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Books by Dr. Reza Parchizadeh

Literature Club, 2015

I must express my gratitude to the people who undertook to make this book available to ... more I must express my gratitude to the people who undertook to make this book available to the public. My special thanks goes to my dear friends, Dr. David B. Downing and Mr. Abbas Khosravi Farsani, who suggested valuable amendments and improvements to the text. Past that, this book is the fruit of the toil of a group of people, especially Amir Ezati of the Literature Club, who have undertaken to publish it without benefiting from any state or corporate funding and without having access to massive propaganda machines to promote it. Whereas in the past thirty-five years the publishing industry in Iran has come under heavy supervision, regulation, and censorship by the Islamic Republic and thereby has lost much of its enlightening and edifying function, the Iranian publishing houses in exile – whether Internet-based or paper-based – despite all the hurdles in their way, have managed to pull the weight of improving the knowledge and understanding of Iranians both inside and outside of Iran. This calls for great appreciation.

Zaban-Ketab Publications , 2010

VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2010

Xayyam is perhaps the most well-known Iranian poet around the world, but who he is and where the ... more Xayyam is perhaps the most well-known Iranian poet around the world, but who he is and where the poetry attributed to him has come from is in effect a matter of precarious historical consensus, based upon partial information and interpretation, among the Easterners and the Westerners. Truth be told, the character we know today as Xayyam is a confidence man wrapped in the hazy mist of fleeting eons. Consequently, what this book undertakes to bring into light is that how the character named Xayyam and the poetry attributed to him are in fact the collective product of a myriad of different or opposing ideas of the historical and contemporary critiques, and that how these diverse and incoherent ideas which through the reiteration implemented by a monologistic tendency gain a superficial consistency in the passage of time turn into a priori universal norms for judging poetry in particular and life in general.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2018

Since the Historicist trend of Shakespeare Studies started in the mid-20th century, there has bee... more Since the Historicist trend of Shakespeare Studies started in the mid-20th century, there has been a consistent debate over how medieval/religious/centripetal or modern/secular/centrifugal Shakespeare is in a set of eight plays he composed concerning the 15th-century history of England, called the "histories" by the compilers of Shakespeare's First Folio (1623). To be precise, there has been a dialectical debate going on for over half a century. On the one hand, there are prominent literary critics and theorists of the mid-20th century like Tillyard, Campbell and Ribner who locate Shakespeare's histories within the Providentialist tradition of the late Tudor era which is heavily invested in medieval religious and political ideas. On the other hand, literary critics and theorists of the late 20th century like Greenblatt, Sinfield and Rackin mostly, to different degrees, see Shakespeare as a manifestation of the early modern Machiavellian approach to politics. However, the issue on which they all have a consensus is that what Shakespeare presents in his histories is a totalizing idea of politics:

Journal Articles by Dr. Reza Parchizadeh

The Jamestown Foundation, 2024

The July 31 assassination of Hamas’s head, Ismail Haniyeh, after the inauguration of Iran’s new p... more The July 31 assassination of Hamas’s head, Ismail Haniyeh, after the inauguration of Iran’s new president in Tehran was a significant victory for Israel, signaling that Jerusalem could eliminate any leader of the Islamic Republic at will. This appears to reflect a deeper strategic shift in the way Israel’s policymakers view Iran and its proxies, and could spell the end of the longstanding shadow war between the two. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s change in strategic posture is likely due to political pressures emanating from domestic opposition and fatigue over the ongoing war in Gaza and long-term concerns over Israel’s ability to restore deterrence in the face of continuous attacks from Iranian proxies. Iran could respond to Haniyeh’s assassination in a number of ways, including an all-out surprise attack, a coordinated strike from its proxies, assaults on Israeli citizens and/or Jewish communities abroad, threatening total war to force a ceasefire, or deciding to wait and see until it knows who will win the U.S. presidential election in November.

The Jamestown Foundation , 2024

Western media outlets have incorrectly portrayed Massoud Pezeshkian, who was elected as Iran’s ne... more Western media outlets have incorrectly portrayed Massoud Pezeshkian, who was elected as Iran’s new president on July 5, as a “moderate” and a “Reformist.” Though Pezeshkian’s background as an ethnic Azeri may strengthen efforts to try to calm rising ethnic tensions in Iran, he offers no meaningful domestic reforms, and Pezeshkian’s foreign policy views are in alignment with the reactionary/hardliner “Principalist” wing of Iranian politics. In the long run, the fact that Khamenei was forced to elevate Pezeshkian rather than a loyal non-partisan like the late Raisi will lead to increased internal conflict within the regime. Pezeshkian represents the latest Reformist president permitted by Supreme Leader Khamenei to take power in order to present a friendly face with the West and stave off the worst effects of domestic dissatisfaction with the regime.

The Jamestown Foundation , 2024

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash on May 19, renewing discussions over w... more Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash on May 19, renewing discussions over who will eventually succeed 85-year-old Supreme Leader Khamenei. While ostensibly benefitting Khameni’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, Raisi’s “hard landing” opens the door for Reformists and disaffected elements of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to join the struggle for power. To succeed, either group must secure both popular support within Iran and international legitimacy abroad, possibly by working together. Despite periods of nominal rule over the country in the past, the Reformists have failed to meaningfully change the regime. Their end goal is to maintain an Islamist oligarchy, albeit one that interferes less with the people’s personal lives. While their influence has declined since late 1990s, the Reformists are still active today. They rely on sympathetic political institutions, international media, and academic outlets in the West, who view them as a way to push the regime toward liberalization. In the past, several senior IRGC commanders have voiced public or private opposition to Khamenei and his regime’s behavior. While most of these figures have been marginalized or killed, they command outsized influence within the state’s institutions. Moreover, ultranationalist IRGC dissidents and monarchist émigrés led by Reza Pahlavi look to be building ties with one another. If these elements managed to take power, they would push back on Iranian people’s democratic aspirations, oppress Iran’s ethnic and religious minorities, and threaten the country’s neighbors.

Harbinger Asylum, 2023

Today we in the West enjoy all kinds of freedom, including freedom of conscience, expression, act... more Today we in the West enjoy all kinds of freedom, including freedom of conscience, expression, action, and assembly. These in the long run have led to the development of our democratic institutions and evolution of our liberal political system. Many usually take these freedoms for granted, because they are under the false impression that things have always been like this. But the truth is, many of these freedoms were not there in the first place. They only evolved against the backdrop of a strict ancient order that most people don’t remember today because it lies so far from us in time. As it happens, William Shakespeare was one of the earliest and most popular modern thinkers to problematize that order. He introduced new ideas in worldview and human conduct that would lay the groundwork for the emergence of our individual freedoms and liberal democracy.

Middle East and Central Asia Research Center, 2022

Thank you very much to Ariel University’s Middle East and Central Asia Research Center for publis... more Thank you very much to Ariel University’s Middle East and Central Asia Research Center for publishing my article. This fact is often overlooked that Vladimir Putin is popular among some conservatives in the West. “Why should a despot be popular with people who live in democratic countries” is the issue I have tried to explore here.

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, 2021

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The American decision to leave Afghanistan to lessen the burden on the domesti... more EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The American decision to leave Afghanistan to lessen the burden on the domestic economy, protect US troops, boost the nation’s security, and put an end to the “Forever War” in the Middle East has delivered the opposite of all those objectives and made the world a more dangerous place.

Begin-Sadat Center, 2021

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: By directly speaking to the people of Iran, former Israeli PM Benjamin Netanya... more EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: By directly speaking to the people of Iran, former Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu dispelled the “Israelphobia” the Islamic Republic had instilled in Iranian society. In the process, he undermined the regime’s most essential ideological instrument to maintain its hold over the nation.

Journal for Interdisciplinary Middle Eastern Studies, 2020

Russian expansionism in the Middle East follows a systematic approach to the region that is predi... more Russian expansionism in the Middle East follows a systematic approach to the region that is predicated on a profound understanding of the geopolitical, cultural, and religious landscape of the Middle East along the lines of the historical Russian strategic imperatives. For the time being, Russia's aim is to supplant the United States as the main political power in the Middle East. However, in the long run, the ultimate Russian goal is to dominate the world as the sole global superpower. My argument is that although Russia's fortunes have ebbed and flowed throughout modern history, what the Russian political establishment has demonstrated in regard to ideological/territorial expansionism, from the Tsarist Empire to the USSR to the Russian Federation, is strategic continuity. As such, in this article I am going to conduct a strategic survey of the Russian expansionism in the Middle East throughout modern history and then warn of the impending dangers of unchecked Russian expansionism for contemporary US and Middle East security and for the future of global democracy and liberal world order.

The Middle East and Central Asia Research Center of Ariel University, 2020

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a senior nuclear scientist of the Islamic Republic, the father of Iran’s atom... more Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a senior nuclear scientist of the Islamic Republic, the father of Iran’s atomic bomb, and, according to Foreign Policy, one of the world’s 500 most powerful people, was recently assassinated in an armed attack on the outskirts of Tehran. After his assassination, Iranian and international media reported that Fakhrizadeh was one of the high-ranking commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and a prominent professor and researcher at Imam Hussein University. Thus, Fakhrizadeh’s assassination intensified speculation about Imam Hussein University, raising questions such as: What is the focus of the university? What activities does it undertake? What kind of research does it perform? In this article I will try to answer these questions.

Begin-Sadat Center, 2020

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was originally intended by the I... more EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was originally intended by the Islamist regime to be an ideologically oriented militia that would compensate for the regular Iranian army's lack of revolutionary zeal. It has since replaced the regular army as Iran's main military force and has spent decades working doggedly to export the regime's Islamist brand of imperialism and conquest to the rest of the region and around the world. The IRGC is responsible, either directly or indirectly, for most of the worst terrorist outrages the world has ever seen. The US declared the Guards a state terrorist organization in 2019, but it needs to be completely dismantled.

Transcendent Zero Press, 2020

The notorious Black Death of the mid-14th century was highly conducive to the decline of feudalis... more The notorious Black Death of the mid-14th century was highly conducive to the decline of feudalism and the rise of bourgeoisie in Western Europe as whole populations of lords and serfs were swept and displaced by the plague. The new working-class generations, in order to advance their fortunes and expand their opportunities, started to take up residence in chartered urban centers –the so-called burghs –rather than indentured villages. When in the city, they had to master the faster and more impersonal pace of urban life and learn the necessary skills to survive and surpass it. In the meantime, due to the scarcity of skilled workers and the high demand for them, these newcomers were able to negotiate for higher salaries in the city, and as a result the overall quality of their lives improved.

Begin-Sadat Center, 2020

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The rise of Islamism as a postmodern ideology is inextricably tied to a congen... more EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The rise of Islamism as a postmodern ideology is inextricably tied to a congenital, and fundamentally antisemitic, negation of the Jewish State. Israel's survival depends on the defeat of Islamism and the development of liberal democracy in the Middle East.

Begin-Sadat Center, 2020

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Islamic Revolution in Iran, which brought Islamists to power for the first... more EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Islamic Revolution in Iran, which brought Islamists to power for the first time in modern history, pitted the global left-perhaps best personified by Michel Foucault-against the global right. To this day, the global left's advocacy for Islamism continues to guide the West's general approach toward the Middle East. The Islamist regime in Iran has now been firmly in power for over 40 years. The leaders of the regime and those they favor continue to benefit from their decades-long rule, but the people of Iran-as well as the countries in its neighborhood-suffer from the tyranny and terror unleashed on them by the regime and its ruthless Revolutionary Guards.

Harbinger Asylum , 2020

Since the dawn of the modern era, two opposing modes of dialectic have shaped the n... more Since the dawn of the modern era, two opposing modes of dialectic have shaped the national character of Iran: the “negative dialectic” with Russia and the “diffident dialectic” with the West. In the face of the recent massive uprisings in Iran against the Islamist regime, in this article I am going to conduct a historical survey of those two forms of dialectic and assert that in order to surmount the catastrophe of the Islamic Republic, Iran needs to overcome its diffidence and come back to the West.

Popular Culture Review, 2016

Popular Culture Review, 2012

Literature Club, 2015

I must express my gratitude to the people who undertook to make this book available to ... more I must express my gratitude to the people who undertook to make this book available to the public. My special thanks goes to my dear friends, Dr. David B. Downing and Mr. Abbas Khosravi Farsani, who suggested valuable amendments and improvements to the text. Past that, this book is the fruit of the toil of a group of people, especially Amir Ezati of the Literature Club, who have undertaken to publish it without benefiting from any state or corporate funding and without having access to massive propaganda machines to promote it. Whereas in the past thirty-five years the publishing industry in Iran has come under heavy supervision, regulation, and censorship by the Islamic Republic and thereby has lost much of its enlightening and edifying function, the Iranian publishing houses in exile – whether Internet-based or paper-based – despite all the hurdles in their way, have managed to pull the weight of improving the knowledge and understanding of Iranians both inside and outside of Iran. This calls for great appreciation.

Zaban-Ketab Publications , 2010

VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2010

Xayyam is perhaps the most well-known Iranian poet around the world, but who he is and where the ... more Xayyam is perhaps the most well-known Iranian poet around the world, but who he is and where the poetry attributed to him has come from is in effect a matter of precarious historical consensus, based upon partial information and interpretation, among the Easterners and the Westerners. Truth be told, the character we know today as Xayyam is a confidence man wrapped in the hazy mist of fleeting eons. Consequently, what this book undertakes to bring into light is that how the character named Xayyam and the poetry attributed to him are in fact the collective product of a myriad of different or opposing ideas of the historical and contemporary critiques, and that how these diverse and incoherent ideas which through the reiteration implemented by a monologistic tendency gain a superficial consistency in the passage of time turn into a priori universal norms for judging poetry in particular and life in general.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2018

Since the Historicist trend of Shakespeare Studies started in the mid-20th century, there has bee... more Since the Historicist trend of Shakespeare Studies started in the mid-20th century, there has been a consistent debate over how medieval/religious/centripetal or modern/secular/centrifugal Shakespeare is in a set of eight plays he composed concerning the 15th-century history of England, called the "histories" by the compilers of Shakespeare's First Folio (1623). To be precise, there has been a dialectical debate going on for over half a century. On the one hand, there are prominent literary critics and theorists of the mid-20th century like Tillyard, Campbell and Ribner who locate Shakespeare's histories within the Providentialist tradition of the late Tudor era which is heavily invested in medieval religious and political ideas. On the other hand, literary critics and theorists of the late 20th century like Greenblatt, Sinfield and Rackin mostly, to different degrees, see Shakespeare as a manifestation of the early modern Machiavellian approach to politics. However, the issue on which they all have a consensus is that what Shakespeare presents in his histories is a totalizing idea of politics:

The Jamestown Foundation, 2024

The July 31 assassination of Hamas’s head, Ismail Haniyeh, after the inauguration of Iran’s new p... more The July 31 assassination of Hamas’s head, Ismail Haniyeh, after the inauguration of Iran’s new president in Tehran was a significant victory for Israel, signaling that Jerusalem could eliminate any leader of the Islamic Republic at will. This appears to reflect a deeper strategic shift in the way Israel’s policymakers view Iran and its proxies, and could spell the end of the longstanding shadow war between the two. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s change in strategic posture is likely due to political pressures emanating from domestic opposition and fatigue over the ongoing war in Gaza and long-term concerns over Israel’s ability to restore deterrence in the face of continuous attacks from Iranian proxies. Iran could respond to Haniyeh’s assassination in a number of ways, including an all-out surprise attack, a coordinated strike from its proxies, assaults on Israeli citizens and/or Jewish communities abroad, threatening total war to force a ceasefire, or deciding to wait and see until it knows who will win the U.S. presidential election in November.

The Jamestown Foundation , 2024

Western media outlets have incorrectly portrayed Massoud Pezeshkian, who was elected as Iran’s ne... more Western media outlets have incorrectly portrayed Massoud Pezeshkian, who was elected as Iran’s new president on July 5, as a “moderate” and a “Reformist.” Though Pezeshkian’s background as an ethnic Azeri may strengthen efforts to try to calm rising ethnic tensions in Iran, he offers no meaningful domestic reforms, and Pezeshkian’s foreign policy views are in alignment with the reactionary/hardliner “Principalist” wing of Iranian politics. In the long run, the fact that Khamenei was forced to elevate Pezeshkian rather than a loyal non-partisan like the late Raisi will lead to increased internal conflict within the regime. Pezeshkian represents the latest Reformist president permitted by Supreme Leader Khamenei to take power in order to present a friendly face with the West and stave off the worst effects of domestic dissatisfaction with the regime.

