Habib Ahmadzadeh

Habib Ahmadzadeh is a writer who lives in Tehran. His work includes the novel Chess with the Doomsday Machine and a prizewinning collection of short stories, The War Involved City Stories. He is a veteran of the Iraq-Iran war

Iran: remind me now, which are the terrorists?

From an Iranian perspective it is hard to understand what the word ‘terrorist’ means in the American political lexicon. The meaning keeps changing

By Habib Ahmadzadeh and Leila Zand

/ 5 Jul 2010

Sniper under seige

Salaam & greetings to all at openDemocracy In the past 22 days almost 1300 innocent civilians have died in Gaza. The pain and sadness of these days requires us all

By Habib Ahmadzadeh

/ 30 Jan 2009