Arash Falasiri worked as a journalist in Iran for more than a decade. He won the national prize for the best journalist of the year in 2001. He is now a PhD candidate in Social and Political Thought at York University, Canada.
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Published in: openSecurityIranians' choice in the face of warSignals that military action against Iran is a real danger have been multiplying over the past twelve months. Faced...
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Published in: openSecurityIran's message in a bottle
Allegations of an Iranian assassination attempt to be carried out in Washington has prompted diverse responses and...
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Published in: openSecurityIran's Green Movement: decapitated but not defeated
The arrest of Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, the defeated presidential candidates and leaders of Iran's Green...
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Published in: openSecurityGaddafi: a model for the middle east's "mad men"
Gaddafi's resistance to popular demands and violent response presents a new model for regimes to resist democratic...
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Published in: openSecurityThe Iranian regime thrives on the spectre of military confrontation
The increasingly militarised confrontation between the United States, Israel and Iran only strengthens the...
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Published in: openSecurityConnecting the dots: Iran's nuclear ambitions, human rights and intelligent sanctions
The sanctions being imposed by the UN need to be reworked to inspire the confidence of Iran's suppressed people.