Golnaz Esfandiari
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Golnaz Esfandiari
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Journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Farda. Iran watcher, foreign affairs, Middle East, dogs and books.
Horrifying footage of an Israeli attack on Tehran’s Tajrish neighborhood. A number of civilians were killed.
July 4, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Iran’s Hammihan daily reports 5 social workers were killed in Israel’s strike on Evin prison in Tehran. Prisoners have been transferred to other prisons following the strike, causing worries among their families. Israel said it targeted a symbol of state repression.
June 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A purported photo of Ali Shamkhani, an adviser to Iran’s SL Khamenei, showing him at the funeral today for several IRGC commanders killed in recent Israeli airstrikes. Shamkhani survived an Israeli airstrike in the early days of the 12-day war.
June 28, 2025 at 7:20 AM
President Trump says he wants Iran to be a successful country “but one that doesn’t have nuclear weapons.” Earlier today, Iran’s FM Araghchi said if the main US concern is that Iran does not seek nuclear weapons, then that is achievable.
February 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Prominent Iranian translator& literary scholar Goli Emami recently appeared in a literary ceremony in Tehran without the compulsory hijab. Since the 2022 protests, an increasing number of Iranian women have been appearing in public without the hijab in a direct challenge to authorities.
January 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In a challenge to Iranian authorities, human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh says she visited her husband in Evin prison without the compulsory hijab. Sotoudeh’s husband was recently sent to prison over his activism against the hijab.
December 25, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Khamenei lost another close ally.
December 8, 2024 at 4:00 AM
First photo of Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi following her release from prison on medical leave. She’s holding a photo of Masa Amini while saying no to “gender apartheid.”
December 4, 2024 at 4:10 PM
A riveting account of the 1980 hostage crisis at the Iranian embassy in London.
December 2, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Two brave Iranian women, rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and religious scholar Sedigheh Vasmaghi, blast the “medieval” hijab law adopted by Iran’s parliament, noting that it strips women of all their rights. Sotoudeh and Vasmaghi could again end up in prison over the criticism.
December 1, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Iran’s FM Araghchi met with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in Damascus to emphasize Tehran’s continued support as fighting with rebels rages in Syria. The trip and the renewed commitment highlights Tehran’s high stakes in the conflict.
December 1, 2024 at 6:33 PM
35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in Prague
November 18, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei met with Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon who was injured in Hezbollah pager attack. Khamenei looked fine amid Twitter reports that he was in a coma.
November 17, 2024 at 6:22 PM