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Has Iran’s Internet Battle Been Won?
For all his faults and, well, ghastly execution rates, one thing can be said for Iranian President Hassan Rouhani: the man has really gone out of his way to be a spokesman for the youth of his country...
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Iran Imprisons Journalists, But Doesn’t Want ‘Media Fuss’
The international community has learned the hard way in recent weeks that the Middle East is not the best place to be a Western journalist. The English-language press has been anxiously following the...
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Iran’s Ingenuous Condemnation of Charlie Hebdo Attack
In the wake of the murderous attack on the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, it seemed as though the voices of Iran’s leaders were united with those of its imprisoned...
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Dramatic Event in Lausanne While Breakthrough with Iran Still Elusive
For talks that are down to the wire, the nuclear negotiations in Lausanne seem to be lingering at the finish line for quite a while – giving news outlets plenty of time to churn out dramatic headlines...
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In The West, As In Iran, Rezaian Case Is About Politics
Nine months after the arrest of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, Iran has finally revealed the charges against him: four, including espionage, “propaganda against the establishment,” and...
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Zarif Comes Under Fire For Hypocrisy On Human Rights
Recently, more and more coverage of Iran in the Western press has been devoted to human rights issues. This rise has coincided with a “surge” in extrajudicial executions in Iran, many of them...
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As Debate Rages Over Nuke Deal, US Captives’ Voices Go Unheard
The buzz generated by the nuclear deal between Iran and the six world powers has yet to die down. Even before the deal was finalized the Washington Institute’s public statement on US. Policy toward the...
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UANI Campaign Aims To Return US Captives in Iran to Agenda
The campaign against the nuclear deal with Iran in the US is picking up speed, appealing to American hearts in an effort to diminish public support for an agreement many deem unsatisfactory. One of the...
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Great Rouhani Rhetoric at UNGA – But He Returns to the Same Reality
In the absence of any notable awards shows, the glamorous event that stirred up the press this week was none other than the 70th General Assembly of the United Nations. Days before the event, major...
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Iran Re-defining itself through “Opposition to the West”
If media reports and diplomatic overtures are any indication, the nuclear deal finalized this summer was to have ushered in a new era of rapprochement, cooperation (on everything from business to...
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Media Reacts to Iran’s ‘Outrageous’ Rezaian Prison Sentence
The shroud of mystery and uncertainty surrounding the fate of imprisoned Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian was partially lifted this week, revealing more of the ghastly workings of Iran’s...
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As Rezaian Marks 500 Days in Jail, New York Times Targeted For Hypocrisy On Iran
Iran’s judiciary announced that Washington Post reporter, Jason Rezaian, a dual Iranian-American citizen held on trumped-up espionage charges, would be sentenced to prison for an undisclosed amount of...
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Iran Returns to Old Ways, Jailing another American
When Iran released Jason Rezaian and other American hostages in a prisoner swap deal spearheaded by Washington, their return was celebrated as a “triumph” by the English-language press. And it was a...
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Human Rights apparently secondary to Rapprochement with Iran- see Robert...
In his speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner 2016 President Obama celebrated Jason Rezaian’s release from Iranian captivity stating “Last year we spoke of Jason’s courage as he endured the...
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Iranian Honesty & Moderate/Hardliner Divide Questioned – in light of...
The world is looking on as Iran gears up for its latest Holocaust cartoon contest. As conscious as ever of his public image in the West as a “moderate,” and of the need to end Iran’s international...
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‘Homeland’ Actress Highlights the Great Risk Taken by Dual Citizens Visiting...
As revealed to us in the sensational NY Times Magazine exposure on Ben Rhodes, an integral part of Iranian-Western diplomacy is the use of media outlets – including op-eds and leading news sites – to...
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Latest Victim of Iran’s Campaign against Dual Citizens: A Toddler
Iran’s treatment of dual citizens, to which men and women from all walks of life fall victim (including Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian, who was released after more than 500 days in...
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Media Playing by Iran’s Rules on Dual Citizens?
Even with the supposedly “moderate” Rouhani in power and the nuclear deal well underway, more and more cells in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison are occupied by Iranian dual citizens. One of the more...
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Doubt Pervades the Narrative of Iran’s ‘Goodwill Gesture’
A year and some months ago, following the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran released four American prisoners – including Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian –...
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Rezaian Suit Highlights Iranian, Western & Media Interests Alike
Media outlets reported extensively on Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian’s federal lawsuit filed against the Iranian government, on the accounts of hostage taking, torture and terrorism, for being...
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