Writings by Amir Taheri (View Biography)

Title	Date
Ouyar Hassan Invited to the Polls... Again	2020/02/16
A Man of a Thousand Faces Wears a New Mask	2020/02/09
Tehran's Chinese Dream Can't Replace its Nightmare	2020/02/02
Tehran and its Three Fantasies	2020/01/26
Iran: Why the Old Recipe Does Not Work	2020/01/19
The General's Death Upsets Iran's Plan	2020/01/12
Foes Can't Beat Him with Caricatures	2020/01/05
An Interesting Year Comes to an End	2019/12/29
Britain: Flushing Out the Corbynista	2019/12/22
Despots of the Square-Kilometer Empires	2019/12/15
The Mullahs' Losing Game	2019/12/08
Iran: Between Samson and Samsung	2019/12/01
Iran and the Ayatollah's Fake Suicide-Belt	2019/11/24
Old Tricks and the Iraqi Genie	2019/11/17
The High Risks of Soleimani's Solution for Iraq	2019/11/10
In Middle East: Pull Down Facades	2019/11/03
Why Soleimani Misreads Lebanon	2019/10/27
The Real Cost of Turkey's Kurdish Obsession	2019/10/20
The Hat, the Turban and the Cap: Which Can Save the Mullahs?	2019/10/06
Tehran's 'We Did, We Didn't' Game	2019/09/29
When Negotiation Is Impossible and War Is Unnecessary	2019/09/22
Russia: Dreaming of a Return to the West	2019/09/15
Moscow Divided Between Two Proverbs	2019/09/08
Trump and the Deceiving of Mullahs	2019/09/01
Biarritz Summit: Bright Moment in Silly Season	2019/08/25
Could this Be the Year of Persian Poetry?	2019/08/18
Putin and the Mullahs	2019/08/11
Iran: Flogging a Dead Donkey Is Futile	2019/08/04
How Tehran Tries to Drown the Fish	2019/07/28
An English Misunderstanding of Iran	2019/07/26
Iran's Trojan Army Faces Challenge in Iraq	2019/07/21
Erdogan and the Wisdom of Timely Exit	2019/07/14
Trump's Iran Sanctions Face Seven Fallacies	2019/07/07
The 'Cat-And-Mouse' World of the Ayatollah	2019/06/30
The Death of Iran's Japanese Dream	2019/06/23
Diplomatic Gesticulations Won't Solve the Iran Problem	2019/06/16
Iran and the American Forbidden Fruit	2019/06/09
The Books He Loved but Others Shouldn't Read	2019/06/04
What Is Bernie Sanders Worried About?	2019/06/02
Iran's Options and the Destructive Defiance	2019/05/26
Tehran Apologists Should Change Their Tune	2019/05/19
Europe's Three Concerns About Iran	2019/05/12
Iran and a Tale of Two Losers	2019/05/05
From Khartoum to Tehran: Graveyard of Forlorn Hopes	2019/04/28
When the Ayatollah Plays His Joker	2019/04/21
Iran: The Ventriloquist Dummy's New Lexicon	2019/04/14
The Floods, the Mullahs and the Cinderella in Boots	2019/04/07
Brexit's Message to European Union	2019/03/31
Mullahs and the English Opium-Eater	2019/03/24
Common Causes of Three Crises in Three Continents	2019/03/17
Mullahs Pushed Off the Gravy Train	2019/03/10
Putin to Join the Mullahs' Deception Club	2019/02/24
Mullahs Masquerading as Patriots: Will it Work?	2019/02/17
Syria: French Count Returns as Russian Apparatchik	2019/02/10
Why Tehran Crosses Only 'Pink Lines'	2019/02/03
Trump: In Third Year with Three Charges	2019/01/27
France: I Am Angry, Therefore I Am	2019/01/20
Trump and a World Without Gary Cooper	2019/01/13
Iran's Schizophrenia Heats Up the Debate	2019/01/06
The Growing Poverty of Political Debate	2018/12/30
Why Trump Can't Be Airbrushed Out of the Picture	2018/12/23
Iran: Toward a Plan B	2018/12/19
The Canary in the French Mine	2018/12/16
In Iran: The Past is a Foreign Country	2018/07/30
Iran: Khamenei's New Poem - Pure Wine and Deadly Poison	2018/07/25
Donald Trump and the Carl Schmitt Spectrum	2018/07/22
Why Khamenei Can't Do a Kim Jong-Un	2018/07/15
Iran: The Ayatollah's Promised Paradise	2018/07/08
Why Turkey Will Not Be Another Iran	2018/07/02
The Bazaaris' Revolt in Iran: Who is Behind It?	2018/07/01
How Tehran Lobbyists Mislead Opinion in the West	2018/06/28
