Category Archives: Iran

The Poetry of Hassan Rouhani

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Muller

Whether the Iranian people can trust their new president Hassan Rouhani is still not clear. Whether his apparent rather diplomatic style of foreign politics will be followed by domestic reforms neither is. There may already be notable signs, however, that … Continue reading →

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A Capitulation

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Muller

Whether the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei will ever give his blessing to the compromise reached in today’s early hours in Geneva with its factual far-reaching retrenchment of Iran’s nuclear program is seriously doubted. What actually has been negotiated by … Continue reading →

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What it Means to Miss a Chance

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Muller

When IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano flew yesterday to Tehran to negotiate a deal with Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Agency, he might have had the hope that his inspectors would get access to the military site … Continue reading →

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Fair Game

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Muller

When women in Saudia Arabia today want to participate in another mass driving protest and the autocratic government warns them to do so there might be a grave misconception about the background. This is not a laughable matter. Twenty-first century … Continue reading →

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Netanyahu Knows of What He Speaks

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Muller

In an interview with BBC Persian TV about his arch enemy, Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims that Iran only needs to enrich uranium if it wants to use it in a nuclear weapon. Well, Argentina, Brazil, China, France, Germany, … Continue reading →

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