Iran’s quantum of solace: step back, look long
Iran’s quantum of solace: step back, look long Jennifer Thompson and Reza Molavi, 25 June 2009 The western-backed Shah of Iran, who grandly styled himself as the “king of kings”, was overthrown by “people power” when millions of Iranians took to the streets to call for his removal. The Islamic Republic of Iran was […]
‘Iran protests aren’t about vote-rigging’
As demonstrators take to the streets of Iran, Mark Summers talks to Iranian Dr Reza Molavi, of Durham University, about his interpretation of recent events in his homeland. THE Islamic Republic of Iran was born 30 years ago after people took to the streets to call for the overthrow of the Western-backed Shah, who grandly […]
The genie may not go back in the bottle
The official result of the Iranian election has left Iranians as well as Iran-watchers in the West baffled, disgusted and bewildered. Perhaps from the start, however, Mirhossein Mousavi was destined to fail. He hoped to combine the articulate energies of the liberal upper- and middle-classes with the business interests of the bazaar merchants. But his […]
New Iran president faces nuclear “compromise”
Iran’s next president could have “no other choice” but to compromise over the country’s controversial nuclear programme, a Durham University expert said today. Dr Reza Molavi, Executive Director of the Centre for Iranian Studies, at Durham University, added that Friday’s (June 12) election was potentially the “most important presidential election globally”.
Asylum and Immigration Tribunal
Asylum and Immigration Tribunal SB (risk on return-illegal exit) Iran CG [2009] UKAIT 00053 THE IMMIGRATION ACTS Heard at Manchester (Piccadilly) On 6 May 2009 Before SENIOR IMMIGRATION JUDGE STOREY IMMIGRATION JUDGE BRUNNEN Between SB and THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT Download
Advisory Panel on Country Information – IRAN
EVALUATION OF THE AUGUST 2008 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN INFORMATION REPORT ON IRAN Prepared for the Advisory Panel on Country Information (APCI) By Reza Molavi, BBA ( U. S. A. ), PhD (Dunelm) And Mohammad M. Hedayati-Kakhki LLB (Tehran), PhD (Durham) Centre for Iranian Studies (CIS) Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (IMEIS) Durham University […]
Iran is part of the solution in Iraq, not the problem
Byline: Reza Molavi Summary: Britain withdrew from the Persian Gulf in 1971, leaving behind a security vacuum that only the regime of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi could fill. With America’s support, Iran under the shah became the policeman of the Persian Gulf. But with the advent of the Islamic Revolution, power in the Gulf region was dispersed among […]
New Conflict Landscape in the Greater Middle East
The situation in the direct neighbourhood of the European Union has come to a head in recent years. The Israeli-Arab and the intra-Palestinian conflict with the coup of Hamas in the Gaza Strip in June 2007, the uncertain future of the statehood of Lebanon, the imminent disintegration of Iraq and the conflict on Iran’s nuclear […]