Editor’s Note: Professor Saba Vasefi recently fled Iran and lives in exile in Australia. She was an activist in Iran who fought for women’s rights and against the inhumane treatment of children. She suffered an attack by basij forces this summer and was critically injured. InsideIran.org interviewed her from Sidney.
Q: There were reports that controversial parts of the Protection of Family bill were being sent back to committee in an attempt to shelve it. Has this move been successful? more»
Kaveh Ghoreishi
SOLEYMANIEH.Iraq—“Maybe it is our taste in food, or maybe it is our cultural proximity to Iran. But whatever it is, Iranian goods and products, especially foods, are much more popular here than items we receive from Turkey.” more»
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Geneive Abdo, director of the Iran program at the Century Foundation, based in the United States, has said Turkey can serve as a broker between the United States and Iran, which are willing to negotiate but cannot talk with one another.
“There has been reconsideration within the Obama administration that to dismiss the Tehran declaration outright was a mistake. There are now some reassessments that Turkey can play a role. The Tehran declaration could be a stepping stone to talking with the Iranians about the issues that the Americans and the Europeans want to talk about,” she told Today’s Zaman for Monday Talk in reference to the deal that Turkey and Brazil brokered in Tehran on May 17. more»
Editor’s note: InsideIRAN conducted an interview with an engineer and factory manager, who is located thirty miles outside Tehran, to get his views on the effects of new sanctions. He requested anonymity for security reasons.
Q: Who do Iranians blame for the dire economic situation in Iran?
A: People complain about the conditions. Bu they don’t analyze what has brought about these conditions. They blame foreign actors such as the United States and the United Kingdom. They blame the so-called more»
Nejat Bahrami
TEHRAN—Recent strikes in Tehran’s bazaar have made the unrest the center of political and economic discussions in Iran. The dispute between the government and the bazaar is more important than other political conflicts because in the eyes of most Iranians, the bazaar is the traditional ally of the Islamic Republic and even played a significant role in the 1979 Islamic revolution. more»