<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Foreign Policy Journal &#187; Kourosh Ziabari</title> <atom:link href="http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/author/kourosh-ziabari/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com</link> <description>World news, political analysis, and opinion commentary</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:43:25 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>An Iranian Rival for the Guinness Book of World Records</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/10/10/an-iranian-rival-for-the-guinness-book-of-world-records/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/10/10/an-iranian-rival-for-the-guinness-book-of-world-records/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:46:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Kourosh Ziabari</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=13364</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Guinness Book of World Records is being challenged with the efforts of a determined Iranian journalist. A new rival is slated to take the place of Guinness World Records in the near future. 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Spreading falsehood and untruth about the nature of Iran&#8217;s peaceful nuclear program has been a constant, unchanging, and recurring theme of the Western corporate media&#8217;s coverage of Iran. Over the past [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/07/22/israel-impediment-to-a-nuclear-free-middle-east/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Israel and the futility of attacking Iran</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/07/18/israel-and-the-futility-of-attacking-iran/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/07/18/israel-and-the-futility-of-attacking-iran/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 02:10:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Kourosh Ziabari</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Abolghasem Bayyenat]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel / Palestine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News Analysis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=12449</guid> <description><![CDATA[Political journalist and media correspondent Kourosh Ziabari recently conducted an interview with Abolghasem Bayyenat (an independent political analyst and a contributing writer for Foreign Policy Journal) for Veterans Today, which covers various aspects of Iran’s nuclear issue. Below is the complete text of that interview. (Also see the related interview with FPJ editor Jeremy R. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/07/18/israel-and-the-futility-of-attacking-iran/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>13</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A Murdoch-Produced Scandal</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/07/15/a-murdoch-produced-scandal/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/07/15/a-murdoch-produced-scandal/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 03:53:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Kourosh Ziabari</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=12437</guid> <description><![CDATA[The scandalous closure of the News of the World tabloid after 168 years of publication once again demonstrated the Western media&#8217;s lack of adherence to codes of ethics and morality in journalism and showed to the international community that what is advertised as the freedom of speech in the West is nothing but unrestrained violation [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/07/15/a-murdoch-produced-scandal/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Iran is singled out because it defies Washington</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/07/06/iran-is-singled-out-because-it-defies-washington/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/07/06/iran-is-singled-out-because-it-defies-washington/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 02:06:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Kourosh Ziabari</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel / Palestine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jeremy R. Hammond]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News Analysis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=12282</guid> <description><![CDATA[The reason Iran's nuclear program has become so controversial has nothing to do with nuclear nonproliferation.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/07/06/iran-is-singled-out-because-it-defies-washington/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>14</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Maidhc Ó Cathail: The United States fights and pays for Israel&#8217;s wars</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2010/10/21/maidhc-o-cathail-the-united-states-fights-and-pays-for-israels-wars/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2010/10/21/maidhc-o-cathail-the-united-states-fights-and-pays-for-israels-wars/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 05:20:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Kourosh Ziabari</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Israel / Palestine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maidhc Ó Cathail]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=7481</guid> <description><![CDATA[Maidhc joined me in an exclusive interview and responded to my questions about the 9/11 attacks, the influence of the Israeli lobby over the U.S. administration, the prospect of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, the prolonged controversy over Iran’s nuclear program, and the freedom of press in the United States.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2010/10/21/maidhc-o-cathail-the-united-states-fights-and-pays-for-israels-wars/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Who cares about the Iranian people?</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2010/07/03/who-cares-about-the-iranian-people/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2010/07/03/who-cares-about-the-iranian-people/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:04:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Kourosh Ziabari</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=6664</guid> <description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2010/07/03/who-cares-about-the-iranian-people/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Despised State of Israel Cannot Survive for Long: Christopher Bollyn</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2010/06/25/the-despised-state-of-israel-cannot-survive-for-long-christopher-bollyn/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2010/06/25/the-despised-state-of-israel-cannot-survive-for-long-christopher-bollyn/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:26:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Kourosh Ziabari</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Israel / Palestine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=6567</guid> <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2010/06/25/the-despised-state-of-israel-cannot-survive-for-long-christopher-bollyn/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>What if Iran had carried out the Gaza carnage?</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2010/06/02/what-if-iran-had-carried-out-the-gaza-carnage/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2010/06/02/what-if-iran-had-carried-out-the-gaza-carnage/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:04:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Kourosh Ziabari</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel / Palestine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=5999</guid> <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2010/06/02/what-if-iran-had-carried-out-the-gaza-carnage/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Introducing the Heritage of Khayyam</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2010/05/27/introducing-the-heritage-of-khayyam/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2010/05/27/introducing-the-heritage-of-khayyam/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 16:18:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Kourosh Ziabari</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=5766</guid> <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2010/05/27/introducing-the-heritage-of-khayyam/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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