Seyyed Mehdi Hashemi Toghroljerdi – Involved In

Iran’s House of Cards

Masoud Pezeshkian’s election to Iran’s presidency remains a sideshow to the true contest for power in the Islamic Republic. Who will succeed to the leadership of the regime upon ...
Read More [+]

Imprisoned Iranian politician blames Khamenei for nation’s crises

In a letter from Tehran's Evin Prison, jailed ‘reformist’ Mostafa Tajzadeh who had shunned the recent Iranian presidential elections, blamed the nation's economic and other crises on Supreme Leader ...
Read More [+]

The future of Iran after Raisi’s death

President Ebrahim Raisi’s Death. On May 19th, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian died in a helicopter crash in eastern Azerbaijan. The deaths of ...
Read More [+]

Concerns rise about Iran’s future ahead of runoff

As criticism of Iranian state television grows over perceived bias against reform-oriented candidate Massoud Pezeshkian, snippets of the debate have gone viral on social media. Meanwhile, concerns are rising ...
Read More [+]

Who Is Masoud Pezeshkian?

With no candidate securing a majority in the June 28 presidential election, necessitated after Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash last month, Iran will vote again on July ...
Read More [+]

No matter who becomes Iran’s next president, much hinges on ‘Great Satan’ US

In the waning moments of Iran’s final televised presidential debate, one of the top candidates to replace the late hardline president Ebrahim Raisi invoked the name of the one ...
Read More [+]