Camelia Entekhabifard

Camelia Entekhabifard
Editor-in-chief of the Independent Persian.

A Big Mistake by Iran: The World Will Not Submit this Time

In the midst of the Israel-Hamas war, which started more than two weeks ago, two other countries are repeatedly also mentioned: Iran and Lebanon. Israel has said clearly that if Hezbollah enters their conflict with Hamas, it will attack Iran. The recurrent visits of Western leaders to Israel also…

Khamenei Doesn’t Need Middle-Men to Talk to the US Anymore

In the last few days, the mediascape of Iran and the political atmosphere in Washington DC has been filled with news and speculations around the joint investigation recently published by Semafor and Iran International about a group called ‘Iran Experts Initiative’ (IEI) which is said to be an…

22 Years after 9/11, What Does Terrorism Mean?

On Monday, September 11, 2023, The American nation and the world marked the 22nd anniversary of the largest terrorist attack in modern history, remembering the more than 3,000 people who lost their lives that day. As we remember victims of the terror attacks on September 11, 2001, it is an…

Two Years of Taliban: Afghanistan, a Center of Terror and Drugs

Afghanistan, a land with unique ethnic and geopolitical complications and a unique geography, has spent two dangerous and sensitive years under the rule of Taliban. Two years ago, on August 15, 2021, with the collusion of President Ashraf Ghani’s government with the United States, and betrayal…

Iran’s Next Step in Syria: Armed Militias Turn to Economic Militias

Latest in a series of developments in the Middle East, Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi travelled to Syria on Wednesday at the head of a delegation. Syria seems to now have an opportunity to return to the Arab League, rebuilding its identity as an Arab society. For years, this country has been a…

How Does the US View the Iran-Saudi Understanding?

As the Iranian new year of 1401 is drawing to a close, grand developments are occurring in the region. It used to be that the final days of the year were politically calm. State and the nation would pay more attention to domestic and home affairs and not international relations. But the events of…

Will the Taliban Turn Afghanistan into a Base for Muslim Brotherhood?

The developments known as the Arab Spring brought lack of stability, security and violence to a number of Arab countries and led to the fall of governments in Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Tunisia and Algeria. It prepared grounds for revival of the extremist organization Muslim Brotherhood and its coming to…

Iranian Regime’s Legitimacy Crisis Leads to Killing of the Youth

On Monday January 9, the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader spoke to a group of supporters of the regime. He repeated his previous condemnations of demonstrators and affirmed the punishments meted out to them by the Judiciary. These punishments have led to hurried death sentences for some…

The Next Step Is to Abolish Iran’s Guardian Council and Hold Free Elections

In recent weeks, we’ve seen state murders, summons, interrogation, kidnapping, torture and deaths; none of which is new to the Iranian nation. What’s different is how common this has become and the oppressors can’t hide it anymore.   Now, instead of executing people in prison, they execute them…

Iranian National Renaissance is Coming

Hossein Ronaghi’s life is endangered. Elham Afkari is in hunger strike. Dozens and hundreds of Iranians, well-known and unknown, are in detention, solitary confinement or hunger strikes. In the eight weeks that have passed, hundreds of Iranians have been killed with straight hits while…