Ramin Jahanbegloo

Talking about the bloody absurdity of any war is depressing. Yet, there is no way to talk about politics in the Middle East without confronting the hideous and horrifying reality of the war. It looks like the wasting away of peace in this region of the world is accompanied by a sense of impending catastrophe.…

Since the attacks initiated by Hamas on Israel on October 7 and Israel’s retaliatory counteroffensive, the main question on the mind of many analysts and observers has been about the role of Iran in this conflict. Although Iranian authorities never spelled out clearly their role in the Gaza conflict, and the Hamas leaders have been…

Forty-four years ago, the image of an Iranian woman, dressed in the traditional Shiite chador and holding a G-3 automatic rifle, had become one of the hallmarks of the Iranian revolution of 1979. Today, the key iconic image of the protests in Iran, which has being going on for four months, since the death in…