The Jamestown Foundation , 2024

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash on May 19, renewing discussions over w... more Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash on May 19, renewing discussions over who will eventually succeed 85-year-old Supreme Leader Khamenei. While ostensibly benefitting Khameni’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, Raisi’s “hard landing” opens the door for Reformists and disaffected elements of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to join the struggle for power. To succeed, either group must secure both popular support within Iran and international legitimacy abroad, possibly by working together. Despite periods of nominal rule over the country in the past, the Reformists have failed to meaningfully change the regime. Their end goal is to maintain an Islamist oligarchy, albeit one that interferes less with the people’s personal lives. While their influence has declined since late 1990s, the Reformists are still active today. They rely on sympathetic political institutions, international media, and academic outlets in the West, who view them as a way to push the regime toward liberalization. In the past, several senior IRGC commanders have voiced public or private opposition to Khamenei and his regime’s behavior. While most of these figures have been marginalized or killed, they command outsized influence within the state’s institutions. Moreover, ultranationalist IRGC dissidents and monarchist émigrés led by Reza Pahlavi look to be building ties with one another. If these elements managed to take power, they would push back on Iranian people’s democratic aspirations, oppress Iran’s ethnic and religious minorities, and threaten the country’s neighbors.

Harbinger Asylum, 2023

Today we in the West enjoy all kinds of freedom, including freedom of conscience, expression, act... more Today we in the West enjoy all kinds of freedom, including freedom of conscience, expression, action, and assembly. These in the long run have led to the development of our democratic institutions and evolution of our liberal political system. Many usually take these freedoms for granted, because they are under the false impression that things have always been like this. But the truth is, many of these freedoms were not there in the first place. They only evolved against the backdrop of a strict ancient order that most people don’t remember today because it lies so far from us in time. As it happens, William Shakespeare was one of the earliest and most popular modern thinkers to problematize that order. He introduced new ideas in worldview and human conduct that would lay the groundwork for the emergence of our individual freedoms and liberal democracy.

Middle East and Central Asia Research Center, 2022

Thank you very much to Ariel University’s Middle East and Central Asia Research Center for publis... more Thank you very much to Ariel University’s Middle East and Central Asia Research Center for publishing my article. This fact is often overlooked that Vladimir Putin is popular among some conservatives in the West. “Why should a despot be popular with people who live in democratic countries” is the issue I have tried to explore here.

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, 2021

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The American decision to leave Afghanistan to lessen the burden on the domesti... more EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The American decision to leave Afghanistan to lessen the burden on the domestic economy, protect US troops, boost the nation’s security, and put an end to the “Forever War” in the Middle East has delivered the opposite of all those objectives and made the world a more dangerous place.

Begin-Sadat Center, 2021

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: By directly speaking to the people of Iran, former Israeli PM Benjamin Netanya... more EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: By directly speaking to the people of Iran, former Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu dispelled the “Israelphobia” the Islamic Republic had instilled in Iranian society. In the process, he undermined the regime’s most essential ideological instrument to maintain its hold over the nation.

Journal for Interdisciplinary Middle Eastern Studies, 2020

Russian expansionism in the Middle East follows a systematic approach to the region that is predi... more Russian expansionism in the Middle East follows a systematic approach to the region that is predicated on a profound understanding of the geopolitical, cultural, and religious landscape of the Middle East along the lines of the historical Russian strategic imperatives. For the time being, Russia's aim is to supplant the United States as the main political power in the Middle East. However, in the long run, the ultimate Russian goal is to dominate the world as the sole global superpower. My argument is that although Russia's fortunes have ebbed and flowed throughout modern history, what the Russian political establishment has demonstrated in regard to ideological/territorial expansionism, from the Tsarist Empire to the USSR to the Russian Federation, is strategic continuity. As such, in this article I am going to conduct a strategic survey of the Russian expansionism in the Middle East throughout modern history and then warn of the impending dangers of unchecked Russian expansionism for contemporary US and Middle East security and for the future of global democracy and liberal world order.

The Middle East and Central Asia Research Center of Ariel University, 2020

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a senior nuclear scientist of the Islamic Republic, the father of Iran’s atom... more Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a senior nuclear scientist of the Islamic Republic, the father of Iran’s atomic bomb, and, according to Foreign Policy, one of the world’s 500 most powerful people, was recently assassinated in an armed attack on the outskirts of Tehran. After his assassination, Iranian and international media reported that Fakhrizadeh was one of the high-ranking commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and a prominent professor and researcher at Imam Hussein University. Thus, Fakhrizadeh’s assassination intensified speculation about Imam Hussein University, raising questions such as: What is the focus of the university? What activities does it undertake? What kind of research does it perform? In this article I will try to answer these questions.

Begin-Sadat Center, 2020

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was originally intended by the I... more EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was originally intended by the Islamist regime to be an ideologically oriented militia that would compensate for the regular Iranian army's lack of revolutionary zeal. It has since replaced the regular army as Iran's main military force and has spent decades working doggedly to export the regime's Islamist brand of imperialism and conquest to the rest of the region and around the world. The IRGC is responsible, either directly or indirectly, for most of the worst terrorist outrages the world has ever seen. The US declared the Guards a state terrorist organization in 2019, but it needs to be completely dismantled.

Transcendent Zero Press, 2020

The notorious Black Death of the mid-14th century was highly conducive to the decline of feudalis... more The notorious Black Death of the mid-14th century was highly conducive to the decline of feudalism and the rise of bourgeoisie in Western Europe as whole populations of lords and serfs were swept and displaced by the plague. The new working-class generations, in order to advance their fortunes and expand their opportunities, started to take up residence in chartered urban centers –the so-called burghs –rather than indentured villages. When in the city, they had to master the faster and more impersonal pace of urban life and learn the necessary skills to survive and surpass it. In the meantime, due to the scarcity of skilled workers and the high demand for them, these newcomers were able to negotiate for higher salaries in the city, and as a result the overall quality of their lives improved.

Begin-Sadat Center, 2020

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The rise of Islamism as a postmodern ideology is inextricably tied to a congen... more EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The rise of Islamism as a postmodern ideology is inextricably tied to a congenital, and fundamentally antisemitic, negation of the Jewish State. Israel's survival depends on the defeat of Islamism and the development of liberal democracy in the Middle East.

Begin-Sadat Center, 2020

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Islamic Revolution in Iran, which brought Islamists to power for the first... more EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Islamic Revolution in Iran, which brought Islamists to power for the first time in modern history, pitted the global left-perhaps best personified by Michel Foucault-against the global right. To this day, the global left's advocacy for Islamism continues to guide the West's general approach toward the Middle East. The Islamist regime in Iran has now been firmly in power for over 40 years. The leaders of the regime and those they favor continue to benefit from their decades-long rule, but the people of Iran-as well as the countries in its neighborhood-suffer from the tyranny and terror unleashed on them by the regime and its ruthless Revolutionary Guards.

Harbinger Asylum , 2020

Since the dawn of the modern era, two opposing modes of dialectic have shaped the n... more Since the dawn of the modern era, two opposing modes of dialectic have shaped the national character of Iran: the “negative dialectic” with Russia and the “diffident dialectic” with the West. In the face of the recent massive uprisings in Iran against the Islamist regime, in this article I am going to conduct a historical survey of those two forms of dialectic and assert that in order to surmount the catastrophe of the Islamic Republic, Iran needs to overcome its diffidence and come back to the West.

Popular Culture Review, 2016

Popular Culture Review, 2012

Harbinger Asylum, 2019

Originally written for Harbinger Asylum, reproduced by The Herald Report with the author's permis... more Originally written for Harbinger Asylum, reproduced by The Herald Report with the author's permission.

Fair Observer, 2024

The United States has moved away from its moral foreign policy of promoting democracy and human r... more The United States has moved away from its moral foreign policy of promoting democracy and human rights across the globe. This shift could create global instability, as authoritarian regimes could fill the vacuum left by America’s retreat. In order to prevent this, the US needs to recommit to its moral foundations and renew its efforts to support democracy around the world.

Arutz Sheva, 2024

Despite its proclaimed allegiance to socialist principles, Arab Socialism in practice leaned heav... more Despite its proclaimed allegiance to socialist principles, Arab Socialism in practice leaned heavily on populism, charismatic leadership, and militarism. With Assad’s fall, the Ba’ath ceased to exist as a governing body in the Arab world, but that may not be the last word.

The attacks, although ostensibly against the opposing Baluchis in the neighboring country, are in... more The attacks, although ostensibly against the opposing Baluchis in the neighboring country, are in fact a reflection of the larger conflict in the Middle East. They closely correlate with the Israeli war against Hamas and Hezbollah as well as the American and British attacks on the Houthis, and can prove the harbinger of a larger invasion of Iran by its age-old enemies.

Middle East Forum, 2024

Israel needs to convince the people of Iran that it will ensure a transition to liberal democracy... more Israel needs to convince the people of Iran that it will ensure a transition to liberal democracy following the fall of Islamists. A stable democracy in Tehran is actually in the best interest of Jerusalem, as it enshrines Iran in the same U.S.-led liberal order that created and upholds modern Israel. The alternative to this, a purported pro-Israel dictatorship composed of the elements of the present and the previous regimes that some promote, will no doubt alienate the Iranian people and lead them to blame Israel for the evils of the autocracy, just as it happened during the reign of the Shah.

Arutz Sheva, 2024

As we have clearly seen in the past decade, Moscow has learned that promoting far-right positions... more As we have clearly seen in the past decade, Moscow has learned that promoting far-right positions and politicians around the world helps it keep the world divided while it continues to push for conquest and global domination. Iran is already within the Russian sphere of influence, but if the Islamist regime were to fall, the Kremlin would prefer to have an ultranationalist junta run the country rather than a Western-friendly liberal democracy. In other words, the Russians don’t want to see Iran as a powerful pillar of Western security strategy like the post-WWII Germany and Japan. As things stand, Iran risks passing from one totalitarian regime to another. If things unfold in that direction, the country will remain a hotbed of tyranny and radicalism, oppressing its people while continuing to threaten its neighbors and the wider world. The democratic world needs to intervene to help the Iranian people establish a liberal democracy and bring Iran back to the West.

Middle East Forum, 2024

The way it works is, at least part of the American political establishment likes to keep the nati... more The way it works is, at least part of the American political establishment likes to keep the nations’ enemies close so that it can maintain a degree of leverage over those enemies that public diplomacy under the ever-watchful eye of the media won’t allow. And that’s why they deliberately hire people who are in some way connected to the regime. In other words, this looks like an informal and undeclared approach by at least part of the U.S. political system to welcome Iranian regime’s agents and lobbyists to be able to later use them in a double game of influence.

Middle East Forum, 2024

Forcing the Iranian regime to pay the price for its crimes will shatter the regime's aura of invi... more Forcing the Iranian regime to pay the price for its crimes will shatter the regime's aura of invincibility in the eyes of the desperate Iranian people and give them the encouragement they need to rise up against the tyrants in Tehran and get rid of them once and for all. This should be Washington's ultimate goal: To facilitate the fall of the Islamist regime and the establishment of a liberal democracy in Iran. Only then will Iran become a respectable member of the world community, rather than one of its worst criminals.

Middle East Forum, 2024

The Hamas-Fatah feud is not simply the result of an intra-Palestinian political dispute, but rath... more The Hamas-Fatah feud is not simply the result of an intra-Palestinian political dispute, but rather represents the Iran-Arab cold war on Palestinian turf. While many Arabs wanted to put the conflict with Israel to rest, Iran's Islamists will continue to fight the Jewish state to the last Palestinian. Hamas is simply their latest agent.

Israel National News, 2023

Tehran has a long history of supporting Sunni Islamist extremist organizations such as the Taliba... more Tehran has a long history of supporting Sunni Islamist extremist organizations such as the Taliban and al-Qaeda, and so it can be safely called the capital city of all Islamist terrorists. As long as Iran’s Islamist regime stands, we can always expect to see more Islamist-originated terror and violence around the world. To settle this once and for all, Israel must cut off the head of the octopus in Iran.

Middle East Forum, 2023

As long as it exists, the Islamic Republic will not allow Arabs and Israel to normalize relations... more As long as it exists, the Islamic Republic will not allow Arabs and Israel to normalize relations. The Iranian regime regards this as an existential threat to itself and its far-reaching imperialist designs on the region. From Tehran's perspective, the Arab-Israeli normalization will lead to the collapse of the "Axis of Resistance," the network of extremist armed proxies that it has created from Yemen to Lebanon to impose its will on the Middle East.

Fair Observer, 2023

The death of Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s religious police last year triggered a popular up... more The death of Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s religious police last year triggered a popular uprising that sought to liberalize and democratize the country. Yet the revolution was coopted by Pahlavists, and the Islamist regime was able to reestablish control. Has the cause of freedom been totally lost?

Gulf International Forum, 2023

As the Islamic Republic’s activities in the realm of nuclear arms and ballistic missiles have ste... more As the Islamic Republic’s activities in the realm of nuclear arms and ballistic missiles have steadily escalated over the past half-decade, and as Imam Hussein University plays a central role in advancing the regime’s military technology, it is incumbent on both Western democracies and international organizations to carefully monitor the activities of the university and its affiliates, and to take the necessary measures to target it as part of a broader program intended to restore Iran’s compliance with its international obligations and keep the peace in the Middle East.

Gulf International Forum, 2023

Iran is now evidently a nuclear-threshold state, possessing the technical expertise and the neces... more Iran is now evidently a nuclear-threshold state, possessing the technical expertise and the necessary fissile material to create a nuclear weapon. Its progress in that direction is irreversible, pushing it ever closer to becoming a fully nuclear-armed state. As it stands, the Middle East and the West are confronted with the possibility of a rogue regime armed with nuclear weapons that could, at any moment, disrupt the global balance of power by announcing a successful nuclear test. This event along with aggressive actions from Russia and China could potentially plunge the world into a global conflict.

Semanario Hebreo JAI, 2023

The Uruguayan Jewish Institute published my article in Spanish about the economic empire of the R... more The Uruguayan Jewish Institute published my article in Spanish about the economic empire of the Revolutionary Guards, the need for its designation by all democratic countries as a terrorist organization, and the necessity for its final dissolution after the overthrow of the Islamic Republic in order to establish democracy in Iran.

Gulf International Forum, 2023

In desperately trying to normalize its relations with the Arab world, Iran’s ultimate goal is to ... more In desperately trying to normalize its relations with the Arab world, Iran’s ultimate goal is to sabotage the American-initiated Abraham Accords and isolate Israel. Normalization efforts towards Egypt follow the same logic. Cairo’s kind of response, in turn, will be contingent upon how much power the U.S. is perceived to wield in the Middle East.

Fair Observer, 2023

My strategic article on the necessity of American engagement all over the world, but especially i... more My strategic article on the necessity of American engagement all over the world, but especially in the Middle East and Far East, to counter the hegemonic rise of China has been published in the monthly issue of Fair Observer.

Semanario Hebreo JAI, 2023

The Uruguayan Jewish Association published my article in Spanish about the rise of China to domin... more The Uruguayan Jewish Association published my article in Spanish about the rise of China to dominate the Far East and the Middle East, and the need for a more active US presence on the world stage to counter the hegemony of the Chinese Communist Party. The article has previously been published in Farsi and English.

Akhbar Rooz , 2023

دکتر رضا پرچی‌زاده، نظریه‌پرداز سیاسی و تحلیلگر امنیتی، طی سخنرانی خود درباره «انقلاب مردم ایران»... more دکتر رضا پرچی‌زاده، نظریه‌پرداز سیاسی و تحلیلگر امنیتی، طی سخنرانی خود درباره «انقلاب مردم ایران» که در «کنفرانس امنیتی حزب پایرت اروپا» ایراد کرد، گفت کوردها و بلوچ‌ها «جلوداران انقلاب مردم ایران» هستند، و به همین دلیل هم جمهوری اسلامی تلاش می‌کند از طریق «نظامی‌گری» آنها را سرکوب کند.

Gulf International Forum , 2023

Shamkhani’s ouster is part of a pattern in which Khamenei and other high-level Iranian officials ... more Shamkhani’s ouster is part of a pattern in which Khamenei and other high-level Iranian officials have purged members of the “old guard” that they regard as insufficiently loyal. The common accusation is that the older statesmen, including many IRGC generals, have become corrupt and complacent through their exploitation of office perks and have lost their revolutionary zeal. This lack of ideological fervor has purportedly led many of them to seek accommodations with Iran’s enemies—or, in Akbari’s case, co-optation by hostile foreign intelligence agencies. As such, the logic goes, the old guard has become a liability for the state and turned into an obstacle to the realization of revolutionary ideals, and therefore must be removed and replaced by “untainted” figures.

Fair Observer, 2023

The prospect of an inexorable onslaught of authoritarianism against an entrenched and confused We... more The prospect of an inexorable onslaught of authoritarianism against an entrenched and confused West does not bode well for the future of democracy worldwide. However, the West cannot continue on this regressive trajectory forever. When it becomes apparent that the existential threat of authoritarianism is inescapable, a paradigm shift is likely to occur. This will lead to a recalibration of forces towards an all-out confrontation with China and its allies.

