Articles

Behind the Headlines/May 3, 2018

Jamshid Chalangi:
In tonight’s edition of Behind the Headlines we will look at some exclusive news from within the Islamic republic regime, including how the documents on its secret nuclear activities were unearthed by the Israelis;
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Europe Has A Duty To Protect The Nuclear Deal

By:Mehrdad Khonsari

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What is at stake when President Trump announces his decision on 12 May to stay or part with the ‘JCPOA’ (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) involves not just reopening old wounds and the renewed threat of proliferation in the Middle East, but also the prospects of another costly war in the region. What is also disturbing is the fact that an inexperienced American president should defy consensus opinion not just amongst his closest international partners but also amongst his own foreign policy community thereby subjecting regional and international security to wanton risks. Read More »

Behind the Headlines/May 2, 2018

Jamshid Chalangi:
In tonight’s program, with our special guest, the General Secretary of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan Mustafa Hijri, we will discuss the current strikes in the business districts of Kurdistan and how the Islamic republic regime has reacted to them, plus his political party’s economic policy for the region, and ask him if as the Iranian regime claims, his movement is after an independent Kurdistan or as its late founder Abdulrahman Ghassemlou always said, the party wants democracy for Iran and self governing autonomy for Kurdistan?
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Behind the Headlines/May 1, 2018

Jamshid Chalangi:
In tonight’s edition of Behind the Headlines our guests, nuclear physicist Dr Allahyar Kangarlu and political commentator Dr. Saeed Bashirtash will be sharing with us their expert view on:
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Behind the Headlines/April 30, 2018

Jamshid Chalangi:
In tonight’s edition of Behind the Headlines our guests, human rights activists Hossein Etemadi and Hassan Nayeb Hashem will be sharing with us the latest news of human rights abuses in Iran, including the ban on women to enter sport stadiums; the latest human rights sanctions on the Iranian regime by the US Congress, and the public protest against Iran’s national broadcasting organization for its biased reports on the protest movement of people plundered by bogus banks and credit companies run by the regime’s associates.
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Revolution in Iran: The Return of the Shah

BY MICHAEL LEDEEN

The apparent discovery of the mummified remains of Reza Shah by Iranian archaeologists must have sent chills up and down the spine of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Reza is the symbol of the kind of government most Iranians want: secular, tolerant, modern. His name has often been chanted in the nationwide demonstrations that have continued unabated for weeks. Read More »

Behind the Headlines/April 27, 2018/

In tonight’s edition of Behind the Headlines our guests Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh in London and Mohammad Nourizad in Tehran will discuss the latest social and political news of Iran, including:
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