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Stories written by Kourosh Ziabari
Kourosh Ziabari is an Iranian media correspondent, freelance journalist and the author of Book 7+1. He is a contributing writer for websites and magazines in the Netherlands, Canada, Italy, Hong Kong, Bulgaria, South Korea, Belgium, Germany, the U.K. and the U.S. He is a member of Stony Brook University Publications’ editorial team and Media Left magazine’s board of editors, as well as a contributing editor for Finland’s Award-winning Ovi Magazine. As a young Iranian journalist, he has been interviewed and quoted by several mainstream mediums, including BBC World Service, PBS Media Shift, the Media Line network, Deutsch Financial Times, L.A. Times and Sky News. He is a contributing writer of Tehran Times newspaper. His articles and interviews have been translated into numerous languages, including Spanish, Italian, German and Arabic. Contact him at kourosh@foreignpolicyjournal.com.

Who cares about the Iranian people?

The United States and its allies around the world are competing with each other in imposing new financial sanctions against Iran. While the Iranian people still hasn’t forgotten the bitter memory of 8-year war with the Baathist Iraq which was supported and fostered by the United States and its European allies, new rounds of crippling [...]

The Despised State of Israel Cannot Survive for Long: Christopher Bollyn

Neither Osama Bin Laden nor Al Qaida had anything to do with the creation or application of the super-thermite that pulverized the World Trade Center. These facts are becoming clear to a growing number of people. The game is over for the 9-11 cover-up crowd.

What if Iran had carried out the Gaza carnage?

It’s not unjustifiable to consider Israel as the absolute incarnation of fraudulence, relentlessness and brutality. Since its establishment, the Zionist regime has carried out actions which contravene international humanitarian law. Even a precursory look into the account of Israel’s bloody interaction with the Palestinian people over the past few years reveals that this illegitimate regime does not deserve “the right to exist”, as the U.S. and European officials put it.

Introducing the Heritage of Khayyam

May 18 is dedicated to the commemoration of Omar Khayyam in the Iranian solar calendar; the calendar which Khayyam invented himself. To the Western world, which has always been enchanted by the magnificence and glory of the oriental culture, Omar Khayyam is a venerable and honored figure who brings to mind the delicacy and gracefulness of ancient Persian civilization.

Isolating Iran is part of the ‘great energy game’: Antony Loewenstein

Israeli drone

In order to investigate the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict and explore the prospect of Iran’s nuclear standoff, Foreign Policy Journal has interviewed Australian journalist Antony Loewenstein.

Testing the Limits of Freedom of Speech: Ernst Zundel Speaks Out

Ernst Zundel in a courtroom in Mannheim, Germany on November 8, 2005 (Michael Probst/AP)

Ernst Zundel is a German author and historian who has spent seven years of his life behind bars as a result of expressing his controversial viewpoints and opinions. This is the first interview Ernst Zundel has given since his release.

‘I don’t trade ideology for money’: Cartoonist Carlos Latuff

"Prevent Holocaust: BOMB IRAN" by Carlos Latuff

A hero of freedom of speech, boycotted by the corporate mainstream media that are resistant to the astringent truth: this is the most precise introduction I can give about Carlos Latuff.

U.S. Aggressiveness towards Iran

In his latest interview with CBS news, U.S. President Barack Obama refused to rule out the possibility of a military strike against Iran by harking back to the infamous catchphrase of former U.S. President George W. Bush, with reagard to Iran’s nuclear program, that “all options are on the table”.

The U.S. is waging war on the wrong country

Tittle-tattles regarding the possibility of a military strike against Iran are being renewed these days. President Obama, to whom I still wonder why the Nobel Peace Prize has gone, is confessing that former President Bush was right in his belief that Iran poses a serious threat to the international community.

Nowrouz means being Iranian

A set of ancient rituals and traditional customs to mark the commencement of Iranian New Year, “Nowrouz” was officially recognized as an international holiday by the UN General Assembly last month.

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