Iraq: The Banker, the Mullah, the Militia and the Cook	2018/06/24
The Turkish Race	2018/06/17
Putin and Lessons from Lenin and Gromyko	2018/06/10
The Mullahs and the Tale of a Betrayal	2018/06/03
Tehran Divided on Pompeo's Wish-List	2018/05/28
Imaginary War Serving False Peace	2018/05/27
Hitler and Reza Shah: Mullahs and Pro-Israel Writers Sing Together	2018/05/22
Iraqi Election Opens New Chapter	2018/05/20
Iraq Election: Weak Government, Strong Society	2018/05/11
Iran, Macromel and the Purloined Letter	2018/05/06
Lessons of the Afgantsy for the Syrians	2018/04/29
Syria: The Defining Issue of Our Generation	2018/04/22
Europe, Trump and the Iran Deal	2018/04/15
Syria: The Putin-Erdogan Summit Was a Missed Opportunity	2018/04/08
Trump and the Fading Ghost of an Illusion	2018/04/01
The Real Cost of Afrin	2018/03/25
The Boy From Petersburg Who Became The Man From Moscow	2018/03/18
Iran: The French Soufflé Fails to Rise	2018/03/11
Trump the Deal-maker and the Middle East	2018/03/04
Iraq: An Election of Conflicting Interests	2018/02/25
Syria: Looking for Ways out of the Maze	2018/02/18
Iran: Speaking Swedish, Acting North Korean	2018/02/11
Trump, the Ayatollah and the Wizard of Oz	2018/02/04
Turkey: No Longer a Friend but Not a Foe	2018/01/28
Iran Nuclear Problem Must Be Re-Visited	2018/01/20
Iran: Anatomy of a National Revolt	2018/01/15
Behind the Latest Protests in Iran	2018/01/07
The Year of The Rohingya	2017/12/31
Corruption: Mideast's Political Gangrene	2017/12/24
Where Russian and Iranian Aircraft Carriers Clash	2017/12/17
The Mullahs Overplay the Military Card	2017/12/10
Progress and History in Zigzag	2017/12/03
Lebanon: Is Cheat-and-Retreat Back on the Menu?	2017/11/26
The Usual Suspects and a New Method	2017/11/19
How Iran Tried to Turn Arab States into Fading Ghosts	2017/11/12
Iran and 'The Great Satan': A Four-Decade-Old Saga	2017/11/05
China Unveils Leadership Ambition	2017/10/29
The Iran Deal: The Dog's Dinner Obama Dished Out	2017/10/22
China: Reshuffling the Party Cadres	2017/10/15
Kurdish Secession and Mysteries of Identity	2017/10/08
Kurdish Referendum: What is the Lowdown?	2017/10/01
The Kurdish Referendum Imbroglio	2017/09/24
Why Iran's Plan in Syria Will Fail	2017/09/17
North Korea: The Kims' Cheat and Retreat Game	2017/09/10
Syria: Elections Gambit to Get Russia Off the Hook	2017/09/06
Khomeini or Kim? Khamenei's Real Teacher	2017/09/03
A Grim Portrayal of Syria at War	2017/09/03
Puffing the Turkish Chibouk in Ankara	2017/08/27
Kissinger's Analysis of Mideast is Full of Loopholes	2017/08/20
While Trump Tweets, the 'Cold Monster' Returns	2017/08/13
Britain, Brexit and the Spirit of Dunkirk	2017/08/06
Tehran's New Scheme for Iraq	2017/07/31
Russia Woos the World with New Plan on Syria	2017/07/30
Trump Kicks the Iranian 'Can' Down the Road	2017/07/23
The Modernization of Middle East is a Sight to See	2017/07/16
After Mosul: Iraq Faces Three Challenges	2017/07/11
Rouhani and Trump: Together against Iran's Men with Guns?	2017/07/09
Tsar Vladimir and His 40 Daughters	2017/07/03
To the UN and UNESCO: Don't Try to Fence Us In!	2016/06/28
Syria: Checkered Past, Uncertain Future	2016/02/10
The United States and Islam: What Is Going On?	2015/12/22
Iran: Poets Face 99 Lashes and Prison	2015/11/09
Obama Will Be the Only Person Sticking to Iran Deal	2015/10/12
The Ayatollah's Plan for Israel and Palestine	2015/07/31
France, the West and the Islamist Challenge	2015/04/07
Iran and Germany: A 100-Year Old Love Affair	2014/07/31
What Palestinians Want	2009/04/21
The 'Dark Horse' Enters the Race	2009/03/25
Iran: Waiting for the "Fish-Tail" Report	2009/02/25
Hamas in Context	2009/01/26
Hamas in Context	2009/01/14
Gaza: Regional Choices	2009/01/13