Ava Today, 2024

Parchizadeh said: “Since the regime’s Islamist ideology is an inherently oppressive, intervention... more Parchizadeh said: “Since the regime’s Islamist ideology is an inherently oppressive, interventionist and imperialist worldview, as long as this regime exists, it will continue to conduct state terrorism and produce weapons of mass destruction, including atomic bombs and ballistic missiles, as well as continuing its expansionism in the Middle East.”

Al-Ain Farsi, 2024

دکتر رضا پرچی‌زاده، نظریه‌پرداز سیاسی و تحلیلگر مسائل امنیتی، در گفت‌وگوی اختصاصی با العین فارسی ... more دکتر رضا پرچی‌زاده، نظریه‌پرداز سیاسی و تحلیلگر مسائل امنیتی، در گفت‌وگوی اختصاصی با العین فارسی گفت این احتمال وجود دارد که کوچک‌ترین لغزشی از جانب جمهوری اسلامی، ایران را به جنگ مستقیم با آمریکا بکشاند.

Israel Today, 2023

The political theorist Dr. Reza Parchizadeh told Israel Today, “By making the greatest state spon... more The political theorist Dr. Reza Parchizadeh told Israel Today, “By making the greatest state sponsor of terrorism flush with cash, Joe Biden has taken a leaf out of Barack Obama’s book. Even the real figure that Tehran will receive is uncertain. While the Biden administration has announced it to be 6billion,Al−Arabiyasourcesputitat6 billion, Al-Arabiya sources put it at 6billion,Al−Arabiyasourcesputitat10 billion. To make the matters even worse, some media outlets in Iran claim the figure is actually $20 billion. Whatever the case, giving in to a rogue regime’s attempts at getting ransom will only prove it right in its wicked ways and embolden it to take even more hostages in the future. So I can say with certainty that we haven’t seen the last of the criminal regime’s takeing Americans hostage. At the same time, the American people, whose government is giving a huge sum to a hostile regime, and the Iranian people, who are the rightful owners of that money, have a moral right to know how those billions of dollars are going to be spent. Based on long-term observation, I can surmise that a share of the money will be used to boost the regime’s security-military apparatus to suppress popular protests, which are especially likely to flare up soon at the anniversary of Jina (Mahsa) Amini’s murder by the regime’s religious police that last September started the nationwide anti-hijab protests and eventually turned into a full-throttle anti-regime revolution. Another share of the money will be exploited to further develop the regime’s nuclear, missile and drone technologies that are used against the US and its allies around the world. Last but not least, a portion of the released money will go towards financing the pro-Iranian regime non-state terrorist actors across the Middle East such as Hezbollah, Hamas, the Islamic Jihad, the Houthis, and the Iraqi Shiite paramilitary groups. All in all, the ransom that the White House has given to the regime in Iran will sponsor all sorts of activities that undermine the national security and global standing of the United States of America.”

Israel Today, 2023

Iranian political theorist Dr. Reza Parchizadeh, says: “The main goal of the revolution is to est... more Iranian political theorist Dr. Reza Parchizadeh, says: “The main goal of the revolution is to establish democracy with a focus on women’s freedom and the empowerment of the underprivileged groups, such as the ethnic groups and other minorities. The leadership of the revolution is horizontal and net-work based, and there has been anunparallel cooperation and coordination between different sectors of the society to challenge the Islamic Republic and amplify the voices of the freedom seeking people of Iran to reach the outside world.” According to him, “The most progressive human, political, social and cultural concepts such as the freedom of women and sexual minorities, multi-ethnicity and multiculturalism in Iran, the need to substantially change the historical structure of power and decentralize the government, and equality between all Iranian people regardless of their origin and background have been at the heart of the revolution. Despite the fact that the initial fervor of the revolution has subsided to some extent due to the repression of the regime, the protesters show their opposition in different ways and still seek to topple the Islamic regime and establish democracy.”

Al-Ain Farsi, 2023

دکتر رضا پرچی‌زاده، نظریه‌پرداز سیاسی و تحلیلگر امنیتی، در گفت‌وگو با العین گفت میانجی‌گری چین بر... more دکتر رضا پرچی‌زاده، نظریه‌پرداز سیاسی و تحلیلگر امنیتی، در گفت‌وگو با العین گفت میانجی‌گری چین برای عادی‌سازی روابط ایران و عربستان سعودی به خاطر اشتیاق پکن برای افزایش نفوذ در خاورمیانه در رقابت با آمریکا و روسیه است. پرچی‌زاده در مصاحبه‌ای اختصاصی با «العین فارسی» گفت: از پایان جنگ جهانی دوم، خاورمیانه عمدتاً منطقه نفوذ آمریکا بوده است. اما از زمان پایان جنگ سرد، حضور آمریکا در منطقه به طور کلی کاهش یافته است. از سوی دیگر، روسیه در تلاش است تا بخشی از موقعیت سابق خویش را در خاورمیانه بازیابی کند. اکنون چین هم نشان می‌دهد که می‌خواهد شانس خود را در این منطقه پُرمناقشه امتحان کند.

روزنامه کوردستان, 2023

رژیم جمهوری اسلامی از هر طیف و قشری، از لمپن بگیرید تا متشخص و از عامی بگیرید تا آکادمیک در آپوزی... more رژیم جمهوری اسلامی از هر طیف و قشری، از لمپن بگیرید تا متشخص و از عامی بگیرید تا آکادمیک در آپوزیسیون نفوذی دارد. با این حال، نوعی از نفوذی‌ها که طی سال‌های اخیر به خاطر شیوه نفوذ و تاثیرگذاری‌شان خیلی مورد توجه عموم قرار گرفته‌اند، وابستگان علنی رژیم هستند که طی یک دهه گذشته به شیوه‌های مختلف به خارج از کشور صادر شده‌اند، و توسط جریان‌های ظاهرا مخالف رژیم و حتی دولت‌های خارجی بازیابی می‌شوند، و سپس با استفاده از امکانات مالی و رسانه‌ای و تبلیغاتی گسترده‌ای که در اختیارشان گذاشته می‌شود فضای عمومی را اشغال می‌کنند و به اصطلاح سر صف آپوزیسیون قرار می‌گیرند.

Al-Arabiya News, 2017

During a meeting at the US Congress, a delegation of Iranian opposition discussed a number of iss... more During a meeting at the US Congress, a delegation of Iranian opposition discussed a number of issues related to the US policy toward Iran. The issues included the project of regime change in Iran, the necessity of imposing sanctions on Tehran, concern for the rampant violation of human rights in Iran, dealing with the Iranian regime’s warmongering, the various networks of the Iranian regime abroad, the relations between Iran and its neighbors, and the role of media in promoting democracy in Iran.

Al-Ain Farsi, 2023

دکتر رضا پرچی‌زاده، نظریه‌پرداز و تحلیلگر مسائل امنیتی می‌گوید حضور رهبران سازمان‌های تروریستی در... more دکتر رضا پرچی‌زاده، نظریه‌پرداز و تحلیلگر مسائل امنیتی می‌گوید حضور رهبران سازمان‌های تروریستی در ایران مسئله جدیدی نیست و پیش‌تر نیز رد پای دستگاه امنیتی تهران در برخی حوادث تروریستی مطرح جهان دیده شده است.

Kurdistan Media, 2022

آنچه در ایران در حال روی دادن است، یک انقلاب پست‌مدرن است و مشخصات آن با مولفه‌های انقلاب‌های کلا... more آنچه در ایران در حال روی دادن است، یک انقلاب پست‌مدرن است و مشخصات آن با مولفه‌های انقلاب‌های کلاسیک تفاوت دارد. مهمترین تفاوتش همین است که رهبری فردی یا حتی گروهی ندارد، بلکه رهبران آن موازی و منطقه‌ای می‌باشند و از طریق اینترنت و شبکه‌های محلی به هم متصل هستند، به تبادل افکار و ابتکارات می‌پردازند، و تظاهرات و مبارزات را برنامه‌ریزی می‌کنند. این شاید بزرگترین نقطه قوت انقلاب جاری در ایران باشد، چرا که رژیم با هدف قرار دادن "سر" نداشتە، نخواهد توانست جلوی گسترش آن را بگیرد.

Israel Today, 2021

Political theorist Dr. Reza Parchizadeh stated in an interview with Israel Today: “The reason for... more Political theorist Dr. Reza Parchizadeh stated in an interview with Israel Today: “The reason for the Iranian regime propping up Syria’s air defenses is that it is anticipating an overwhelming Israeli invasion of Iran’s nuclear facilities soon. The regime knows that once the charade of the Vienna talks for reviving the 2015 nuclear deal is over and there is no more room to play around on the issue, it will have to get entrenched and make the final rush for the nuclear bomb. The ‘props’ in Syria are erected to shut down as many Israeli aircraft as they can before they reach their targets in Iran.”

The Epoch Times, 2021

“What’s basically happening here is that the extremist Taliban and their Islamist confederates ar... more “What’s basically happening here is that the extremist Taliban and their Islamist confederates are shrinking the American influence in one of the most strategically important spots in the world, and Iran and China are facilitating it,” said Dr. Parchizadeh.

Israel Today, 2021

Th Iranian political analyst Dr. Reza Parchizadeh proclaimed: “There is an irreconcilable discrep... more Th Iranian political analyst Dr. Reza Parchizadeh proclaimed: “There is an irreconcilable discrepancy between what the West and the Islamist regime in Iran perceive as the aim of the ongoing negotiations in Vienna. While the West sees the negotiations as a sign of goodwill, the Islamist regime perceives it as a sign of weakness and thus an opportunity to advance its belligerent agenda. The regime’s threat to march on Jerusalem and DC is not empty. If the West continues to lower its guard by bowing to the regime’s every whim during the negotiations, the Islamists will have a good chance at materializing their plans at least for dominating the Middle East. The only way to deal with threats from a totalitarian, imperialist regime is to be tough.”

Al-Arabiya Farsi, 2021

دکتر رضا پرچی‌زاده، نظریه‌پرداز ایرانی-آمریکایی، در گفتگو با شبکه «سی بی اس» آمریکا گفت معتقد است... more دکتر رضا پرچی‌زاده، نظریه‌پرداز ایرانی-آمریکایی، در گفتگو با شبکه «سی بی اس» آمریکا گفت معتقد است رژیم ایران با دوگانه «تندرو» و «میانه‌رو» جامعه بین‌المللی را فریب می‌دهد. پرچی‌زاده در این گفتگو نظام جمهوری اسلامی را «شرکت سهامی جنایتکاران» نامید و تاکید کرد «فرقی نمی‌کند در انتخابات پیش رو چه کسی رئیس‌جمهور بشود، رژیم دست از رفتارهای خرابکارانه و جنایتکارانه‌اش در خاورمیانه بر نخواهد داشت».

ICBPS, 2021

Dans cette perspective, Reza Parchizadeh, un théoricien politique et universitaire Iranien affili... more Dans cette perspective, Reza Parchizadeh, un théoricien politique et universitaire Iranien affilié à Indiana University of Pennsylvania, estime que parmi les raisons pour lesquelles les manifestations et les mouvements contre la République Islamique ont généralement échoué, l’une a été un manque de théorie profonde et la compréhension de la nature du régime et de la façon dont il fonctionne; une autre a été l’absence d’un discours « subversif-transformateur » avec une base théorique solide; et la dernière mais non la moindre, l’inexistence d’un programme démocratique complet pour remplacer la République Islamique. Parchizadeh lui-même a publié une collection novatrice d’essais à cet égard.

Arutz Sheva, 2020

Iranian political theorist Dr. Reza Parchizadeh believes the time has come for America to act: “A... more Iranian political theorist Dr. Reza Parchizadeh believes the time has come for America to act: “America made a huge mistake four decades ago by not seriously responding to the Islamist invasion of Iran that eventually engulfed all of the Middle East. Its shadow threatens the West and the rest of the world today. What started with the US Embassy takeover and the American Hostage Crisis of 1979 by the Islamists has now grown into a full-blown offensive on American security interests across the Middle East. And it is not just the US regional allies such as Israel, Saudi Arabia and the UAE that are struck by the Islamists. Today, America herself is under fire. This offensive against American security interests by the Islamists and their global allies will only continue to escalate if it is not decisively dealt with.”

Jerusalem Post, 2019

Dr. Reza Parchizadeh, an Iranian-born political theorist and analyst, noted that the situation fo... more Dr. Reza Parchizadeh, an Iranian-born political theorist and analyst, noted that the situation for the Baha’is has significantly deteriorated in recent years “Since the... nuclear deal [was reached] between Iran and the P5+1 countries [the UN Security Council’s five permanent members plus Germany], the Sh’iite Islamist regime has felt more confident in persecuting all sorts of minorities, including the Baha’is,” Parchizadeh asserted. “At present the persecution of dissidents is at its worst in Iran.” He also believes the regime has chosen to target the Baha’is in particular due to a sense of “existential anxiety.” “The messianic approach of the Baha’is has its roots in the Shi’ite belief in the divine savior,” Parchizadeh explained. “However, unlike the Shi’ites, the Baha’is believe that their savior has already emerged in the world… If the Baha’i narrative becomes the [accepted] interpretation of religion, then the Shi’ite mullahs and their zealous followers will have no pretext to advocate for an Islamist system… [which] paves the way for the emergence of the Mahdi [savior] at the end of the world.”

Save The West, 2021

Dr. Reza Parchizadeh, an Iranian political theorist, believes that “For Arabs and Israel, the Isl... more Dr. Reza Parchizadeh, an Iranian political theorist, believes that “For Arabs and Israel, the Islamist regime in Iran is an existential threat that should be eliminated; conversely, for the Democratic administration of President Biden, the regime in Iran is only a security threat that can be ameliorated.” According to Parchizadeh, the Biden administration, Israel and Arab countries have different approaches to the issue of Iran and this can highly determine the relationship between the United States and its partners in the Middle East in the coming years.

Semanario Hebreo JAI, 2021

Regarding the problems presented by the Islamic Republic in global politics and the US security o... more Regarding the problems presented by the Islamic Republic in global politics and the US security overseas, Rachel Brooks of Republic Underground interviewed Iran expert Dr. Reza Parchizadeh on January 21. This was a day before the Biden administration's promise to review Iran sanctions. The interview focused on the outcome of the arrest of the Iranian academic and influential political commentator Kaveh Lotfolah Afrasiabi. In January, Afrasiabi was charged with secret collusion with Iran.

Republic Underground , 2021

Dr. Reza Parchizadeh, a political theorist, historian of ideas, and senior analyst, weighed in on... more Dr. Reza Parchizadeh, a political theorist, historian of ideas, and senior analyst, weighed in on President Biden’s plans and the issues presented to western rhetoric moving forward with the Iran negotiation: “President Biden has openly promised to re-engage with the Iranian regime, and the European powers, including Great Britain, are euphoric over that promise. The euphoria is understandable because four years of President Trump’s hands-off “maximum pressure” policy failed to bring about any meaningful change for the better in the behavior of the Iranian regime, whether in the domestic scene or on the international stage. However, what the West needs to keep in mind while trying to re-engage with the Iranian regime is that the regime’s inherently antagonistic approach to the liberal world order is likely to make any “deal for peace” null and void right off the bat even if it deigns to come to the negotiating table. The regime’s gross record of violation of human rights in Iran and abroad, its morbid interest in establishing an authoritarian empire in the Middle East by interfering in the affairs of other sovereign states, its relentless pursuit of nuclear arms and development of long-range cruise and ballistic missiles and their use against American and other targets, its ongoing proxy attacks on the GCC countries and Israel, and its very real existential threat to the Jewish State are only some of the best-known challenges that President Biden and his European partners will face on the way to make a deal with the Islamist regime. And that is even not to mention the Iranian regime’s considerable alignment with the dictatorial, predatory, and expansionist regimes in Russia and China during the recent years, which has led to the creation of what I have come to call the “Eurasian Juggernaut”, a hydra that threatens the totality of Western Civilization. If the West can make a package that manages to address all those fundamental and inseparable issues, I for one will wholeheartedly support a deal with the regime in Iran. Otherwise, we will be treading a dangerous path that has already been trekked without gaining any meaningful outcome for world peace.”

