Kourosh Ziabari

Canada-Iran Tensions: Why Israel Is So Happy

In a frantic and unexpectedly hysterical decision made on September 7, the Canadian government suspended all its diplomatic ties with Iran, closed its embassy in Tehran and ordered the Iranian diplomats to leave the Canadian soil in 5 days. The Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird made an unbelievably offensive statement, calling Iran “the most significant […]

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By Kourosh Ziabari
RCMP officers patrol outside the Iranian embassy in Ottawa, Friday Sept. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Fred Chartrand)

In a frantic and unexpectedly hysterical decision made on September 7, the Canadian government suspended all its diplomatic ties with Iran, closed its embassy in Tehran and ordered the Iranian diplomats to leave the Canadian soil in 5 days. The Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird made an unbelievably offensive statement, calling Iran “the most

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World Silent As Muslim Massacre Goes On In Myanmar

Mohammad Hossein Nikzad, a close personal friend and a senior student of political science just called me a few hours ago, worriedly talking about the dire situation of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and the atrocities the Buddhist Rakhines are committing in the East Asian nation. He called my attention to the mainstream media’s flagrant […]

Kourosh Ziabari
By Kourosh Ziabari
Myanmar soldiers play wind pipes during the ceremony to mark 65th anniversary Martyrs Day at Mausoleum on Thursday, July.19, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

Mohammad Hossein Nikzad, a close personal friend and a senior student of political science just called me a few hours ago, worriedly talking about the dire situation of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and the atrocities the Buddhist Rakhines are committing in the East Asian nation. He called my attention to the mainstream media’s flagrant

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Tehran NAM Summit: An Event Which Disappoints The United States

While the United States, Israel and their European allies are pulling out all the stops to isolate Iran over its nuclear program, the upcoming meeting of the heads of state of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran seems to be throwing a spanner in their works. The Non-Aligned Movement, the rotating presidency of which will be […]

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By Kourosh Ziabari
In this Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 file photo, Iranian Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi, right, accompanies President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in his departure ceremony as he leaves Tehran's Mehrabad airport for Copenhagen to attend the U.N. Climate Summit. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

While the United States, Israel and their European allies are pulling out all the stops to isolate Iran over its nuclear program, the upcoming meeting of the heads of state of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran seems to be throwing a spanner in their works. The Non-Aligned Movement, the rotating presidency of which will be conferred to Iran on

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