Former Durham academic released from Iranian jail
by Daniel Johnson Dr. Reza Molavi, former director of the Centre for Iranian Studies (CIS), is believed to have been released from Iranian jail roughly a month ago, but there remains confusion about his arrest.
The Latest from Iran (9 February): The 25 Bahman Beat Goes On
2120 GMT: Not Worried at All (cont. — 0925 GMT). Revolutionary Guards commander Hossein Hamedani has commented on the proposed march for 25 Bahman (11 February), “The seditionists (opposition leaders) are nothing but a dead corpse and we will strongly confront any of their movements. We definitely consider them as anti-revolutionary and spies, and we […]
Who Rules Iran?
Iranian Ambitions by Reza Molavi and K. Luisa Gandolfo Middle East Quarterly Winter 2010, pp. 61-68 In the 30-year reign of Iran’s Islamic Republic, there have been few controversies as serious as the one surrounding the 2009 elections. The votes that brought Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power for a second term have been challenged, not just […]
OIL AND NATURAL GAS PIPELINES TO EUROPE
OIL AND NATURAL GAS PIPELINES TO EUROPE ALI EMAMI MEIBODI (PH.D.)1 – SYED SHABBER ALI2 Europe’s growing and seemingly insatiable need for a study supply of fuel to maintain its industrialized status including the so-called European standard of living’ requires a flow of oil/gas from diversified sources without putting all eggs in one basket in […]
The leadership Quagmire in Iran
The government of Mr. Ahmadinejad remains unwilling to acknowledge any culpability in the destruction of any property or the killing of more than ten or so protestors in the last few days of mourning processions, including the shooting of one of the opposition leader’s nephew. “The killing of Musavi’s nephew in the Ashura incidents is […]
Iranian tensions shake Durham’s ivory towers
It’s a long way from Iran to north-east England, but anger about the crushing of opposition protests by the Islamic regime has generated a furious row at Durham University, where one academic has condemned the British government for turning “the slaughter of innocent teenagers in Iraq and Afghanistan into an art form”.
Discrimination Against Qashqai Turks in Iran
UK Border Agency: The Qashqai website, accessed on 1 December 2009, noted that the Qashqai are also known as the Qashqaai, Qashqa’i or Ghashghai. Information on the website stated:
The international politics of peak oil and energy policy
Written by Reza Molavi and K. Luisa Gandolfo on July 28, 2009 – 19:34 The impact of oil scarcity in relation to the global economy and power balance: peak oil and energy policy
Iran needs to be “part of the solution”
As the 30th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution (Sunday, February 1), approaches Dr Reza Molavi, said Iran needed to “be part of the solution”, particularly in relation to meeting the world’s energy needs. February 1, 1979, saw the return of the exiled Ayatollah Khomeini to Iran, sparking the revolution that established the current Islamic Republic. […]
Reading into Iran’s Quantum of Solace
The Western-backed Shah, who grandly styled himself as the “King of Kings”, was overthrown by the people power when they took to the streets to call for his removal. The Islamic Republic of Iran was born 30 years ago when every man, woman, young and old expressed their dismay in unison, in their total and […]