Semanario Hebreo JAI, 2020

En ese sentido, yo comoteórico político y académico iraní (afiliado a la Universidad de Indiana d... more En ese sentido, yo comoteórico político y académico iraní (afiliado a la Universidad de Indiana de Pensilvania), creo que entre las razones por las que las protestas y movimientos contra la República Islámica han fracasado en general, una ha sido la escasez de información teórica profunda y extensa. comprensión de la naturaleza del régimen y cómo funciona; otro ha sido la ausencia de un discurso “subversivo-transformador” predominante con una base teórica sólida; y por último, pero no menos importante, la inexistencia de un programa democrático integral para reemplazar a la República Islámica. El propio Parchizadeh ha publicado recientemente una innovadora colección de ensayos al respecto. Como resultado, me pregunto sobre mi nuevo libro. : "¿Cuál es el propósito de escribir un libro así?" A lo que respondo:

i24NEWS, 2023

Dr. Reza Parchizadeh, a Persian political theorist and security analyst, stressed that “Iran by n... more Dr. Reza Parchizadeh, a Persian political theorist and security analyst, stressed that “Iran by now is obviously a nuclear threshold state, which means that it is a country that possesses both the technical know-how and the fissile material needed to make a nuclear weapon. And what it has gained so far in that direction is irreversible, which means that Iran is ever closer to becoming a fully nuclear state. With the American unwillingness to use the military option against the Iranian regime on one hand, and the Arab world’s normalization with Iran on the other, Israel is isolated and feels alone in its call for a preemptive strike against Iran. Whatever happens, the Middle East and the West will be faced with the prospect of a nuclear armed rogue regime that can always set the region and the wider world on fire.”

Save the West, 2022

Dr. Reza Parchizadeh, an Iranian political theorists and security analyst, said this: “Washington... more Dr. Reza Parchizadeh, an Iranian political theorists and security analyst, said this: “Washington must intervene to help the people of Iran to topple the Islamist regime and establish democracy because it is in the best interests of the US and her regional allies. If a pro-Western democracy comes to power in Iran, it will shut down the current regime’s global terror campaign, cause Russia and China to cease cooperating against the West, and make it easier to make peace between Israel and the Arabs, thus finally stabilizing a perennially unstable Middle East.”

Dialogue Institute for Research and Studies, 2022

Dr Reza Parchizadeh, political theorist and security analyst, says, “As the popular revolution to... more Dr Reza Parchizadeh, political theorist and security analyst, says, “As the popular revolution to topple the regime goes on in Iran, two competing trends are vying to replace the Islamist regime. On the one hand, there are those who want democracy and maximum participation of the people in the political process. On the other, there are those who want to monopolise power and restrict public participation in the political process. The two trends stand at odds, and they will continue their fight over the legacy of the falling regime to the bitter end. But in the end democracy shall prevail.”

Israel Nieuws.nl, 2022

This study in Dutch on antisemitism in Europe refers to me as an expert and says according to Par... more This study in Dutch on antisemitism in Europe refers to me as an expert and says according to Parchizadeh, the Islamist regime in Iran does not deal with Israel through a cost-and-benefit logic, but has an apocalyptic approach towards it.

Jewish News Syndicate, 2022

Reza Parchizadeh, an Iranian American theorist based in Maryland, said Iran’s ruling clerical Isl... more Reza Parchizadeh, an Iranian American theorist based in Maryland, said Iran’s ruling clerical Islamic regime has always been at odds with members of the Baha’i faith because the religion does not recognize any formal hierarchy of clergy in society. “The Islamic Republic persecutes the Baha’is with the utmost intensity because of the Baha’i liberal interpretation of religion, in general, and Islam, in particular, which endangers the privileged position of the clerical class that rules Iran,” said Parchizadeh. “Therefore, the Islamist regime’s treatment of the Baha’is is more political than religious in nature, and is almost similar to the Vatican’s persecution of the Protestants during the age of religious reform in Europe.”

la Repubblica, 2022

Ma dal mondo iraniano sono arrivati anche segnali di solidarietà, tra cui quello dell’analista po... more Ma dal mondo iraniano sono arrivati anche segnali di solidarietà, tra cui quello dell’analista politico e senior editor della tv AlArabiya, Reza Parchizadeh, che su Twitter ha commentato la notizia del “risveglio” del romanziere: “Bentornato Mr. Rushdie, che tu possa avere una vita lunga e prosperosa”.

Save the West, 2021

Iranian political theorist Dr. Reza Parchizadeh noted, “The unilateral and total American withdra... more Iranian political theorist Dr. Reza Parchizadeh noted, “The unilateral and total American withdrawal from Afghanistan, which looks very much like its withdrawal from Vietnam over four decades ago, will embolden the nefarious actors to dramatically increase their interference in the affairs of Afghanistan in the hopes of turning it into a satellite state or a base of operations that is disruptive to the liberal world order.” According to Dr. Parchizadeh, “The Iranian regime is traditionally focused on the Hazara population who are Shiites, like the majority of Iranians. These are the same people whom the regime recruited as mercenaries in the form of the Fatemiyoun Brigades to fight in the Syrian Civil War to keep Assad in power. But the Iranian regime has also been considering coopting the Taliban to advance its influence in Afghanistan. The hosting of Taliban leaders in Iran during the past few years as well as the more recent favorable positions of major state-affiliated newspapers in Iran strongly indicate that the Iranian regime has made considerable investments in the Taliban. As a rule of thumb, as long as the common enemy is the United States, Islamists of all stripes will be more than happy to work together. The Sunni Taliban in Afghanistan and the Shia regime in Iran are no exceptions. As such, by pulling out of Afghanistan in this manner and by leaving no reasonable safeguards behind, the US government is throwing twenty years of the War on Terror and nation building in Afghanistan to waste.”

Israel Today, 2021

What the US did in Afghanistan can be repeated in Iraq and elsewhere, which has the result of aid... more What the US did in Afghanistan can be repeated in Iraq and elsewhere, which has the result of aiding the mullahs in Tehran. In fact, Iranian political analyst Dr. Reza Parchizadeh reported: “Users of social networks in Iran and Afghanistan announced the publication of videos and several photos of the looting of a number of armored war ware and equipment, including tanks and military vehicles of the Afghan Army and their transfer to Tehran.”

THEJ.CA, 2021

Iranian political theorist Reza Parchizadeh wrote on his Facebook page that Iran stands behind th... more Iranian political theorist Reza Parchizadeh wrote on his Facebook page that Iran stands behind the latest escalation in violence: “A large wave of allegedly Iranian-made missiles were shot from the Gaza Strip towards Israel. The Islamist regime in Iran is resorting to its habitual brinkmanship in the Middle East once more while it is trying to soft-talk the West into yet another disastrous deal.”

Middle East Forum, 2020

Thank you very much to Dr. Daniel Pipes for giving reference to my stance on Michel Foucault in h... more Thank you very much to Dr. Daniel Pipes for giving reference to my stance on Michel Foucault in his compilation of expert opinions from around the world on the Islamist-Leftist cooperation. This is detrimental to the Left and totally discredits them.

The Hill, 2016

According to Reza Parchizadeh, a political theorist and activist, the Reformists and the Hardline... more According to Reza Parchizadeh, a political theorist and activist, the Reformists and the Hardliners are names of convenience, designed to deceive the West into thinking that the factional struggle has policy implications for us. In fact, the Reformist faction isn’t really interested in reform at all. Rather, they are followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini, who found themselves on the outside looking in when the followers of the current Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, took control.

Arutz Sheva, 2019

Iranian political theorist Dr. Reza Parchizadeh noted, “The Shia politicians are mostly under Teh... more Iranian political theorist Dr. Reza Parchizadeh noted, “The Shia politicians are mostly under Tehran’s thumb. The Revolutionary Guards have also created Hezbollah-style powerful proxy forces in Iraq such as Hashd al Sha’bi and Asa’ib Ahl al Haq that take their orders directly from Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the IRGC Quds Force. Now, what the Iraqi protesters want is their country’s independence and prosperity. They don’t want their country to be a pawn in Tehran’s regional war on Saudi Arabia, Israel and the US. That is why they have revolted against their government as well as against the Iranian regimes militias in Iraq. The new revolution in the Middle East has just begun.”

The Hill, 2018

According to Iranian political theorist Reza Parchizadeh, “the US was absolutely right to reimpos... more According to Iranian political theorist Reza Parchizadeh, “the US was absolutely right to reimpose sanctions on the Islamic Republic because the regime utilizes unhindered international trade and banking systems to advance its terroristic and imperialist agenda in the region and the world. However, sanctions alone are never enough. When the sanctions go fully into effect, the regime will be weakened but it will maintain its hostile ideological attitude towards the US, Israel and the Arab world. As such, as long as the Islamist regime is in power, the region and the world will not see peace or stability. It must be toppled and replaced with a democratic system.”

Israel Hayom, 2018

According to Iranian political theorist Dr. Reza Parchizadeh, "The Iranian regime always exploits... more According to Iranian political theorist Dr. Reza Parchizadeh, "The Iranian regime always exploits Israel's security weaknesses as a bargaining chip with the U.S. That is why it needs a foothold close to Israel. Whenever the Iranian regime is under pressure from the U.S., it tightens the screws on Israel so the U.S. relents. In the months leading up to the new round of sanctions, Iran was openly threatening Israel with retaliation and annihilation. Abbas Araghchi, the political deputy of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, threatened European countries with terrorism and security problems if they would not try harder to ease the U.S. sanctions. The same thing is with Israel. As soon as the [Iranian] regime is under pressure, it incites Hamas and Islamic Jihad to open fire on Israel. It has probably kept Hezbollah for the next phase of the escalation."

Mosaic Magazine , 2020

Reza Parchizadeh explains the long history of cooperation between the Brotherhood—the parent orga... more Reza Parchizadeh explains the long history of cooperation between the Brotherhood—the parent organization of Hamas—and the Islamic revolutionaries who now rule Iran.

BBG-USAGM Watch, 2020

West Wing Reads page on the WhiteHouse.gov official White House website has a link to an op-ed ar... more West Wing Reads page on the WhiteHouse.gov official White House website has a link to an op-ed article in the New York Post in which Brian Hook, the U.S. Special Representative for Iran, Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former Director of the Policy Planning Staff, comments on the Voice of America (VOA) programs to Iran managed by the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM).

Jerusalem Online, 2018

The letter was written by Tahlil Rouz (Daily Analysis), a Persian language think tank based in th... more The letter was written by Tahlil Rouz (Daily Analysis), a Persian language think tank based in the US, and was provided to JOL by its director, Reza Parchizadeh, an Iranian-born political theorist and analyst. As well as the US president, the letter has been sent to the US Mission to the United Nations, the US State Department and the National Security Agency (NSA).

PJ Media/Jihad Watch, 2020

Dr. Reza Parchizadeh, a political theorist and analyst, recently noted on Twitter that “the Irani... more Dr. Reza Parchizadeh, a political theorist and analyst, recently noted on Twitter that “the Iranian regime has turned the late #George_Floyd into Saint George, Shiite-style!” And sure enough, Parchizadeh posted a painting of Floyd depicting him in the way Shi’ite Muslims often depict their holy figures: in a green robe and surrounded by an aura of holy light.

The What & The Why, 2016

Reza Parchizadeh believes nothing has changed: “Iran is continuing its expansionist policies, gro... more Reza Parchizadeh believes nothing has changed: “Iran is continuing its expansionist policies, growing its military and perfecting its ballistic-missile capabilities — whether anyone in the West likes it or not, or whether its actions are in contravention of the nuclear deal or not”.

Jewish Press, 2020

Iran sanctioning the race riots in America came after vandals attacked the Tomb of Queen Esther a... more Iran sanctioning the race riots in America came after vandals attacked the Tomb of Queen Esther and her uncle Mordechai. Iranian political theorist Dr. Reza Parchizadeh blamed the Iranian government for that arson attack: “I have been to the Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Hamadan. It is a beautiful structure dating back to the time of the Jewish Diaspora in Persia; and it is an indicator of the ancient roots of the Jewish people in Iran. The Islamists in Iran have been scalded by Israeli air raids against their bases and forces in Syria and Iraq, and there is nothing they can do about it on the ground. So, they give vent to their wrath towards Israel by vandalizing Jewish landmarks in Iran, thereby demonstrating their stark antisemitism.”

Taghato, 2017

We ask that you launch an inquiry into the Voice of America’s Persian service, whose bloated budg... more We ask that you launch an inquiry into the Voice of America’s Persian service, whose bloated budget is the largest of all language services under the VOA. There have been numerous instances of editorials by the VOA’s Persian service that have been lenient or favorable to Iran’s clerical despots. We consider this to be totally unacceptable and demoralizing for pro-democracy Iranians who watch these broadcasts.

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Since its inception in 1979 up to the mid-2000s, the Islamist regime of Iran would always target ... more Since its inception in 1979 up to the mid-2000s, the Islamist regime of Iran would always target its opponents in Europe through assassination operations. The regime carried out these terrorist attacks by the hands of its Iranian, Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian minions in different parts of Europe. Regardless of its pledges to European countries to stop these terrorist attacks after the Mykonos incident in Berlin in the early 1990s, the Islamic Republic continues to engage in conspiracy against its opponents on European soil by collecting information on the dissidents and photographing their gathering places. And when the regime faced a recent boycott of its dreaded intelligence ministry by the European Union, it threatened to exacerbate terrorism on European soil.

We Iranian and non-Iranian activists, scholars, journalists, professionals, and other people oppo... more We Iranian and non-Iranian activists, scholars, journalists, professionals, and other people opposed to the Islamist regime in Iran are writing this letter to express our appreciation for your kind and accurate Nowruz message.

An open letter signed by more than 200 Iranians living inside and outside Iran, asks E.U. officia... more An open letter signed by more than 200 Iranians living inside and outside Iran, asks E.U. officials to end their efforts in assisting the Iranian government, after Donald Trump imposed a second round of sanctions on Iran earlier this month. The letter, which was sent to the European Unionʼs headquarters, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, ambassadors of various countries, and other individuals and organizations, is still gathering signatures.

National Iranian Congress , 2020

سپاس فراوان از «کنگره ملی ایرانیان» بابت دعوت از من برای حضور در کنگره آمریکا در جولای ۲۰۱۹، و ای... more سپاس فراوان از «کنگره ملی ایرانیان» بابت دعوت از من برای حضور در کنگره آمریکا در جولای ۲۰۱۹، و اینک انتشار متن سخنرانی‌ام در آن جلسه برای اولین بار به فارسی. بخوانید تا بدانید چرا برخی خوش ندارند یک ائتلاف آبرومند و فراگیر در آپوزیسیون شکل بگیرد، و مدام سر راه این امر مهم سنگ می‌اندازند.

Speech delivered at US Congress in July 2019

Speech delivered at US Congress in June 2017

Speech delivered at Edinburgh Festival on August 10, 2011

IUP L&C Newsletter, 2023

I am proud that five years after graduation, my faculty still lists my thesis on the theory and h... more I am proud that five years after graduation, my faculty still lists my thesis on the theory and history of political thought in the English-speaking world as one of the outstanding research projects of Indiana University of Pennsylvania. If I find any free time, I would like to further develop and have it published as a book. I would like to translate it into Farsi, as well, for I believe it will also be beneficial to Iranians towards a better understanding of the rule of law and democracy.

University of Tehran, 2009

Xayyam is perhaps the most well-known of the Iranian 'poetic personas' around the world; but who ... more Xayyam is perhaps the most well-known of the Iranian 'poetic personas' around the world; but who he is and where the poetry attributed to him has come from is in effect a matter of precarious historical consensus based upon partial interpretations by both the Easterners such as Mojtaba Minavi and the Westerners such as Edward FitzGerald. In fact, the character we know today as Xayyam is a confidence man wrapped in the hazy mist of fleeting eons. Consequently, what this study undertakes to deliver is to demonstrate the hypothesis that how the character named Xayyam and the poetry attributed to him are in fact the collective product of a myriad of different or opposing ideas of the historical and contemporary critiques, and consequently how these diverse and incoherent ideas which gain superficially consistent solidarity in the passage of time turn into the universal norms for judging and assessing poetry in particular and life in general.

Örebro University, 2012

Tina Fält of Örebro University was kind enough to send me the transcript of the courses that I pa... more Tina Fält of Örebro University was kind enough to send me the transcript of the courses that I passed there back in the early 2010s. I used to be a master’s student in Media and Communication Studies at Örebro University, and I made an impression with my broad and deep knowledge of the media and international relations - or at least that is what my teachers wrote in their recommendation letters for me! 😂 During our stay in Sweden, we went on a sweeping tour of Scandinavia to participate in wide-ranging courses at University of Helsinki, University of Tampere, and Oslo University College - with occasional trips to the Finnish foreign ministry and Swedish national radio and television. That was probably the most mobile phase of my life so far, and I am somewhat missing it due to those activities. Although I passed all my courses with distinction, I was not able to defend my thesis because I was coming to America as a doctoral student, and the timing and visa restrictions tied my hands. Recently I asked Örebro University about the possibility of finishing my degree, to which they replied that the program has been discontinued. But they kindly sent me my transcript. I guess I can say I almost have a master’s degree in Media and Communication Studies. 😉

IUP Magazine , 2020

On the political stage, Reza voluntarily assisted the US government and law enforcement to tackle... more On the political stage, Reza voluntarily assisted the US government and law enforcement to tackle issues pertaining to the security of the nation. He also published well-received articles of strategic insight with the Begin-Sadat Center, Foreign Policy Association, and Tablet Magazine on political, cultural, and security issues. In July 2019, Reza appeared before US Congress by special invitation from congressman Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) to provide advice on foreign policy and security analysis regarding the Middle East.

