Book Reviews

Iran At War: 1500-1988 Kaveh Farrokh — (Osprey Publishing, 2011) Kaveh Farrokh’s third textbook, Iran at War: 1500-1988 (Osprey Publishing, 2011) has been translated into Persian by one of the most prestigious... Read more »

Iran and America: Why All the Enmity?

By John Limbert – (source:LobeLog) At some time in the future, when officials in Washington and Tehran finally stop yelling at each other and start talking, they will ask themselves: “Why did we... Read more »

Historic and Cultural Interactions Between Islam and Judaism, Muslims and Jews — 2nd and the Last Part

Bahar Bastani, M.D. – Saint Louis University, School of Medicine The Banu Nadir tribe was expelled from Medina in 625 CE (3 AH) after an alleged attempt to assassinate the prophet Mohammad a... Read more »

Yes, Sen. Lindsey Graham, You have Iranian Ancestry and Should be Proud

JUAN COLE nn Arbor (Informed Comment) – Sen. Lindsay Graham joked on Fox Cable News that he might do a genetic test to see if he has Native American ancestry, as Sen.... Read more »

Amirkabir

A Work by MohammadAli Dowlatshahi Ali Dowlatshahi is an Iranian born artist whose gallery is located in Stamford, Connecticut. His works and fans range from political royalty to pop culture personalities. Mr.... Read more »

Iran Seizes Saudi Fishing Boat and Arrests Crew, News Agency Reports

VOA Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have detained a Saudi Arabian fishing boat and arrested its crew, the Iranian judiciary’s website Mizan reported Friday. A local official at the Iranian port city of Bushehr... Read more »

Use of Misleading Terminology for “Convenience”?

Kaveh Farrokh Below is a recent article of Dr. Sheda Vasseghi (April 29, 2018) posted in Evakdat in which she discusses a document written by a well-informed CIA official (whose name has... Read more »

Gianfranca Kasraei

A research scientist at the University of Kassel, Germany (BBC August 2018) On Wednesday, August 1, 2018, during a ceremony held in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, four mathematicians received... Read more »