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Golnaz Esfandiari

Iran
Alarmed Iranians Fret over Devastating new War after 4 Decades of Conflict

Alarmed Iranians Fret over Devastating new War after 4 Decades of Conflict

Golnaz Esfandiari

(RFE/RL) – As verbal sparring, economic pressure, and military jockeying intensify between Tehran and Washington, Iranians are closely following the standoff and appear increasingly alarmed at the prospect of a conflict with the United States. Even conservative authorities and frequently combative media in the Shi’a-majority country of around 81 million people look to be treading […]

Iran
IRGC’s ‘Terrorist’ Designation Raises U.S. Stakes Over Iran

IRGC’s ‘Terrorist’ Designation Raises U.S. Stakes Over Iran

Golnaz Esfandiari

Ostovar adds that the risks will depend on how Iran decides to respond

Iran
Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif is Back, but Revolutionary Guards still Want Control

Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif is Back, but Revolutionary Guards still Want Control

Golnaz Esfandiari

(RFE/RL) – A whirlwind eases with the Iranian president’s refusal to accept his smooth-talking foreign minister’s resignation. But that doesn’t necessarily mean Mohammad Javad Zarif has the political wind at his back. The political drama over the immediate fate of Iran’s foreign minister appears to be over. Mohammad Javad Zarif was back at work less […]

Iran
Under Trump’s Pressure, Iran’s Khamenei moves to Ensure Rightwing Successor

Under Trump’s Pressure, Iran’s Khamenei moves to Ensure Rightwing Successor

Golnaz Esfandiari

This is not good news for the moderates within the establishment

Iran
“A Deadly Blow:” Why is Iran Persecuting and Killing Sufi Mystics?

“A Deadly Blow:” Why is Iran Persecuting and Killing Sufi Mystics?

Golnaz Esfandiari

Washington, D.C. (RFE/RL) – Thirty-three-year-old Mostafa Abdi, a member of Iran’s largest Sufi order and editor of a news outlet focused on the Gonabadi dervish community, appears set to spend the most productive years of his life in an Iranian prison. Abdi was reportedly sentenced earlier this month to more than 26 years, and 148 […]

Iran
Shrouded In Mystery: Mummified Body Could Be That Of Iran’s Reza Shah

Shrouded In Mystery: Mummified Body Could Be That Of Iran’s Reza Shah

Golnaz Esfandiari

Speculation that a body found near the Iranian capital might be that of Reza Shah has stoked interest in the country’s pre-revolutionary past

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