IUP Alumni News, 2024

In a special program on Voice of America’s Persian Service, Dr. Reza Parchizadeh underscored the ... more In a special program on Voice of America’s Persian Service, Dr. Reza Parchizadeh underscored the necessity of U.S. involvement in Iran’s democratic transition. Without active American oversight, he said, power could shift to factions misaligned with democratic values or U.S. interests, risking civil war and national disintegration. He emphasized that establishing democracy—rooted in pluralism, inclusivity, and tolerance—is the only viable path forward for Iran. Other approaches have historically failed; thus, Iran must focus entirely on embracing Western democratic principles. According to Parchizadeh, for a stable and free Iran, the international community, spearheaded by the U.S., must support this vision unequivocally.

Fair Observer, 2023

Fair Observer, which is a famous independent American publication, informed me that my article ab... more Fair Observer, which is a famous independent American publication, informed me that my article about the Woman, Life, Freedom Revolution in Iran was among the most popular works of the week, and as such they had placed it in the Editor’s Picks section. In my opinion, the article is the most comprehensive international analysis of the revolution so far.
https://www.fairobserver.com/politics/irans-mahsa-revolution/‬

Hileya: Scientific Bulletin, 2023

This Ukrainian article on the formation of the new world order has referenced my article on the g... more This Ukrainian article on the formation of the new world order has referenced my article on the geopolitical situation of the Middle East, the role of the Islamic Republic in disrupting the status quo, the withdrawal of America from the Middle East, and the challenges facing Washington in maintaining the liberal order around the world.

The Kyiv Post, 2023

The Kyiv Post has recommended my old analysis of Russian aggressive expansionist tendencies in th... more The Kyiv Post has recommended my old analysis of Russian aggressive expansionist tendencies in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Pity the warning fell on deaf ears in DC and the EU when it was issued; otherwise we might have averted the Ukraine War.

Naval Postgraduate School, 2021

This master’s thesis for the US Naval Academy entitled “Iran’s Challenge to the U.S. in the Marit... more This master’s thesis for the US Naval Academy entitled “Iran’s Challenge to the U.S. in the Maritime Domain” has referenced my article on the IRGC and its role in spreading anti-Americanism in Iran and the wider Middle East. You can read the full thesis via this link: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/trecms/pdf/AD1164412.pdf

Mosaic Magazine, 2020

Reza Parchizadeh writes almost from the very beginning of the revolution in Iran, it became fashi... more Reza Parchizadeh writes almost from the very beginning of the revolution in Iran, it became fashionable in the Western academic world to employ Islamist professors, scholars, and researchers. The recruitment of Islamists at Middle East Studies centers in Europe and North America, and their promotion in influential Western media, became commonplace. Over the past 40 years, the global intellectual approach to Iran has thus been firmly in the clutches of Islamists and their left-leaning allies.

IUP Alumni News, 2023

Dr. Reza Parchizadeh, political theorist and security analyst, participated in the Pirate Party o... more Dr. Reza Parchizadeh, political theorist and security analyst, participated in the Pirate Party of Europe’s Security Conference, held on February 18-19, 2023 in Munich, Germany. At the event experts from around the world spoke on issues such as EU foreign policy, the Ukraine war, Chinese-Russian relations, African security, and the revolution in Iran. In his speech, Parchizadeh said the people of Iran’s revolution, which was sparked by the murder of the young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini at the hands of the Islamic Republic’s religious police, demonstrated the people’s desire and determination for democratic change. According to him, while the revolution is in the making, the people of Iran and the democratic world need to discuss and plan how to facilitate Iran's transition from dictatorship to democracy. Parchizadeh emphasized that the long-term security interests of the United States and its allies in the Middle East can only be achieved by helping Iran establish the rule of law enshrined in a liberal democracy.

Ministry of Armed Forces of France, 2021

Foundation for Defense of Democracies, 2022

Thank you to Foundation for Defense of Democracies for recommending my article in Jerusalem Post ... more Thank you to Foundation for Defense of Democracies for recommending my article in Jerusalem Post on Iranian regime’s exploitation of international film festivals. This is going to become a comprehensive research paper soon.

International Institute for Iranian Studies, 2019

Vernon Press, 2021

It is good to see one’s old research acknowledged by new research. Scholarly integrity speaks to ... more It is good to see one’s old research acknowledged by new research. Scholarly integrity speaks to the writer’s character, invoking my respect and support, unlike politics where my ideas are freely “borrowed” from in DC without a hint of acknowledgement. 😉

Koenig World Watch Daily, 2021

Gale Academic OneFile, 2021

Russian expansionism in the Middle East follows a systematic approach to the region that is predi... more Russian expansionism in the Middle East follows a systematic approach to the region that is predicated on a profound understanding of the geopolitical, cultural, and religious landscape of the Middle East along the lines of the historical Russian strategic imperatives. For the time being, Russia's aim is to supplant the United States as the main political power in the Middle East. However, in the long run, the ultimate Russian goal is to dominate the world as the sole global superpower. My argument is that although Russia's fortunes have ebbed and flowed throughout modern history, what the Russian political establishment has demonstrated in regard to ideological/territorial expansionism, from the Tsarist Empire to the USSR to the Russian Federation, is strategic continuity. As such, in this article I am going to conduct a strategic survey of the Russian expansionism in the Middle East throughout modern history and then warn of the impending dangers of unchecked Russian expansionism for contemporary US and Middle East security and for the future of global democracy and liberal world order.

Cultural Logic, 2013

It has been our great pleasure to work with David B. Downing, editor of Works and Days. David and... more It has been our great pleasure to work with David B. Downing, editor of Works and Days. David and his editorial team, including Nicholas P. Katsiadas, Tracy J. Lassiter, and Reza Parchizadeh contributed in significant ways to the quality and success of this issue and we are greatly indebted to them for their work. Please read their “Foreword to the Revolution” for a substantive overview of the articles in this issue.

This is an exciting time of transition for us as our newly revised MA in Composition and Literatu... more This is an exciting time of transition for us as our newly revised MA in Composition and Literature swings into full operation. Students in the MA Generalist program can elect to continue as they had planned, or they can shift to the C&L program. Please check out our new website to know more. All applicants for Fall 2014 will be slated for the C&L program as the Generalist curriculum will now be phased out. We are especially grateful to Todd Thompson, our MA Coordinator, for all his fine work in shepherding the program revision through all the departmental and university committees for final approval. 2014. As we lost Jim Cahalan to retirement, and Adrian Wisnicki to another university, this new hire will then enable us to cover the wide range of interests our students have demonstrated across many periods of British and Transatlantic literatures.

Al-Arabiya Farsi, 2025

به نظر می‌رسد آمریکا آن رویکرد اخلاقی که زمانی هدایت‌گر سیاست خارجی‌اش بود را کنار گذاشته است، و ... more به نظر می‌رسد آمریکا آن رویکرد اخلاقی که زمانی هدایت‌گر سیاست خارجی‌اش بود را کنار گذاشته است، و این تغییری است که پیامدهای عمیقی برای امنیت ایالات متحده و دموکراسی در سراسر جهان دارد. طی قرن گذشته نقش آمریکا به عنوان حامی دموکراسی و حقوق بشر جایگاه جهانی‌اش را برجسته کرد و نظم بین‌الملل را باثبات‌تر ساخت. با این حال، تصمیمات اخیر واشینگتن نشان از دور شدن از آن رویکرد دارند و رهبری جهانی آمریکا را در درازمدت تضعیف می‌کنند.

Iranshahr Weekly, 2024

ایالات متحده به یک تغییر رویکرد بنیادی نسبت به رژیم ایران نیاز دارد. واشینگتن باید مفروضات دیرینه... more ایالات متحده به یک تغییر رویکرد بنیادی نسبت به رژیم ایران نیاز دارد. واشینگتن باید مفروضات دیرینه خود در قبال تهران را بازبینی کند و آنها را به طور اساسی مورد بازنگری قرار دهد. امتیاز دادن اسلامگرایان را آرام نمی‌کند، بلکه آنها را جسور می‌کند تا هرج و مرج را افزایش دهند. مساله دیگر فقط ایران و خاورمیانه هم نیست. کشورهای غربی به طرزی فزاینده تحت تأثیر مداخله اسلامگرایان در ساز و کارهای سیاسی و اجتماعی قرار گرفته‌اند.

Al-Arabiya Farsi, 2024

حمله پاکستان را می‌توان به مثابه محکی بر اراده و توان تهران برای مقابله با هرگونه حمله از خارج به... more حمله پاکستان را می‌توان به مثابه محکی بر اراده و توان تهران برای مقابله با هرگونه حمله از خارج به خاک ایران تلقی کرد. در جریان این حمله، بازیگران منطقه‌ای و جهانی به دقت رفتار تهران را زیر نظر گرفتند و نقاط ضعف روانی، اطلاعاتی، استراتژیک، و دیپلماتیک جدیدش را یافتند. دشمنان متوجه شدند که جمهوری اسلامی، که تمرکز نظامی و راهبردی خود را بر غرب و جنوب ایران قرار داده است، از سمت شرق ضربه‌پذیر است. کوتاه آمدن جمهوری اسلامی در برابر اولین حمله علنی به خاک ایران از زمان جنگ با عراق افسانه ضربه‌ناپذیری این رژیم را برای همیشه شکست و راه را برای حملات گسترده‌تر دشمنان جدی‌تر و قدرتمندتر باز کرد.

Kurdistan Media, 2023

جمهوری اسلامی تا وقتی که هست اجازه نخواهد داد روابط عرب‌ها با اسرائیل عادی شود. رژیم ایران این را... more جمهوری اسلامی تا وقتی که هست اجازه نخواهد داد روابط عرب‌ها با اسرائیل عادی شود. رژیم ایران این را تهدید امنیتی حیاتی علیه خودش و طرح‌های امپریالیستی دور و درازش برای خاورمیانه قلمداد می‌کند. از نظر تهران، نزدیک شدن عرب‌ها به اسرائیل به شکست "محور مقاومت" می‌انجامد. بنابراین، جمهوری اسلامی با تحریک کردن تروریست‌های اسلامگرای فلسطینی‌ به تعرض به اسرائیل و مجبور کردن اسرائیل به دفاع از خود، و سپس اعلام حمایت کوبنده از "حقوق مردم فلسطین"، خودش را در قامت "رهبر جهان اسلام" مطرح می‌کند، و کشورهای عربی که ظاهرا باید حافظ اسلام و قیم مسلمین باشند را در عمل انجام‌شده قرار می‌دهد و در چشم مسلمانان جهان توی رودربایستی می‌اندازد تا علیه اسرائیل موضع بگیرند و عادی‌سازی نقش بر آب شود. در حقیقت رژیم ایران با رویکرد آخرالزمانی خود، عرب‌ها و جهان اسلام را گروگان گرفته است و به آنها اجازه دست یافتن به یک حیات عادی و صلح‌آمیز را نمی‌دهد.

Akhbar Rooz, 2023

این جمع‌بندی شناختی من از انقلاب زن زندگی آزادی است. طی انقلاب یادداشت‌برداری و مدتی پیش مطالب را... more این جمع‌بندی شناختی من از انقلاب زن زندگی آزادی است. طی انقلاب یادداشت‌برداری و مدتی پیش مطالب را مدون کردم. بخشی از آن پیشتر در برنامه راهبرد با آقای امیر ابراهیمی مطرح شده بود. اینک مقاله کامل به لطف دوست عزیزم دیاکو مرادی در وبسایت اخبار روز منتشر شد.

Kurdistan Media, 2023

اینکه چرا مساله اسرائیل و فلسطینی‌ها تا امروز حل نشده است، و چرا هنوز یک کشور مستقل فلسطینی شکل ن... more اینکه چرا مساله اسرائیل و فلسطینی‌ها تا امروز حل نشده است، و چرا هنوز یک کشور مستقل فلسطینی شکل نگرفته است، دلایل دوسویە بسیاری دارد که به شدت از وضعیت ‌پیچیده منطقه‌ای و بین‌المللی تاثیر ‌پذیرفته است. اینجا تلاش می‌کنم شرحی اجمالی از مساله بدهم، با تاکید بر اینکه این روایتی کلی است و جزئیات بسیاری را شامل نمی‌شود.

Al-Arabiya Farsi, 2023

در دنیایی که رژیم‌های اقتدارگرا مشتاقند روی جنگ ایدئولوژیک و مادی خود علیه دموکراسی سرمایه‌گذاری ... more در دنیایی که رژیم‌های اقتدارگرا مشتاقند روی جنگ ایدئولوژیک و مادی خود علیه دموکراسی سرمایه‌گذاری کنند، در حالی که کشورهای دموکراتیک عموماً از دفاع از ارزش‌های‌شان خودداری می‌کنند، دموکراسی ناگزیر به زوال است.

Al-Arabiya Farsi, 2022

انقلاب مردم ایران که قتل مهسا امینی، زن جوان کُردستانی به دست «گشت ارشاد» جرقه آن را زد، با شتاب ... more انقلاب مردم ایران که قتل مهسا امینی، زن جوان کُردستانی به دست «گشت ارشاد» جرقه آن را زد، با شتاب پیش می‌رود و گسترده‌تر می‌شود و پشتیبانی بین‌المللی کسب می‌کند، به‌طوری که امکان سقوط جمهوری اسلامی قویا افزایش یافته است. در چنین وضعیتی، آنچه آزادی‌خواهان نباید فراموش کنند این است که مهمتر از سقوط رژیم استبدادی اسلامگرا، این است که چگونه از تکرار چرخه استبداد به روال یکصد و خرده‌ای سال اخیر در ایران جلوگیری کنیم، به‌طوری که این کشور بالاخره به دموکراسی گذار کند و مزه آزادی و حقوق بشر را بچشد و در سایه قانون‌مداری، توسعه پایدار و دوستی با همسایگان و جهان را تجربه کند. در مقاله پیش رو قصد دارم به بررسی این موضوع بپردازم و راهکارهایی ارائه کنم.

Al-Arabiya Farsi, 2022

پس از علنی شدن قضیه فرودهای متعدد هواپیماهای وابسته به «نیروی قدس» سپاه پاسداران در آرژانتین به د... more پس از علنی شدن قضیه فرودهای متعدد هواپیماهای وابسته به «نیروی قدس» سپاه پاسداران در آرژانتین به دنبال توقیف بوئینگ 747 ایرانی-ونزوئلایی که خلبان آن از فرماندهان پیشین سپاه قدس بوده است، قضیه آمیا و میزان نفوذ امنیتی و نظامی جمهوری اسلامی در آرژانتین برای چندمین مرتبه زیر ذره‌بین قرار گرفته است. بسیاری از مقامات دولت فعلی آرژانتین همان افرادی هستند که در دوران ریاست‌جمهوری کیرشنر تفاهم‌نامه جنجالی آمیا را با رژیم ایران امضا کردند، از جمله خود کیرشنر که هم‌اکنون معاون اول رئیس‌جمهوری آرژانتین است.

Al-Arabiya Farsi, 2022

نیروهای ناسیونالیست در اسپانیا که نگران از دست دادن قدرت و تحت پیگرد قرار گرفتن در صورت سقوط کامل... more نیروهای ناسیونالیست در اسپانیا که نگران از دست دادن قدرت و تحت پیگرد قرار گرفتن در صورت سقوط کامل دیکتاتوری بودند، با خوان کارلوس به معامله‌ای دست یافتند که بر مبنای آن به سلطنت رسیدن وی پس از مرگ فرانکو را تضمین می‌کردند، به این شرط مهم که مسئولان حکومت دوران دیکتاتوری مورد تعرض و تحت پیگرد قرار نگیرند.

Al-Ain, 2022

رضا پرچی‌زاده، نظریه‌پرداز سیاسی و تحلیلگر مسائل امنیتی، معتقد است برجام (۲) برنامه موشکی خطرناک ... more رضا پرچی‌زاده، نظریه‌پرداز سیاسی و تحلیلگر مسائل امنیتی، معتقد است برجام (۲) برنامه موشکی خطرناک رژیم ایران و تعرض روزافزون آن به همسایگانش را نادیده می‌گیرد. از همه بدتر برای مردم ایران، این تفاهم‌نامه هیچ حرفی از لزوم پای‌بندی ایران به «حقوق بشر» نمی‌زند. پرچی‌زاده معتقد است که مساله ایران در آمریکا تا وقتی که جنبهٔ کشمکش حزبی و امتیازگیری جناحی آن بر ابعاد بنیادی‌تر امنیت ملی و صلح بین‌المللی و گسترش حقوق بشر و دموکراسی در سطح جهان می‌چربد، رژیم ایران از آب گل‌آلود ماهی می‌گیرد و کار خود را پیش می‌برد، و در منطقه و باقی جهان در کماکان بر همین پاشنه می‌چرخد.

