July 2012
News | 4 Death Sentences in $2.6B Bank Fraud; Case Opened on Larijani Brother
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Health Group: Sanctions Put Tens of Thousands of Iranian Children at Risk
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Obama Administration, Romney Court Israel on Iran Showdown
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Cinema | Five Great Iranian Films
[ film ] When A Separation became the first Iranian film to win an Academy Award, more people gained awareness of the country's rich film legacy. Hamid Naficy, a leading...
Analysis | US, Iranian Militaries' Growing Focus on the Persian Gulf
Iran touts deterrent capability as America devotes new assets to waterway. Paul Mutter is a graduate student at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at NYU and a fellow at...
Opinion | What Khamenei Must Do to Save Iran
A nation with little stomach for war must find another way. Mohammad Alireza is a pen name for a columnist in Tehran.[ opinion ] Over the past couple of...
Dispatch | The Underground Fire
Will June 2013 see another eruption? [ dispatch ] We will rise again. That's the message from supporters of Iran's opposition Green Movement less than a year before the...
Region | Iraqi, Syrian Developments Threaten Iran's Geopolitical Sway
Gains that followed Saddam Hussein's overthrow at risk of being reversed. Paul Mutter is a graduate student at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at NYU and a fellow...
News | Khamenei: We Won't Back Down; Report: New Computer Worm Hits Iran
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
The State Blog | Clueless Iranian Foreign Policy?
Is the Supreme Leader paying attention to the reality of the current situation? The State is a weekly column about Iranian security and diplomatic issues. Alex Vatanka is a scholar...
News | Award for Alaei Brothers, HIV Advocates and Ex-Political Prisoners
Physicians were jailed for conducting health training supposedly part of a "velvet revolution." [ news ] In a ceremony held at the opening session of the 19th International Aids...
Media Watch | Israeli President Peres: Iran in 'Open War' against Israel
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Comment | Through the Front Door: White House Hosts Iranian Americans
Watershed event symbolizes community's remarkable progress. Amir Bagherpour is the first Iranian-born graduate of West Point. He recently completed his Ph.D. at Claremont Graduate University in political science with a...
The Arts | War in the Iranian Theater
A terrified stupor in the realm of the absurd. [ society ] Three years have passed since the last presidential election and its violent aftermath. Three years are nothing. But...
Region | Syrians Start Ramadan, But Not Together
The Syrian government follows Iran's lead and declares Saturday the first day of Ramadan. [ dispatch ] For Syrians, Ramadan is the latest battlefield. Some of the country's Muslims...
Media Watch | Tensions Escalate over Alleged Iran Link to Bulgaria Attack
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Business | Feeling the Pinch: Iran's Embattled Importers
Disabled financial system also undermines manufacturers, small business owners. [ dispatch ] Seated behind a large wood-paneled desk in downtown Tehran, Mohammed irritably folds up his newspaper and asks the...
News | Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Blames Iran for 7 Dead in Bulgaria Blast
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Industry and Trade Minister: Western Sanctions 'Paralyzing' Iran
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Comment | Cycle of Repression and Protest: Iranian Arabs in Khuzestan
Government vs. ethnic minority in region crucial to Iran's oil industry. Hamed Aleaziz is a frequent Tehran Bureau contributor and previously an editorial fellow at Mother Jones. Robin Mills, head...
The State Blog | Risks in the Revolutionary Guards' Rhetoric
Belief in their own slogans could be disastrous. The State is a weekly column about Iranian security and diplomatic issues. Alex Vatanka is a scholar at the Middle East Institute...
Diaspora | TD Cuts Off Financial Services to Iranian Canadians
Unique interpretation of sanctions mandate has "devastating" effect on community. Sara Mojtehedzadeh is a journalist currently based in Canada. For three years, she worked on the politics and foreign desks...
Syria Blog | Victims of Tremseh Massacre Await Help that May Never Come
Rasha Elass covered the Middle East for Reuters and The National, among others. Her reportage on Islam has been recognized by the Cornell Religion Reporter award committee. She is based...
Briefing | New US Sanctions Target 50 Iranian Firms and Individuals
Treasury undersecretary: "We will continue to ratchet up the pressure." [ briefing ] On Thursday, the United States announced broad new sanctions on a "group of Iranian front companies and...
Bīstoon | Iran and Its Visitors
Houman Harouni has written for Iranian Studies, Connect, and Harvard Educational Review, among other publications. His "Bīstoon Chronicles" appear regularly on Tehran Bureau. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [ Bīstoon...
Comment | Bad Romance: The Curious Case of the Shah and the Neocons
The clash of realpolitik with ideological purity. Andrew Scott Cooper is the author of The Oil Kings: How the U.S., Iran and Saudi Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in...
News | Abdollah Nouri: Hold National Referendum on Nuclear Program
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Poetry | 'Ancient Eve': The Ghazals of Simin Behbahani
The ageless voice of the revolutionary "lady of ghazal." [ poetry ] Simin Behbahani's poems paint one of the most nuanced narratives of modern Iranian society. Her poems offer...
Dispatch | Iranians Watch as Country's Economy Withers
Losing hope, longing for a "jolt." [ dispatch ] Even before the European oil embargo began on July 1, Iranian citizens have had to deal with an increasingly unstable economy....
News | Book: Mossad Assassinated Iranian Scientists; IRI Nuclear Proposal
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Dispatch | Zafora, Born in Iran: The Life of an Ethnic Afghan Widow and Mother
A workweek without end and an unswerving dedication to educating her children. [ dispatch ] Along the edges of Tehran's age-old Farahzad neighborhood there are many well-known, expensive restaurants that...
The State Blog | Tehran and Baku Play Hardball
Acrimony follows Iranian failure to adapt to neighbor's growing self-reliance. The State is a weekly column about Iranian security and diplomatic issues. Alex Vatanka is a scholar at the Middle...
News | 63% Online Back Halt to Uranium Enrichment; Nuclear Talks to Continue
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Iranian American Antonio Esfandiari Wins Biggest Poker Prize Ever
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories...
Comment | Saint Khamenei
The absurd attempts to forge a new Imam endanger the Iranian nation. Muhammad Sahimi, a professor at the University of Southern California, is a columnist for Tehran Bureau and contributes...
Behind the Curtain | Afghan Nationals in Iran Targeted with Restrictive Policy
Afghan immigrants in Torbat-e Heydarieh, northeastern Iran (Afghanpaper.com). Arash Karami is a frequent Tehran Bureau contributor. Negar Mortazavi is an Iranian journalist based in Washington, D.C. [ blog ]...
News | Iran Issues Stark Warning to Israel, Urges Emergency OPEC Session
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
A Tale of Two Oil Shocks | Part 2: 2007-12
Part 1: 1973-76 When a Saudi oil flood inundated Iran...and the prospect that it could happen again. Andrew Scott Cooper is the author of The Oil Kings: How the U.S.,...
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