Camelia Entekhabifard

Whenever one writes about Afghanistan, the words smell of blood, explosion, and a lack of security. Besides security threats, explosions, and the news of Taliban terrorists entering cities, now kidnappings which do not discriminate between women, men, or children, have become a lateral problem of…

Ebrahim Raisi waves to the media after casting his vote at a polling station in Tehran, Iran Friday, June 18, 2021. AP Iran’s 2021 presidential elections looked like anything but elections. This was not an election with competition or popular participation but a ceremony for introduction of Mr…

As spring gives way to summer, the Middle East is seeing new lines drawn. In these crucial days, long-term strategies are being formulated. Heavy clashes between Jews and Palestinians inside the borders of Israel and events in the Gaza Strip and West Bank have increased international support for…

Not much was new in Zarif’s leaked voice file; but it sounded like a confession before the people. In the Persian month of Ordibehesht (April-May), Tehran often sees hail and flood-like rains. Last Saturday and Sunday, Tehran saw severe lightning and unstoppable rain. The horizon of 42-year-old…

Before the Chinese foreign minister spent the Nowruz holidays in Tehran, he stopped in Riyadh. In an exclusive interview with Saudi-owned Al Arabiya network, Wang Yi was asked why he had picked Saudi Arabia as his first destination in the Middle East and the Gulf region and what he thinks about…

With their common cultural and historical heritage, and their specific geographical position, Iran and Israel could have been best friends and allies, but today they stand against one another as biggest foes where their unprecedented enmity has impacted the whole region. Today, the extensive and…

The United Arab Emirates celebrates its 50th anniversary by launching the “Hope” probe. Meanwhile, in the several-thousand-years-old land of Iran, people are queuing up for vegetable oil on the revolution's commemoration days. This week, amid the coronavirus pandemic, the world is on the verge…

Iranians have repeatedly talked about "hard revenge"; however, in the most critical moments, Iran's ruling regime has not gone beyond verbal threats. On Saturday, January 17, FoxNews quoted US officials as saying, "at least one of the ballistic missiles fired during the Revolutionary Guards'…

The Iranian supreme leader says that he does not trust the vaccine made by the United States and the United Kingdom and bans its entry into the country. In March 2020, when Qom was declared the epicenter of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus and Chinese seminary pupils its agents, the city's…

How long will it take for Biden to gain the trust of tens of millions of dissatisfied citizens? Donald Trump will leave the White House on January 20 and hand over power to Joe Biden, the 46th President-elect of the United States. The fluctuating events that will occur until the day of…