Al-Arabiya Farsi, 2022

ولادیمیر پوتین، رئیس‌جمهوری مادام‌العمر روسیه، علاقه خاصی به ارائه تصویر «تاف گای» (tough guy) یا... more ولادیمیر پوتین، رئیس‌جمهوری مادام‌العمر روسیه، علاقه خاصی به ارائه تصویر «تاف گای» (tough guy) یا «بزن‌بهادر» از خودش دارد. مثلا در زمستان منجمدکنندهٔ مسکو در فضای باز غسل مذهبی می‌کند، اسب‌سواری می‌کند و به شکار خرس می‌رود، و رزمی‌‌کار هم هست و کمربند مشکی جودو و تکواندو دارد. گفته می‌شود بسیاری از میم‌های اینترنتی درباره پوتین که وی را در حال کارهای خارق‌العاده نشان می‌دهد را دستگاه امنیتی روسیه با تایید خودش ساخته است.

Al-Ain News, 2022

رضا پرچی‌زاده، نظریه‌پرداز سیاسی و تحلیلگر مسائل امنیتی، در گفت‌وگو با پایگاه خبری «العین» امارات... more رضا پرچی‌زاده، نظریه‌پرداز سیاسی و تحلیلگر مسائل امنیتی، در گفت‌وگو با پایگاه خبری «العین» امارات متحده عربی گفت: «ولادیمیر پوتین تا رسیدن به اهدافش به تهاجم نظامی خود به اوکراین ادامه خواهد داد. ارزیابی من این است که اگر غرب به شکلی فعالانه مداخله نکند، پوتین به احتمال زیاد دولت دموکراتیک رئیس جمهور زلنسکی را سرنگون می‌کند و یک دیکتاتور طرفدار مسکو را در کی‌یف بر مسند قدرت می‌نشاند و برای همیشه از گسترش ناتو به سمت شرق جلوگیری خواهد کرد.»

Al-Arabiya Farsi, 2021

مرندی از ایدئولوگ‌های جدید جمهوری اسلامی است که مخاصمه مستقیم با آمریکا و عرب‌ها و اسرائیل را به ... more مرندی از ایدئولوگ‌های جدید جمهوری اسلامی است که مخاصمه مستقیم با آمریکا و عرب‌ها و اسرائیل را به شیوه‌ای «جذاب‌تر» از نسل قبلی انقلاب تئوریزه و ترویج می‌کند. «نگاه به شرق»ی که رهبر جمهوری اسلامی مدام دم از آن می‌زند، در حقیقت از محصولات فکری أمثال مرندی و دست‌پرورده‌های اوست. بر این أساس، جا دارد که «جوانان حزب‌اللهی» و نقش آنها در رادیکالیزه شدن هرچه بیشتر حکومت اسلامگرایان در ایران را زین پس بیشتر و عمیق‌تر مورد بررسی قرار داد.

Al-Arabiya Farsi, 2021

هم طالبان و هم اسلامگرایان ایران، تحت عنوان «مبارزه با استعمار» و «بازگشت به خود»، حکومت‌های تمام... more هم طالبان و هم اسلامگرایان ایران، تحت عنوان «مبارزه با استعمار» و «بازگشت به خود»، حکومت‌های تمامیت‌خواهی تاسیس کرده‌اند که زندگی مردم کشورهای‌ خودشان و منطقه را به جهنم تبدیل کرده است. بررسی ریشه‌ها و چگونگی ظهور طالبان نشان می‌دهد که چطور فرقه‌های اسلامگرا توانسته‌اند در این گوشهٔ کره خاکی با ترکیبی از ایدئولوژی تمامیت‌خواهانه، خشونت فراگیر، و محدود کردن تاثیر غرب، منطقه را تحت سیطره خودشان درآورند.

Al-Arabiya Farsi, 2021

خروج شوروی، عدم وجود ساختارهای سیاسی و مدنی دموکراتیک، و فراوانی انواع و اقسام تسلیحات غربی و شرق... more خروج شوروی، عدم وجود ساختارهای سیاسی و مدنی دموکراتیک، و فراوانی انواع و اقسام تسلیحات غربی و شرقی در افغانستان باعث شد تا نیروهای قومی اسلامگرا بر سر قدرت با هم وارد ستیز شده و در آخرین دهه هزاره پیشین جنگ داخلی افغانستان را آغاز کنند. جنگ داخلی بستری فراهم آورد برای ظهور گروه افراطی طالبان در میانه دهه نود میلادی، که در اصل شاخه‌ای از مجاهدین افغان بودند که با ارتش سرخ جنگیده بودند.

Al-Arabiya Farsi, 2021

در روزگار «جانمازآبکشی سیاسی» و رواج «اخلاقیات خاکستری» در غرب، نتانیاهو با شهامت اخلاقی خطی روشن... more در روزگار «جانمازآبکشی سیاسی» و رواج «اخلاقیات خاکستری» در غرب، نتانیاهو با شهامت اخلاقی خطی روشن میان «خیر» و «شر» کشید، و آشکارا «اسلاموفاشیسم» – ترکیبی از اسلامگرایی و فاشیسم – را بزرگترین خطر برای تمدن معاصر بشری نامید، و تا لحظه آخر بر لزوم نابودی قطعی منشاء آن، یعنی رژیم جمهوری اسلامی مستقر در ایران، پافشاری کرد.

Al-Arabiya Farsi, 2021

جمهوری اسلامی آگاهانه از یک فرایندِ دموکراتیک برای بازتولیدِ استبداد با ظاهرِ دموکراتیک سوءاستفاد... more جمهوری اسلامی آگاهانه از یک فرایندِ دموکراتیک برای بازتولیدِ استبداد با ظاهرِ دموکراتیک سوءاستفاده می‌کند. رهبران انقلاب اسلامی از همان آغاز با رفراندومِ «نوعِ حکومت» کارکردِ انتخابات در حیطه‌ جمهوری اسلامی را نهادینه کردند: نمایشِ حمایت عمومی برای تثبیت منافع یک قشر خاص. بر این اساس، بر خلافِ دنیای آزاد، انتخابات در جمهوری اسلامی به قصد «گردشِ قدرت» نیست، بلکه برای «تثبیتِ قدرتِ» قشرِ حاکم است.

Al-Arabiya Farsi, 2021

ظریف و آپوزیسیون دست‌سازش اگرچه قرار در غرب دارند، اما منافع‌شان در حفظ وضعیت موجود در ایران است.... more ظریف و آپوزیسیون دست‌سازش اگرچه قرار در غرب دارند، اما منافع‌شان در حفظ وضعیت موجود در ایران است. به هوای وجود رژیم آخرالزمانی است که این‌ها می‌توانند هم از توبره بخورند و هم از آخور؛ هم از مزایای زندگی در غرب بهره ببرند و هم بابت دلالی برای رژیمِ ضدغرب مایه تیله به جیب بزنند. اگر رژیم سقوط کند، کار و کاسبی تلویزیون‌های عریض و طویل فارسی‌زبان و انواع و اقسام موسسات ریز و درشت دفاع از حقوق بشر و پیشبرد دموکراسی که از محل بودجه‌های دولتی ارتزاق می‌کنند تخته می‌شود، و هزاران نفر از دوگانه‌سوزهایی که با رانتِ رژیم در این سازمان‌ها گماشته شده‌اند از نان خوردن می‌افتند. از همه مهم‌تر، اگر انحصارگراییِ رژیمِ اسلامگرا از میان برود و دموکراسی در ایران پا بگیرد، عمومِ این افراد که جایگاه و مال و مکنت خود را از صَدَقه‌سَریِ بسته بودنِ سیستم و وضعیتِ خاصِ ایران بدست آورده‌اند، موقعیت ممتازشان را از دست می‌دهند. دقیقا به همین دلیل است که گرچه سبک زندگی‌شان از زمین تا آسمان با «آرمان»‌های اسلامگرایانهٔ رژیم تفاوت دارد و در برخی موارد حتی به مادی‌گرایانه‌ترین اَشکالِ سبک زندگی غربی است، اما تا لحظهٔ آخر از رژیم پشتیبانی خواهند کرد. به قول معروف، چاقو دستهٔ خودش را نمی‌بُرد.

Al-Arabiya Farsi, 2021

مردم ایران می‌پرسند با وجود دشمنیِ بیمارگونهٔ رژیم حاکم بر ایران با آمریکا، و در نتیجه این همه سخ... more مردم ایران می‌پرسند با وجود دشمنیِ بیمارگونهٔ رژیم حاکم بر ایران با آمریکا، و در نتیجه این همه سخت‌گیری‌های دولت آمریکا نسبت به شهروندان ایرانی در باب ویزا دادن و مهاجر پذیرفتن، چگونه است که باز هم دانشگاه‌ها، رسانه‌ها و نهادهای دولتی آمریکا پر است از ماموران آشکار و نهان و هواداران جمهوری اسلامی؟ و چطور است که با وجود تلاش‌های گستردهٔ مخالفان جمهوری اسلامی، امر مهم براندازی رژیم تقریبا هیچ‌گاه بطور جدی در سطوح بالای سیاسی و رسانه‌ایِ آمریکا مطرح نمی‌شود؟ در جستار پیش رو تلاش خواهم کرد به این پرسش‌ها پاسخ دهم.

Phoenix Journal of Cinema, 2023

مهرجویی اگر به مرگ طبیعی می‌مرد، پدیده‌ای که امروز هست نمی‌شد. فیلمساز و هنرمند بزرگی بود که برای... more مهرجویی اگر به مرگ طبیعی می‌مرد، پدیده‌ای که امروز هست نمی‌شد. فیلمساز و هنرمند بزرگی بود که برای امرارمعاش و ادامه کارش تن به سازش با رژیمی استبدادی و آدمکش داد. براین‌اساس، پس از مرگش از او به بزرگی در چارچوب هنر یاد می‌کردند، و کار به همین‌جا ختم می‌شد. ولی اکنون مهرجویی کشتهٔ راه آزادی است و به نماد شوریدنِ پیرانه‌سر بر استبداد تبدیل شده است. من مطمئنم برخلاف آنچه که احتمالاً تاریک‌خانه اشباح رژیم از قتل او انتظار داشت، مبارزهٔ تا پای جانِ مهرجویی اتفاقاً الهام‌بخش مردم و هنرمندان ایران خواهد شد.

Phoenix Journal of Cinema, 2023

از منظر جامعه‌شناسی، مسائلی که شخصیت‌های محبوب فرهی در فیلم‌های مهرجویی بیش از سه دهه پیش مطرح کر... more از منظر جامعه‌شناسی، مسائلی که شخصیت‌های محبوب فرهی در فیلم‌های مهرجویی بیش از سه دهه پیش مطرح کردند، امروزه دغدغه بخش بزرگی از زنان و کلیت جامعه ایران شده است، و نمود مبرهن آن را می‌شود در انقلاب زن زندگی آزادی مشاهده کرد. ازاین‌جهت می‌توان گفت که فرهی با سوال‌پُرسی و مُشکِلِه‌سازی از مسئله زنان، از پیشروان جنبش زن‌آزادخواهی در دوران حکومت اسلام‌گرایان بوده است، و در اکتیویسم سیاسی – اجتماعی که به توسعه حقوق زنان ایران انجامیده نقش داشته است.

Al-Arabiya Farsi, 2022

احتمالش کم نیست که فرهادی حداقل تا مدتی آخرین فیلمساز وابسته به حکومت اسلامگرایان باشد که به عنوا... more احتمالش کم نیست که فرهادی حداقل تا مدتی آخرین فیلمساز وابسته به حکومت اسلامگرایان باشد که به عنوان «نماینده ایران» در ونیز و برلین و کن و لس‌آنجلس دنبال جایزه می‌گردد. در راستای «نگاه به شرق» علی خامنه‌ای و سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی، به نظر می‌رسد نسل بعدی فیلمسازان جشنواره‌ای‌ساز جمهوری اسلامی باید بخت خود را در مسکو و پکن و شانگهای بیازمایند.

Persian Media Production, 2021

هم‌میهنان گهگداری از من می‌پرسند چرا در سال‌های اخیر فعالیت فرهنگی را کمتر کرده‌ام. جانم برای‌تان... more هم‌میهنان گهگداری از من می‌پرسند چرا در سال‌های اخیر فعالیت فرهنگی را کمتر کرده‌ام. جانم برای‌تان بگوید که دلایل بسیار دارد. زندگی خرج دارد، ما هم نه پول‌مان از پارو بالا می‌رود و نه دُم‌مان به جایی وصل است که برای کار فرهنگی بهمان پول درست و حسابی بدهند. اگر هم بر ضد رژیم اهریمنی فعالیت کنید، دانشگاه جای مناسبی برای شما نیست، چون مجبور می‌شوید خودسانسوری کنید و بعضا به هواداران رژیم در آمریکا باج بدهید. از همه این‌ها مهم‌تر، با یک دست نمی‌شود ده تا هندوانه بلند کرد. نمی‌شود در جایی که خانه دارد می‌سوزد، زندگی را به سیر و سیاحت در لطایف و ظرایف فرهنگ گذراند. چنانکه یک عمر است دارم می‌گویم، وقتی رژیم اهریمنی افتاد و ایران به سر و سامان رسید، آن وقت مثل آن بازرگان گلستان سعدی در جزیره کیش، گوشه عزلت اختیار کنم و بقیت عمر در خدمت فرهنگ به سر آورم. اما تا آن موقع راهی طولانی در پیش است. اخیرا، برای خالی نبودن عریضه، این جستار را قلمی کردم، هم به این خاطر که خودم دلم برای فرهنگ تنگ شده است، و هم برای اینکه هم‌میهنان بهره ببرند. امید که پسند افتد. با سپاس فراوان از دوست عزیزم عرفان ثابتی، که اسباب آشنایی مرا با «رسانه پارسی» فراهم آورد.

Al-Arabiya Farsi, 2021

فوتبال مانند زندگی فراز و نشیب فراوان دارد. بسیاری اوقات بخت یار نمی‌شود و فرصتی دست نمی‌دهد تا ش... more فوتبال مانند زندگی فراز و نشیب فراوان دارد. بسیاری اوقات بخت یار نمی‌شود و فرصتی دست نمی‌دهد تا شکست‌ها را جبران کرد. مربی انگلیس اما از معدود انسان‌هایی بود که بازگشتی اساطیری از شکست داشت، و به گونه‌ای از رستگاری رسید که معمولا فقط در فیلم‌ها یافت می‌شود.

Al-Arabiya Farsi, 2021

برخی کنشگران و مردم ایران خُرده گرفته‌اند که «تهران»، با دنبال کردن الگوهای عامه‌پسند هالیوودی، و... more برخی کنشگران و مردم ایران خُرده گرفته‌اند که «تهران»، با دنبال کردن الگوهای عامه‌پسند هالیوودی، و با تلاش برای جذب بیشتر مخاطبان جوان، کنشگران و دموکراسی‌خواهان ایرانی را به خُرده‌خلافکاران و موادفروشان و پارتی‌روهای حرفه‌ای فروکاسته است، که از قضا دقیقا همان تصویری است که رژیم ایران، به جهت تبلیغات منفی، از مخالفانش ترسیم می‌کند.

Al-Arabiya Farsi, 2021

در دوران پسامدرن، رژیم اسلامگرای حاکم بر ایران پا جای پای رژیم‌های تمامیت‌خواهِ دوران مدرن گذاشته... more در دوران پسامدرن، رژیم اسلامگرای حاکم بر ایران پا جای پای رژیم‌های تمامیت‌خواهِ دوران مدرن گذاشته، و طی چهار دهه دشمنیِ شدید با لیبرالیسم، در قالب چند دوره «انقلاب فرهنگیِ» آشکار و نهان در عرصهٔ آموزش و برنامه‌ریزی‌های عریض و طویلِ رسانه‌ای و تبلیغاتی تمام تلاش خود را به کار گرفته تا جامعهٔ ایران را «لیبرال‌زدایی» و در عوض «اسلامیزه» کند. در حقیقت، یکی از اهداف عمدهٔ «نگاه به شرق» رژیم و عقد معاهدهٔ تحت‌الحمایگیِ روس-و-چینی نابودی تتمهٔ لیبرالیسم در ایران از طریق اِعمال شیوه‌‌های امنیتی-آموزشیِ اوراسیایی است. با نظر به اهمیتِ بنیادیِ زنده نگاه داشتن رویکرد لیبرال در میان مردم ایران، در جستار پیش رو قصد دارم تاریخچهٔ آموزش عالی مدرن در ایران را بررسی کنم.

Personal Notes, 2020

جلیلوند یک‌تنه با نهاد دوبله فارسی برابری می‌کند. نوشتن درباره جلیلوند در حقیقت نوستالژی‌بازی با ... more جلیلوند یک‌تنه با نهاد دوبله فارسی برابری می‌کند. نوشتن درباره جلیلوند در حقیقت نوستالژی‌بازی با سینماست.

