by Joanne Michelle | Sep 23, 2013 | Exclusive, Human Rights, Opinion, Politics, World
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, newly-elected and riding on a wave of “Twitter diplomacy” and a groundbreaking Washington Post op-ed, will be in the U.S. today for his first appearance at the UN General Assembly week in New York. Rouhani’s call for...
by Sam Razi | Apr 16, 2013 | Exclusive, Featured, Opinion, Politics
Laura Rozen reports in Al-Monitor’s Back Channel on the explosive Wikileaks US cable that implicates Ayatollah Khamenei’s top aide and former Iran Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Velayati, in a purported outreach to the U.S. government, seeking funds for a...
by Sam Razi | Jun 14, 2012 | Featured, Must Read, Opinion
For several days now, Nic Kristoff of The New York Times has been tweeting from Iran, sharing snippets of encounters with the Iranian people. It is very rare for a western journalist to be given this level of unscripted and open access to Iran, but somehow Nic has...
by Sam Razi | Mar 22, 2012 | Exclusive, Featured, Opinion, World
If you happen to have grown up in the west, you are certainly familiar with the horror that was the holocaust. You would know about how the Jews were singled out by the Nazis, how they were demonized, how Nazi propaganda dehumanized them, and ultimately you would...
by Sam Razi | Nov 18, 2011 | Featured, Human Rights, Interviews, Must Read, Opinion, Politics, Video
This is a must watch show. Watch it and let us know what you think. The show raised many interesting questions. Stay tuned for an Iran News Now special, an in-depth look at the show and evaluation of the discussion, with viewpoints from Dave...