Iran's nuclear policy has put the West to the test, reports Azadeh Moaveni from Tehran
Iran's nuclear policy has put the West to the test, reports Azadeh Moaveni from Tehran
Iran is quietly celebrating what it views as a major tactical advantage (...)
Iranian officials are extremely cautious about their dealings with the new Iraq, reports Azadeh Moaveni from Tehran
Frustrated by months of quarrel over border security, the interior ministers of Iraq, its immediate neighbours and Egypt, met in (...)
The tide could finally be turning in favour of Iran's reformists. Azadeh Moaveni reports from Tehran
Ever since the US's "war on terrorism" brought its military onto Iran's doorstep, reformists here have considered themselves exceptionally (...)
Iranians rally in Tehran against the United States, as President Bush realises he's a reformist. Azadeh Moaveni probes the rhetoric
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Iran's conservative establishment closed ranks last week at a state-organised demonstration (...)
Amidst growing tension between the US and Iran, hundreds of thousands of Iranians marked the anniversary of their Islamic Revolution with condemnation of the US and its president. Azadeh Moaveni reports from Tehran
Tensions between the United States (...)
Can a global tragedy and common interests push Iran and the United States to patch-up two decades of mistrust? Azadeh Moaveni tests the waters in Tehran
or the country that coined the epithets that are now the vernacular of anti- American parlance (...)
Iranians turned out in droves to secure President Khatami a victory greater than his first. Azadeh Moaveni follows the commotion in Tehran
In the end, it was an election that came alive at night. On election day, voting stations around the country (...)
While the first election that swept Mohamed Khatami into power grabbed the world's attention, it is his second turn at the ballot box that could determine the future of Iran. Azadeh Moaveni surveys the political scene in Tehran, and interviews a (...)
Iran's President Khatami's first major rally strikes hardly any note at all. Azadeh Moaveni follows the Tehran's lacklustre presidential campaign
Knowing the outcome of an election in advance tends to make for dull campaigns. The driving logic of (...)
Putting to rest growing doubts, Iran's president resolves to run for re-election. Azadeh Moaveni witnesses the emotional start of an unpredictable campaign
With the death of the famously weepy Imam Khomeini, public tears disappeared for a time from (...)
Iran throws its doors open to the Intifada summit. Azadeh Moaveni observes the guests vying for the limelight in Tehran
High above the hills of northern Tehran, Palestinian flags fluttering brightly in the spring sun announced the Al-Aqsa Intifada (...)
Arrests, intimidation and awkward silences in Iran, as President Khatami wonders whether to run again. Azadeh Moaveni observes the pre-election tensions in Tehran
Round-ups of opposition activists are commonplace news in Tehran, as familiar to the (...)
The dramatic comeback of Iranian diva Googoosh, silenced since the revolution, climaxed last week at a Persian New Year gala on the Gulf. Azadeh Moaveni caught up with the singer in Dubai
Legendary Iranian singer Googoosh has spent each of the last (...)
A bolder Mohamed Khatami defends his presidency, indicating his intention to run again. Azadeh Moaveni reviews his historic address to parliament
In a yearbook of Iranian presidents, Mohamed Khatami would be described as "least inclined to give a (...)
By Azadeh Moaveni
After Deputy Interior Minister Mostafa Tajzadeh boldly secured a reformist victory in last year's parliamentary elections, observers expected the hard-line Guardian Council to take revenge. The time for retribution has finally (...)
By Azadeh Moaveni
A recent political cartoon in a Tehran daily shows Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi peering out a window through a telescope; the caption quotes him as saying, "If American policy changes, we will adjust ours accordingly," while his (...)
By Azadeh Moaveni
If there is one story that fully embodies the excess and horror of post-revolutionary Iran, it may well be the saga, known here simply as the "serial killings," of four intellectual dissidents in late 1998.
Opposition activists (...)