«منم اسپارتاکوس» (۲۰۱۲) زندگی‌نامه‌ی خودنبشت کرک داگلاس است در باب بُرهه‌ای از زمان با تمام فراز ... more «منم اسپارتاکوس» (۲۰۱۲) زندگی‌نامه‌ی خودنبشت کرک داگلاس است در باب بُرهه‌ای از زمان با تمام فراز و نشیب‌های سیاسی، اجتماعی، فرهنگی و شخصی‌اش که به ساخته شدن فیلم اسپارتاکوس انجامید.

در سالهای پس از انقلاب ۱۳۵۷ در ایران، از آنجا که حکومت «پارسا-مآبانه» جمهوری اسلامی به انحاء مختل... more در سالهای پس از انقلاب ۱۳۵۷ در ایران، از آنجا که حکومت «پارسا-مآبانه» جمهوری اسلامی به انحاء مختلف و بعضا با خشونتِ صِرف و تحقیرِ مداوم مخل آزادی های فردیِ شهروندان شده، نظریه ای غیررسمی در میانِ برخی مردمِ به تنگ آمده از شرایط حاضر پدید آمده مبنی بر اینکه حکومت شاهنشاهی «دموکراتیک» بود. در سالهای اخیر، به خصوص پس از درگیری های سال ۱۳۸۸ و سرکوب شدید جامعه مدنی در ایران، طیفی از سلطنت طلبان هم که موقعیت را برای کسب هژمونی و بلکه بازگشت خود به قدرت مناسب دیده اند، به شیوه ای سیستماتیک به کوبیدن بر طبلِ آن نظریه آغاز کرده اند، و با فعالیتهایی نظیر انتشار مداوم تصاویر و فیلمهای آن دوره به همراه توضیحات نوستالژیک، بر دموکراتیک بودن حکومت شاهنشاهی اصرار می ورزند. در این راستا، آنها تا جایی پیش می روند که دو دهه پایانیِ سلطنت پهلوی را – شاید در رقابت با اصلاح طلبانِ اسلامی – «دوران طلایی» می نامند. لذا، در این جستار، هدف نگارنده این است که از طریق بررسیِ برخی مولفه های فرهنگیِ فراگیر در دو دهه آخر حکومت شاهنشاهی در ایران، صحت و سقم چنین ادعایی را در بوته آزمایش بگذارد.

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QPost, 2022

ما يحدث في إيران بمثابة ثورة شاملة، حسب المحلل السياسي الإيراني المقيم بالولايات المتحدة الدكتور ... more ما يحدث في إيران بمثابة ثورة شاملة، حسب المحلل السياسي الإيراني المقيم بالولايات المتحدة الدكتور رضا برشيزاده، الذي يقول لـ”كيوبوست” إن غالبية الشعب يرفض النظام القائم؛ صحيح أن الثورة يمكنها أن تتحرك في الخفاء لبعض الوقت لتفادي القمع؛ لكنها ستعود مجدداً بمجرد أن تكون هناك بيئة مواتية، مشيراً إلى أن النظام لن يكون قادراً على الاستمرار في قمع احتجاجات طويلة الأمد تنشط داخل المجتمع؛ بما يجعله يستنزف الكثير من الموارد.

Egyptian Center for Strategic Studies, 2020

يتساءل الكثير من المحللين الغربيين حول مدى قدرة النظام الإيراني على البقاء تحت وطأة العقوبات الأم... more يتساءل الكثير من المحللين الغربيين حول مدى قدرة النظام الإيراني على البقاء تحت وطأة العقوبات الأمريكية القاسية. لكن ما لا يعرفونه أن هذا النظام يتفادى العقوبات المفروضة عليه بمعاونة مساعدين له في جميع أنحاء العالم منذ فترة طويلة. وتشير الدلائل بقوة إلى أن جماعة الإخوان الإرهابية أحد أبرز الحلفاء للالتفاف على تلك العقوبات. وهو ما كشفه مركز “بيجن السادات الإسرائيلي””BESA“ للدراسات الاستراتيجية ، عبر دراسة بحثية للمحلل السياسي الإيراني المقيم بالولايات المتحدة “رضا برشيزاده”.

Alwatan, 2019

أكد المحلل السياسي الإيراني الأمريكي الدكتور رضا برتشي زاده، أن "الرئيس الأمريكي دونالد ترامب، ير... more أكد المحلل السياسي الإيراني الأمريكي الدكتور رضا برتشي زاده، أن "الرئيس الأمريكي دونالد ترامب، يريد جلب النظام الإيراني إلى طاولة المفاوضات علناً، بهدف إضعاف المرشد الإيراني علي خامنئي أمام العالم، ولذلك فإنه يرفض أية مفاوضات سرية"، بحسب تعبيره.

Lebanon 360, 2019

يعتبر الدكتور رضا برشيزاده، وهو محلل سياسي إيراني معارض مقيم في الولايات المتحدة، أن وقوع الحرب أ... more يعتبر الدكتور رضا برشيزاده، وهو محلل سياسي إيراني معارض مقيم في الولايات المتحدة، أن وقوع الحرب أمر لا مفر منه، لأن "النظام الإيراني لن يستسلم، وسيواصل إشعال نار الطائفية والحروب بالوكالة عن طريق أذرعه بداية من حزب الله في لبنان وحتى الحوثيين باليمن".

Al-Ain, 2020

الدكتور رضا برشيزاده المحلل السياسي الإيراني المقيم بالولايات المتحدة يقول إن نظام إيران، وتنظيم ... more الدكتور رضا برشيزاده المحلل السياسي الإيراني المقيم بالولايات المتحدة يقول إن نظام إيران، وتنظيم الإخوان الإرهابي يتشاركان رؤية متماثلة لنهاية العالم؛ فكلاهما يؤمن بالأيديولوجية "الإسلاموية" الاستبدادية، و يتجاهلان الحدود الوطنية، ويسعيان لإنشاء "أمة إسلامية"، عبر غزو الشرق الأوسط وباقي العالم. وأضاف برشيزاده أن سيد قطب، العضو البارز في جماعة الإخوان خلال خمسينيات وستينيات القرن المنصرم، هو من فتح أعين الإسلاميين في إيران على إمكانية قيام "دولة إسلامية شاملة".

Under Coronavirus and Sanctions Iranians Elect New Parliament The Iranians vote today, in legi... more Under Coronavirus and Sanctions Iranians Elect New Parliament

The Iranians vote today, in legislative elections, going under circumstances that may be the most difficult for the "Islamic Republic", especially after the outbreak of the Coronavirus in Qom and Arak, as well as the US sanctions that have burdened the political leaders there.

More than 7,000 candidates are competing for 290 seats in the Islamic Council Majlis. The Majlis is part of the Iranian regime, which is a mixture of rule of a religious and democratic nature in which Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has the final decision on the most important issues.

Western media and newspapers expected that the Majlis elections would result in a hardline parliament loyal to the country's supreme leader.

The Iranian-American dissident, Dr. Reza Parchizadeh, stressed that the elections in Iran are always engineered in a way that leads to what the Iranian regime leaders want.

In a statement to "Masrawy", Parchizadeh added that the Iranian regime controls the elections in different stages, so that only the loyal ones or directly affiliated candidates win a seat in the Majlis. This has apparently compromised the integrity of the elections in Iran.

The news agency "Agence France Presse" said that thousands of moderates were prevented from running in this election, which is taking place today, Friday, because they did not meet the strict conditions for running in the race.

At the same time, elections are held for the Assembly of Experts, which selects the Supreme Leader and has the authority to dismiss him.

Observers say the authorities hope for the people to participate in the elections in large numbers as a sign of support for the system. However, as Al-Arabiya satellite channel reported today, the percentage of participants in the elections did not exceed 25% across Iran.

Critics of Iran's rulers have called on Iranians to boycott the elections to show their opposition to what they call widespread human rights violations and intolerance towards any kind of opposition.

According to Agence France-Presse, conservatives and hardliners make up the largest number of candidates, which is likely to lead in the end to a political weakening of President Hassan Rouhani, who is considered relatively moderate.

Are the elections affected by corona and sanctions?
Tensions between Iran and the United States have increased since 2018 when U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the landmark nuclear deal between Iran and several major powers in 2015.

The elections come one day after the United States imposed new sanctions on Iranian officials; and days after the Coronavirus outbreak in the country that has killed 4 and affected many more so far.

The Iranian dissident, Reza Parchizadeh, who is a resident of the United States, confirmed that the Iranian voters refrained from leaving home for more than one factor, even though today is a holiday in the country: notably, for their fear of the Corona outbreak.

He explained that the Iranian regime initially tried to hide the fact that a large number of people throughout the country had been infected with the Coronavirus. However, with the spread of the news on social media, the regime had to publicly admit the truth within days to the elections. "This may actually affect the turnout in the upcoming elections," he said.

Parchizadeh explained that the new US sanctions at this stage will not affect the elections, but that they have a symbolic value for the future. He added, "The real turnout does not matter. The regime will show that participation rates are high in any case."

Advertising war on the media
Divisions over the elections were increasingly galvanized on social media, as pro- and anti-regime Iranians expressed their positions. It is difficult to predict the turnout at a time when many are frustrated by the deteriorating state of the economy and the failure of the Iranian president to fulfill promises to improve civil liberties. Recent crackdowns against the government have deepened opposition to the ruling regime.

Supporters of Ayatollah Khamenei touted their posts with the label "Strong Majlis" and "I Vote Because," with one tweeting, "Every vote is a bullet in the eye of the enemy!"

Iranians opposed to the regime, on the other hand, reacted with slogans like "I Won’t Vote!" and "No To Vote!" One of the critics tweeted, "If our vote could really change anything, they would never ask us to vote!"

Dr. Reza Parchizadeh to Al-Ain: It will take more than classic labor strikes to bring down an apo... more Dr. Reza Parchizadeh to Al-Ain: It will take more than classic labor strikes to bring down an apocalyptic regime. The strikes and all sorts of passive resistance movements will certainly weaken the regime, but they won’t be able to topple it. The regime will only be overthrown by either a full-blown nationwide revolution or a massive foreign invasion. I believe when the time comes, and when the strikes and other similar measures have brought the regime down on its knees, one of these methods or a combination of both will put an end to the Islamist regime in Iran.

Dr. Reza Parchizadeh to Raseef22: Qasem Soleimani was the mastermind of the Quds Force of the Rev... more Dr. Reza Parchizadeh to Raseef22: Qasem Soleimani was the mastermind of the Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards, in which capacity he was directly responsible for all acts of terrorism against American military personnel and civilians in the Middle East. Most recently, he was behind the attack on US embassy in Baghdad. As such, the US government had a legitimate concern about Soleimani’s terroristic activities that threatened America’s national security. In response to the killing of Soleimani, the Iranian regime is highly likely to target US diplomatic and military bases as well as American civilians in the Middle East, and it might expand its response to include Washington’s allies such as Saudi Arabia and Israel. In other words, the Iranian regime will become more antagonistic, which is likely to lead to a full-scale war.

Iranian Opposition Figure to Al-Ain: Protests in Iran will not Calm Down An Iranian opposition f... more Iranian Opposition Figure to Al-Ain: Protests in Iran will not Calm Down

An Iranian opposition figure said that the Tehran regime’s decision to increase the price of gasoline to about 300% was the "straw that broke the camel’s back" in his homeland, stressing that the ongoing protests in Iran will not calm down.

"The majority of the people are against the dictatorial regime in Iran, so the streets across the country are filled with protesters who demand the overthrow of the regime," senior political analyst Reza Parchizadeh said in an interview with Al-Ain News. He added that the Iranian regime has mobilized riot police since the protests began, firing directly at the demonstrators and killing a large number of them.

Parchizadeh, an academic from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, called on all freedom-loving people of the world to support the Iranian people in their fight against the regime of the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, especially after the Internet and telephone services were shut down in the country.

The Iranian opposition figure emphasized that the current protests against the high price of gasoline are witnessing public participation from all sectors of society throughout Iran, and that the protesters are actively defending themselves against attacks by the security forces and anti-riot police of the regime. He pointed out that the regime will face extreme difficulty in suppressing these protests as it will need to resort to more force.

In the end, Parchizadeh stated that these protests should be regarded with a “fresh eye” and from a totally new perspective. He did not rule out the fact that the policies of the regime may lead to the outbreak of a civil war and eventually to a regime change in Iran.

Video footage on the Internet showed that members of the Iranian police force shot directly at the heads and bodies of the demonstrators in at least 100 cities across the country. State media confirmed that Iran's National Security Council had ordered the Internet to be shut down across the country for 24 hours, while MPs blamed Iranian President Hassan Rouhani for the tensions in Iran.

Fars News Agency, which is close to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), said that security authorities have arrested about a thousand protesters in Iran since the outbreak of the protests last Friday.

The official state media in Iran have put the death toll of the popular protesters at 36 across the country. However, the Persian-language Radio Farda, citing reports by human rights organizations, says that the death toll far exceeds the official figures.

Iranian Opposition Figure to Masrawi: Protests could Turn into Civil War, and the Regime is in Tr... more Iranian Opposition Figure to Masrawi: Protests could Turn into Civil War, and the Regime is in Trouble

Dr. Reza Parchizadeh, an Iranian dissident and a political theorist, said that most of the Iranian people are dissatisfied with the regime in their country, referring to the demonstrations that have taken place since yesterday in protest against the government raising gasoline prices.

There were violent demonstrations on Friday, confronted by Iranian security forces that fired live bullets at the protesters, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries.

Parchizadeh added that the regime has made the lives of Iranian people hell over the past forty years, as well as spending their money on terrorist organizations at home and abroad, which has led to the creation of regional wars.

The recent rise in gasoline prices was the last straw for the protesters, according to Parchizadeh, who confirmed that protesters have flooded the streets to call for the overthrow of the regime.

Parchizadeh explained that if the Iraqi, Lebanese and Afghan people could link their protests to those in Iran and unite against Iranian regime’s interference in those areas, then the regime can be in real trouble.

Protesters set fire to gas stations in a number of cities and blocked roads using cars and roadblocks as the government insisted on a plan to raise fuel prices. The Internet services and telephone lines were cut off in the capital Tehran.

The Iranian opposition figure who lives in the United States warned that the protests can turn into civil war if the regime continues to use violence against the protesters.

It is noteworthy that earlier today the Supreme Economic Council of Iran held an emergency session to discuss the repercussions of raising fuel prices and popular protests with the heads of the three branches of the government present.

The National Iranian Oil Company announced on Thursday evening the hike of fuel prices by 50% to the quota of 16 gallons per month, and by 300% outside the monthly quota.

This brings the price of gasoline in the normal quota of 16 gallons per month to 5678 toomans per gallon and the price outside the quota to 11356 toomans. The monthly quota for owners of cars is 16 gallons, for owners of dual-fuel vehicles (petrol and gas) 8 gallons, taxis 106 gallons and taxis with dual fuel 53 gallons.

For its part, the Iranian government insisted that raising fuel prices will be in favor of low-income families.

Dr. Reza Parchizadeh to Al-Wafd: “The Iranian regime has been trying to buy time until Trump is o... more Dr. Reza Parchizadeh to Al-Wafd: “The Iranian regime has been trying to buy time until Trump is out of office, and then they can negotiate a favorable deal with the Democrats. The European Union, given the Iranian regime's generous investment in Europe, is also willing to help the regime stay in power in Iran. That is why Macron on behalf of the EU invited Zarif to appear at the site of the G7 summit so that he can possibly meet with the American delegation and come up with a way to stave off the regime's fall. But President Trump put an end to the whole charade by not meeting Zarif and at the same time rebuffing the EU's attempt to make a new deal with the Iranian regime. Trump wants to overthrow the Iranian regime. He doesn't really want any negotiations. To sum up, the Iranian regime is falling, and President Trump won't relent until the regime is gone.”

Dr. Reza Parchizadeh to Masrawy on the recent clashes in the Persian Gulf: The Iranian regime is ... more Dr. Reza Parchizadeh to Masrawy on the recent clashes in the Persian Gulf: The Iranian regime is trying to take control of the navigation and maritime trade in the Persian Gulf. It means to assert military and political control through that. As to how the free world should respond, in the short term, they need to escort the tankers and merchant ships with military vessels. However, in the long run, they will need to confront the regime and eventually topple it.

Dr. Reza Parchizadeh to Masrawy: When discussing the nuclear deal, we should have it in mind that... more Dr. Reza Parchizadeh to Masrawy: When discussing the nuclear deal, we should have it in mind that it is not an international treaty. It is an agreement between the Iranian regime and the heads of the European states as well as the former US president, Barrack Obama. It is not a treaty whose proceedings have passed the legislative assemblies of the Western countries and become a proper law. As such, the Iranian regime can abide by its clauses or withdraw from it totally as it wishes. The overarching aim of the deal was to curb the Iranian regime's expansionist ambitions, whether under the aegis of nuclear deterrence or missile capabilities or proxy wars. The nuclear deal has apparently not been able to prevent the Iranian regime from doing any of those things. That is why the nuclear deal was a bad deal in the first place. Nevertheless, the European countries do not want the deal to fall apart. That is because they partly benefit from the deal, at the expense of the world peace, and at the expense of Israel and Arab states' security, and at the expense of the US prestige and security interest. That is why they keep trying to save the deal. However, as things escalate, the Europeans will eventually have to clarify their position and take sides with President Trump and his allies.

