Farahmand Alipour

In the past, everything seemed to be going well for the Israeli-Turkish relationship. The Turks were the first Muslim nation to recognize Israel as a state, less than two decades after the establishment of the Zionist state in 1948 and twenty-three years before any Arab country. more»

Mohammad Hassan Khani

Editor’s Note: InsideIRAN.org requested an analytical or research-based article from the author, rather than the letter-to-the-editor format that appears below. However, in order to provide readers further insight into the views of Iranians who support the current government, I have decided to publish its contents as received, with only customary editing for clarity and style.

TEHRAN — The West in general and the United States in particular have failed and continue to fail to understand the dynamics of politics and religion in Iran. There are so many reasons for this failure but the following is the most important and perhaps the most ignored one: more»

Kawe Qoraishy

The Islamic Republic’s recent execution of five Kurds has sparked outrage in northern Iraq, and renewed unrest at home.

Two days after the hanging of five Iranian Kurds in Tehran, protesters gathered across the Iraqi border in the Kurdish city of Suleymanieh. Thousands of them crowded into the city’s leafy Freedom Park, where Javad Alizadeh, a well-known former political prisoner in Iran who had recently left for Iraqi Kurdistan, addressed the gathering. The Iranian regime “follows neither the principles of republicanism, nor does it abide by holy laws of Islam,” Alizadeh declared. “The Islamic Republic has shown in the past 30 years that it only cares about its own survival and it will not abstain from committing the vilest of acts in achieving its goal.” more»

Saeed Ghaseminejad

PARIS — Despite press reports in the English-language media that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech at the United Nations this week was antagonist and hostile, the address was actually intended to be a sign of a new peaceful cooperation with Western governments. more»

Ali Kheradpir

PARIS– President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s sixth appearance at the United Nations was an opportunity for him to show his negative attitude toward the West. And as predicted, he delivered. He was not able to use the UN podium effectively to dissuade UN members from issuing another resolution against Iran. more»