Sawsan al-Shaer

Sawsan al-Shaer

"The Promised Day"

An Iranian official said that “we have prepared a vast arsenal of weapons, missiles, and drones for this promised day.” When Iran came under Israeli-US attack on February 28, we assumed that arsenal would be directed at the enemy that struck it. That, after all, is what this “promised day” was…

Israel and the World’s Rage

When you see the "diligence" of an Israeli with the audacity to appear in Western media and try to justify their government's actions, watching them spectacularly fail to defend their position or respond to their interlocutor, you notice that it does nothing to soften the cutting criticism of…

Iran’s Interest Hinges on it Changing its Behavior

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi stated on Tuesday that Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al-Saeed had informed him that Egypt wants to restore relations with Tehran. Raisi informed Sultan Haitham that Tehran welcomes the position. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry, however, has not commented on the…

The Story of Bahraini Women in Short

In the summer of 2011, I had a meeting with then British Ambassador Ian Lindsay in wake of the so-called Arab Spring movement. Bahrain at the time was engaged in a conflict with major powers that were trying to impose on us backwards forces, led by Khamenei’s official agent in Bahrain, under the…