Dr. Reza Parchizadeh to Al-Wafd: “The Iranian regime both acts aggressively towards its Arab neig... more Dr. Reza Parchizadeh to Al-Wafd: “The Iranian regime both acts aggressively towards its Arab neighbors and wants them not to react in kind. The non-aggression pact with Arabs that Zarif recently proposed during a visit to Iraq is only a temporary measure for the Iranian regime to prevent Arabs from giving a military response to the regime’s aggressive behavior as well as to wait out Trump. Once President Trump is out of office, the Iranian regime will throw the pact to the wind, as it did with the nuclear deal. Therefore, Arabs must be wary and not fall for the Iranian regime’s ruse yet again. They must take the opportunity of the US pressure on the regime to push for a regime change in Iran. A military campaign by a coalition headed by the United States of America with the express aim of regime change in Iran is the only way the Arabs, the people of Iran and the whole world will get rid of the Islamist regime in Iran.”

Dr. Reza Parchizadeh to Masrawy: The Strait of Hormuz is a rather narrow waterway at 39 kilometer... more Dr. Reza Parchizadeh to Masrawy: The Strait of Hormuz is a rather narrow waterway at 39 kilometers wide. As such, the Iranian regime can try to close it by setting sea mines across the strait as well as using armed IRGC speedboats and navy warships to patrol the waters along the strait. However, in my opinion, the more important questions are, if the Iranian regime did close the strait, would it be able to keep it closed for an extended period of time? And, would it be able to bear the consequences of this act? The United States keeps issuing strong warnings to the effect that if the Iranian regime closed the strait, it must be ready to face the consequences. That can mean military action to reopen the strait, if not necessarily invading the regime on the Iranian soil proper. The Persian Gulf is a closed body of water whose basin contains one of the greatest concentrations of oil and gas around the world. There is no marine way out of the gulf but the Strait of Hormuz. That is why in recent years some of the Arab nations in southern Persian Gulf have been considering setting up a large pipeline that carries the oil from the gulf’s basin to either the Arabian Sea or the Red Sea. However, so far that project has not become operational as far as I know. In any case, if the Iranian regime tried to close the strait, I don’t think the US and her allies in the Middle East would want to take a passive stance. That means the strait would be reopened one way or the other.

Dr. Reza Parchizadeh to Al-Wafd: “The designation of the Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist enti... more Dr. Reza Parchizadeh to Al-Wafd: “The designation of the Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist entity should have been done years ago. The Guards have taken the Iranian people hostage. They maintain near total control over almost all the political and financial sectors of the country. That is how they are able to implement their brutal and destructive interventionist agenda in the region. As such, as long as the Guards are allowed to operate in any form, President Trump's plan for change in Iran and the wider Middle East will not fully go into effect. That is why I have long been asking the US government and Congress to designate the Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist force and place it on the sanctions list.”

Al-Arabiya Farsi, 2022

«موسسه سیاستگذاری خاورمیانهٔ واشینگتن» که اندیشکده‌ای آمریکایی است، در گزارشی جامع به قلم «حمدی م... more «موسسه سیاستگذاری خاورمیانهٔ واشینگتن» که اندیشکده‌ای آمریکایی است، در گزارشی جامع به قلم «حمدی ملک» به بررسی پروژه رسانه‌ای گسترده جمهوری اسلامی ایران برای ترویج ایدئولوژی خشونت‌گرایانه خود تحت عنوان «صدور انقلاب» در جهان عرب پرداخته است. بنا بر این گزارش، در حال حاضر تلاش‌های رسانه‌ای رژیم ایران برای تحت تاثیر قرار دادن مردم ممالک عربی از طریق دو نهاد عمده با هدایت «نیروی قدس» سپاه پاسداران انجام می‌شود، که یکی «شبکه جهانی صدا و سیمای جمهوری اسلامی» و دیگری «اتحادیه رادیو و تلویزیون‌های اسلامی» هستند.

Al-Arabiya Farsi, 2021

مایکل دوران، پژوهشگر ارشد «موسسه هادسن»، و تونی بدران، پژوهشگر «بنیاد دفاع از دموکراسی‌ها»، اخیرا... more مایکل دوران، پژوهشگر ارشد «موسسه هادسن»، و تونی بدران، پژوهشگر «بنیاد دفاع از دموکراسی‌ها»، اخیرا مقاله تحلیلی-تاریخی مفصلی درباره تغییر بنیادی دکترین سیاست خارجی ایالات متحده آمریکا در دوران ریاست‌جمهوری باراک اوباما و جو بایدن در قبال خاورمیانه برای مجله «تبلت» در نیویورک نوشته‌اند که من فشرده‌ای از مهم‌ترین نکات آن را برای «العربیه فارسی» ترجمه کرده‌ام. لطفا بخوانید و نظر بدهید.

Academia Letters, 2021

The Shiite Crescent is an imagined geopolitical entity composed of Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Syria, an... more The Shiite Crescent is an imagined geopolitical entity composed of Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, home to the majority of the Shiite population of the Middle East-Afghanistan and Azerbaijan also have sizable Shiite populations while the Houthis in Yemen are distant cousins of the Shiites. The way those countries are set on the map of the Middle East can be seen as a continuous curve that goes from Bahrain in the southeast to Lebanon in the southwest. That curve has been called the Shiite Crescent. While that specific term was reportedly coined by King Abdullah II of Jordan in the early 2000s in reference to the Iranian regime's interference in Iraq, similar concepts have been in existence in the intellectual, confessional, and political parlance of the region since at least the 1960s, when the Iranian Islamists seriously started their ideological and armed struggle to create a Shiite geopolitical super-unit, or a Shiite Empire, across the Middle East. If we take a closer look at the map of the Middle East, we can see that Syria is set squarely amidst that curve. As such, it constitutes the most strategic point on the crescent. If Syria falls, the Shiite Crescent will be cut in half. Not only will Syria, a Sunni-majority nation ruled by a Shiite/Alawite minority, be snatched from the Shiite Islamists, but also Hezbollah's vein of life in Lebanon will be severed. The Iranian regime will also lose its "land border" with Israel, which it effectively uses as a significant point of pressure on the Jewish State. It will lose access to many strategic sites on the Mediterranean as well. After the waning of the Shiite Crescent, the hegemony of the Shiite Camp in the region will break. The consequence will be a radical tipping of the balance of power in the Middle East. As such, maintaining the status quo in the region, most notably in Syria, in the form of "frozen conflicts" is of utmost importance for the Islamic Republic. It was exactly to maintain the Shiite Crescent that the Iranian regime, which finally-albeit begrudgingly-agreed in 2015 to put a lid on its nuclear project for a while, has been fighting tooth and nail to keep

Al-Arabiya Farsi, 2021

وبسایت «العربیه فارسی» در گزارشی مشترک با «بنیاد دفاع از دموکراسی‌ها» و با اجرای مصاحبه‌ها و تماس... more وبسایت «العربیه فارسی» در گزارشی مشترک با «بنیاد دفاع از دموکراسی‌ها» و با اجرای مصاحبه‌ها و تماس‌هایی با تعدادی از فعالین ایرانی و آمریکایی و سازمانهای مدافع حقوق بشر به اسنادی دست یافته نشان می‌دهد «بنیاد علوی»، یکی از مراکز نفوذ مشهور جمهوری اسلامی ایران در آمریکا، صدها هزار دلار به دانشگاه «مک‌گیل» که به محلاتی دکترا داده، و به دانشگاه‌های «پرینستون» و «کلمبیا» که محلاتی را به عنوان استاد موقت استخدام کرده بودند، کمک مالی کرده است.

Russian expansionism in the Middle East follows a systematic approach to the region that is predi... more Russian expansionism in the Middle East follows a systematic approach to the region that is predicated on a profound understanding of the geopolitical, cultural, and religious landscape of the Middle East along the lines of the historical Russian strategic imperatives. For the time being, Russia's aim is to supplant the United States as the main political power in the Middle East. However, in the long run, the ultimate Russian goal is to dominate the world as the sole global superpower. My argument is that although Russia's fortunes have ebbed and flowed throughout modern history, what the Russian political establishment has demonstrated in regard to ideological/territorial expansionism, from the Tsarist Empire to the USSR to the Russian Federation, is strategic continuity. As such, in this article I am going to conduct a strategic survey of the Russian expansionism in the Middle East throughout modern history and then warn of the impending dangers of unchecked Russian expansionism for contemporary US and Middle East security and for the future of global democracy and liberal world order.

Academia letters, Jun 17, 2021

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Iran’s hegemonic ambitions depend on an unbroken Shiite arc from Bahrain to Le... more EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Iran’s hegemonic ambitions depend on an unbroken Shiite arc from Bahrain to Lebanon. It is for this reason that the Islamist regime considers the maintenance of its influence in Syria to be a top priority. If Iran is to be prevented from projecting its totalitarian imperialism throughout the region and beyond, it will have to lose its foothold in Syria.

Academia Letters, 2021

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Iran’s hegemonic ambitions depend on an unbroken Shiite arc from Bahrain to Le... more EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Iran’s hegemonic ambitions depend on an unbroken Shiite arc from Bahrain to Lebanon. It is for this reason that the Islamist regime considers the maintenance of its influence in Syria to be a top priority. If Iran is to be prevented from projecting its totalitarian imperialism throughout the region and beyond, it will have to lose its foothold in Syria.

The DPS is a synecdoche for education in the United States. DPS, of course, stands for Detroit Pu... more The DPS is a synecdoche for education in the United States. DPS, of course, stands for Detroit Public Schools, and the facts paint the picture of a nation, not just a city, truly at risk: not long ago, as Rich Gibson explains in his lead essay to this volume, the DPS was “once heralded as the finest urban school system in the U.S., serving more than 299,000 students.” By 2013, enrollment in the DPS had plummeted to 55,000 students (and another 55,000 can be found in charter schools, although funded at government expense). Even as recently as 2003, the teachers union, the Detroit Federation of Teachers, had 12,000 members; now that figure has dwindled to about 4,000. Since 2005, Detroit has shut down more than 100 schools. The numbers might not be quite so dispiriting in some urban areas, although the most recent federal Education Department data show that in the United States 1.2 million schoolage children are homeless. How can we understand these numbers outside of the massive atta...

There is an outpouring of reporting on Russian activities in Syria, and to a lesser degree other ... more There is an outpouring of reporting on Russian activities in Syria, and to a lesser degree other countries in the Middle East and North Africa. But until mid-2017, there was no single effort to analyze the totality of Russian objectives, instruments of power, tactics, and strategy in the greater Middle East and their implications for US foreign policy. The Jamestown Foundation's "Russia in the Middle East" project, headed by Dr. Theodore Karasik and Dr. Stephen Blank, was launched to rectify this gap by providing the basis and material for a multi-dimensional analysis of Russian strategy and tactics in the Middle East, bringing into sharp relief the depth and scope of Moscow's strategy. Unfortunately, Western analyses have long missed the bigger picture: Russia seeks to capture the entire Middle East market across several multi-dimensional issues. These include Russian arms sales; the formation of a working coalition or bloc with Iran, Iraq and Bashar al-Assad's Syria; the insertion of Russia as a broker in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, efforts to regain major influence over Middle Eastern and Eastern Mediterranean gas sales, especially liquefied natural gas (LNG), to Europe; and using its newly established position in the Middle East to augment its military-economic-political influence regionally and upon Europe. ix Fifth, and finally, it also seeks to use its position in the Middle East to force the US and Europe to accept that aggression and an altered state of affairs in Europe and other locations around the world. Adding to the continuing utility of arms sales and the tactics of using Muslim elites in Russia and in the Middle East to resolve urgent challengers is Moscow's enhanced economic and informational capabilities, which have grown in magnitude since 2000, notwithstanding long-term structural defects in Russia's economy. Donald Jensen, writing in this book, elucidates the channels by which To be sure, Turkey and Iran are much more difficult partners to work with than the UAE, for example, which, as noted above, facilitating Russian policies in the Middle East and Africa. 63 In Iran's case, the relationship with Russia is notably marked by mutual distrust, historic suspicions if not enmity, and numerous tensions. And yet, Russian analysts and elites have long believed that Moscow must, nevertheless, find a way to work with Tehran when necessary and possible and to some degree stand in the way of US threats toward the Iranian Republic. 64 Indeed, in his paper, Iranian expert Alex Vatanka finds that Russia needs regional partners or allies (at least on a case by case basis, not a formal alliance); and Iran's utility, by virtue of its hostility intervention in Syria-Moscow has essentially compelled Ankara to cooperate. And since Syria is, in Turkish eyes, a test of Western support for Turkey's domestic political structure as well as its security and foreign standing, and the West has consistently failed Turkey (as it sees it) here, Ankara has had no choice but to gravitate to Moscow. Or at least that is the Turkish narrative, as Mitat Çelikpala demonstrates in his paper. 69 This narrative preceded the recent steep and apparently accelerating decline of US-Turkish relations that is attributable to many factors on both sides beyond Syria. But arguably, even if all the other issues at stake in the Washington-Ankara rift are resolved, until the US fashions a Middle Eastern and Syrian strategy that in some measure answers Turkey's needs, Moscow will have all too easy an opportunity to intensify its efforts to drive Turkey out of the West. Conclusion As virtually every observer has now grasped, Russia is in the Middle East to stay. 70 As we have argued, Moscow's intervention in Syria and subsequent enlargement of its Middle Eastern standing are not things that happened out of the blue or a mere brilliant tactical improvisation. Indeed, John Parker's study of Russian policy for the National Defense University (NDU) makes clear that Russia was already escalating its presence in Syria from 2013 on. While other sources point out that planning for the actual intervention began in January 2015, at Iran's request, given al-Assad's visible loss of territory and power. 71 And beyond that linkage, it appears from Parker's analysis that the steady ratcheting upwards of arms transfers to Syria in 2011-2013 through a naval screen prepared the ground for (and was linked in Putin's mind to) the need to prevent another "color revolution" in Ukraine. In other words, the successful and stealthy employment of the navy and other organs to increase arms supplies to Syria helped convince Putin to invade Ukraine as did the linkages between preventing the triumph of revolutions in areas of importance to Moscow. 72 And before that, as this book's following chapters and

The article discusses Journal of Singing readers have find little reason to notice the publicatio... more The article discusses Journal of Singing readers have find little reason to notice the publication schedule that appears, a brief scan showing that deadlines for recurring columns occur four months prior to publication Topics include "Editor's Commentary," coronavirus has created a major upheaval in how go about life;and cancellation of educational, cultural, and social group events, social distancing, and wearing face masks that shield a significant amount of nonverbal communicative ability

Russian expansionism in the Middle East follows a systematic approach to the region that is predi... more Russian expansionism in the Middle East follows a systematic approach to the region that is predicated on a profound understanding of the geopolitical, cultural, and religious landscape of the Middle East along the lines of the historical Russian strategic imperatives. For the time being, Russia's aim is to supplant the United States as the main political power in the Middle East. However, in the long run, the ultimate Russian goal is to dominate the world as the sole global superpower. My argument is that although Russia's fortunes have ebbed and flowed throughout modern history, what the Russian political establishment has demonstrated in regard to ideological/territorial expansionism, from the Tsarist Empire to the USSR to the Russian Federation, is strategic continuity. As such, in this article I am going to conduct a strategic survey of the Russian expansionism in the Middle East throughout modern history and then warn of the impending dangers of unchecked Russian expansionism for contemporary US and Middle East security and for the future of global democracy and liberal world order.

Summary of Doctoral Dissertation Proposal

Iran’s Networks of Influence in the Middle East, 2020

The DPS is a synecdoche for education in the United States. DPS, of course, stands for Detroit Pu... more The DPS is a synecdoche for education in the United States. DPS, of course, stands for Detroit Public Schools, and the facts paint the picture of a nation, not just a city, truly at risk: not long ago, as Rich Gibson explains in his lead essay to this volume, the DPS was “once heralded as the finest urban school system in the U.S., serving more than 299,000 students.” By 2013, enrollment in the DPS had plummeted to 55,000 students (and another 55,000 can be found in charter schools, although funded at government expense). Even as recently as 2003, the teachers union, the Detroit Federation of Teachers, had 12,000 members; now that figure has dwindled to about 4,000. Since 2005, Detroit has shut down more than 100 schools. The numbers might not be quite so dispiriting in some urban areas, although the most recent federal Education Department data show that in the United States 1.2 million schoolage children are homeless. How can we understand these numbers outside of the massive atta...