camelia Entekhabi-Fard |
Behind the Veil Westerners see Iran's mandatory veil as a symbol of repression. But under cover of the hejab, Islamic women have gained more freedom than they -- or the fundamentalists -- could have imagined... |
Parameters
Summer 2007
Gawdat Bahgat |
Iran and the United States: The Emerging Security Paradigm in the Middle East It is time that those responsible for crafting the policies and strategies for the region understand that US and Iranian interests are not by definition mutually exclusive. |
Chemistry World
September 15, 2015
Michele Catanzaro |
Jailing of retired Iranian chemist linked to nuclear deal Supporters of jailed Iranian political activist and retired chemistry professor Mohammad Hossein Rafiee Fanood claim that his imprisonment is a result of his support for Iran's nuclear deal. |
National Defense
May 2009
Stew Magnuson |
For the UAE, Iran Is Both Enemy and Trading Partner As the United Arab Emirates spends billions to defend itself against a perceived Iranian threat, it also enjoys a robust trading relationship with its potential foe. |
Reason
July 2003
Iraj Isaac Rahmim |
Where the Shah Went Alone Meditations on a life under tyranny |
Outside
May 2010
Joshua Hammer |
A Mountain of Trouble When three young Americans were arrested by Iranian border guards last July after straying too far down a waterfall trail in Iraqi's Kurdistan peaks, the costs of their adventure travel got a lot higher. |
Chemistry World
November 11, 2015
Michele Catanzaro |
Nuclear deal to free Iranian scientists professionally but not politically In the wake of the recent Iranian nuclear deal, scientists in Iran are hoping to turn a page on a decade that has left a lasting impression on the nation's science program. |
BusinessWeek
August 6, 2007
Reed, Sasseen & Pirouz |
Iran: The Buck Stops Here The U.S. is blocking dollar transactions to isolate Tehran. |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Does Iran Really Matter? With its vital geographic location, its financial back to the wall, and its significant position within OPEC, Iran should be taken very, very seriously. Investors must monitor emerging geopolitical strains while retaining their international energy representation in their portfolios. |
Wired
April 24, 2007
Joshuah Bearman |
How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran How the CIA used a fake science fiction film to sneak six Americans out of revolutionary Iran in 1980. |
| AskMen.com |
The Shot Watched 'Round The World A man identifying himself as the boyfriend of a young woman whose grisly death in Iran's postelection protests was captured on amateur video said Monday that she only wanted democracy and freedom for the people of Iran. |
BusinessWeek
May 24, 2004
Reed & Pirouz |
Iran: The Mideast's Model Economy? It's one of the strangest paradoxes in the Mideast. One goal of the U.S. invasion of Iraq was to turn Baghdad into a model regional economy. But could it be that Iran will wind up filling that role? |
Outside
August 2007
Josh Dean |
Powder Keg As you may have heard, they ski in Iran. As you may not have heard, the terrain is pretty sweet, there are dudes bouncing on the chairlifts, and the hills are alive with happy women in flowing robes. Can we make peace with this place immediately? |
BusinessWeek
February 28, 2005
Stan Crock |
Why Iran Can Thumb Its Nose At Washington With Washington long on rhetoric and short on action, it's no surprise the Bush team's threats to change Iran's regime and end its nuclear program are cowing few Iranians. |
BusinessWeek
August 30, 2004
Stan Crock |
Why Iran Is Giving The West The Willies The Iranians on July 31 announced they would resume building the centrifuges that can enrich uranium to weapons-grade strength. What should, and can, the West do about it? |
Salon.com
October 9, 2001
Janelle Brown |
Film to watch as we engage in war Despite strict censorship and a paucity of funds, Middle Eastern cinema illuminates the political and personal lives of people we now battle or befriend in the region... |
| AskMen.com |
What To Do About Iran? President Barack Obama is in a box over Iran, caught between affinity for emboldened reformists and caution about further alienating a hard-line Islamic regime he wants to dissuade from seeking nuclear weapons. |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2010
David Lee Smith |
Why the U.S. Won't Leave Iraq Without Iran on board, a U.S. presence is needed to maintain balance in the Mideast and also help big oil work in peace. |
