At the same time as the Islamic Republic of Iran sends millions of dollars to extremist Arab organizations in Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq the Arab population of Ahwaz in Iran suffers extreme poverty and discrimination.
The Islamic Republic of Iran portrays its self as the champion of Arab rights in all of the above-mentioned countries, [...]
It seems that no one in the West knows what to with Iran. The Obama administration and its allies are grasping for any solution, even if the solution would lead to other problems. Pundits and self-described experts on Iran are proposing everything from sanctions, military attacks and unconditional engagement to ignoring Iran.
The Obama administration’s Iran [...]
The Middle East Institute will host Carol Prunhuber, my colleague Sharif Behruz who works as the PDKI’s U.S. representative and my brother Idris Ahmedi for a lecture about the political, social and human rights status of Iran’s Kurds
Read more on the MEI’s website – Prunhuber will speak about Kurd leader Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou whose untimely [...]
I am going to answer some frequently asked questions about whether our party has any relationship with Israel and our position on armed struggle.
Regarding the Israel-Palestine conflict. Our party has traditionally supported the Palestinian peoples right to self-determination and we believe that a two-state-solution would bring about the end to some of the political and [...]
Read – Iran’s secret nuclear trigger: translation of full document
Read – US investigates nuclear trigger as Tehran damns bomb ’scenario’
Read – US House passes Iran sanctions bill amid nuclear row
Read – Iran’s Mottaki defiant on UN nuclear sanctions threat
Read – Iran will not bow to sanctions
Watch – Iran’s Smoking Gun:
Since the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Arab countries like Saudi Arabia have feared Iran’s attempts to spread its revolution. Iran does not only challenge Saudi Arabia’s religious position in the Islamic World, but it also challenges Saudi Arabia militarily.
Iran has grown bolder during the last couple of years and, the latest evidence [...]
Mohamed El-Baradei said that Iran has not yet given the IAEA any written response in which Iran rejected the 5+1 proposal, and Hillary Clinton said that the U.S. doesn’t consider Mottaki’s rejection as Iran’s “final word”.
It is quite absurd to expect anything else from Iran, they will prolong this Cat and Mouse game as long [...]
Eritrean opposition leader Bashir Eshaq said in an interview with the AFP that Iran is arming Shiite groups in Yemen via Eritrea. Iran’s foreign minister denied this, but it the possibility of this being true, based on Iran’s track record, is high.
Since the establishment of the Islamic Republic, the theocratic regime in Tehran has pursued [...]
I receive different questions about a vide range of issues related to the situation in the Middle East on a daily basis via emails, phone calls and in discussion with people in different meetings. I will from now on answer some of those questions here on the blog. If you have any questions you would [...]
Not surprisingly, Iran has built a secret nuclear site in the holy city of Qom:
Video of the statements by the Presidents Obama, Sarkozy and Prime Minister Brown at the G 20 summit in Pittsburgh:
Time Magazine questioning Ahmedinejad about the nuclear site:
Russia and China urges Iran to cooperate with the IAEA
Official U.S. Government Statements Regarding the [...]
