Amir Taheri is author of 11 books on the Middle East, Iran and Islam. He has been a syndicated columnist for American, British, and Middle Eastern publications since the 1980s. He has edited newspapers and magazines in his native Iran as well as Britain and France. He has been writing for the New York Post since 2002. In 2005, Taheri was named Senior Fellow at the National Committee on American Foreign Policy.
For almost 20 years, the United Nations nuclear watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) did its best not to notice the slow but steady building of a military nuclear capability in the Islamic Republic of...
February 21, 2010 1:21 AM
With the International Atomic Energy Agency for the first time ever bluntly accusing the Islamic Republic of pursuing a military nuclear program, it's just as well that the Obama administration is finally changing its...
February 20, 2010 12:00 AM
Thursdays's events in Iran dealt a serious political blow to a beleaguered re gime unable to either accommodate its opponents or crush them by force. It was billed as the biggest show in the history of the Islamic...
February 13, 2010 12:00 AMBy month's end, America and its European allies are expected to develop a joint response to Iran's latest "cheat-and-retreat" maneuvers on its disputed nuclear program. Interviews in recent days in several European...
December 14, 2009 12:00 AMFor almost a decade, Arab regimes have worried about alleged Iranian plans to create a "Shiite crescent" from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean, encompassing Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and a yet-to-be liberated Palestine...
November 12, 2009 12:00 AMYesterday marked the 30th anniver sary of the capture by Khomeinist "stu dents" of the US Embassy in Tehran, triggering the 444-day hostage crisis. The Iranian public seized the chance to reject the regime -- even...
November 05, 2009 12:00 AMAfghanistan's long electoral imbroglio came to an abrupt end yester day when the Electoral Commission declared President Hamid Karzai the winner -- thus canceling a runoff against his challenger, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah...
November 03, 2009 12:00 AMWHEN talks between Iran and the six major powers, including the United States, started in Geneva last month, the stated objective was to persuade the Islamic Republic to comply with the three unanimous UN Security...
November 02, 2009 12:00 AMFOR years, Hamid Karzai's political foes have casti gated him as "the American puppet." Now, as Afghans prepare to vote in the second round of their presidential election next week, many see Karzai as the man that the...
October 30, 2009 12:00 AMAfter two months of bick ering over alleged fraud, Afghan authorities have agreed to hold a run-off of the presidential election on Nov. 7. Three things are certain: * The Aug. 20 election was marred by vote...
October 22, 2009 12:00 AMTO cancel or not to cancel? For the last three months, that has been the question for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. His allegedly fraudulent re-election last June triggered a crisis that has shaken the...
October 19, 2009 12:00 AMEight years ago this week, the Taliban emptied the coffers of the Central Bank and ran away from Kabul. Yet a number of myths still haunt the debate on Afghanistan -- and the Obama administration's policy. Myth No. 1:...
October 15, 2009 12:00 AMTHE next general election is three months away, but Iraq is already in high gear for what promises to be a hard-fought campaign over the future of the newly liberated nation. The outcome could determine the course of...
October 12, 2009 12:00 AMBY all accounts, Thursday's talks between Iran and the 5+1 group of major powers represent a diplomatic coup for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as he faces continued political unrest at home. Before the talks,...
October 03, 2009 12:00 AMDIPLOMATS call it President Obama's first major interna tional test, while pundits see it as a diplomatic version of the gunfight at the OK Corral. "It," of course, is tomorrow's meeting in Geneva between Iran and...
September 30, 2009 12:00 AMMULLAH Muhammad Omar must be wondering what is going on in Washing ton. The reclusive Taliban leader, presumed to be hiding near the Pakistani city of Quetta, this month issued an end-of-Ramadan message in which he...
September 28, 2009 12:00 AMHAS Iranian President Mah moud Ahmadinejad won his first diplomatic victory since his disputed re-election in June? Last Thursday, Tehran presented what it calls "an updated package" as the basis for fresh talks...
September 16, 2009 12:00 AMThe end of this month will mark the deadline fixed by President Obama for Iran to respond to his offer of "unconditional talks." Obama has gone out of his way to point out that it's not an ultimatum, and that he...
September 10, 2009 12:00 AMIN Kabul these days, those wishing to sound knowledgeable fire one phrase at visiting reporters: "This has no military solution!" One hears it from President Hamid Karzai, UN "experts" and diplomats. Yet they appear...
August 27, 2009 1:27 AMALTHOUGH we may not know the final offi cial results of Thursday's elections in Afghanistan for another week or so, their impact on political developments in the war-torn nation is already clear. The fact the...
August 23, 2009 3:52 AMBUOYED by what it sees as international indifference to the fate of dissidents in Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's administration is preparing public opinion for the arrest of the movement protesting the results...
August 22, 2009 3:08 AMMILLIONS of Afghans are preparing to take part tomorrow in what some see as decisive elections in this war-torn land. Unlike previous elections since the 2002 fall of the Taliban, this campaign has generated a...
August 18, 2009 3:01 AMSINCE the disputed June pres idential election, turbaned mullahs have been edged out of Iranian TV by a new group of bearded men wearing military caps. The power shift is highlighted every night, as generals tag...
August 15, 2009 2:08 AM'WHERE are the Ameri cans?" Talk to Iraqis in Baghdad these days, and you'll likely hear the question. Of course, everyone knows where the Americans are physically. The 130,000 US troops cantoned in a diminishing...
August 08, 2009 1:36 AMTODAY'S planned swearing- in of Mahmoud Ahmadine jad for a second four-year term as president of the Islamic Republic of Iran cannot resolve the regime's crisis. Even some Ahmadinejad supporters admit in private...
August 05, 2009 2:58 AMWHAT do you do if you run out of ideas on Afghanistan? If you're President Obama's special envoy Richard Holbrooke, you call for a dialogue with the Taliban. Holbrooke isn't the only one to play the old "talk to...
August 01, 2009 3:50 AMSERVING notice that the fight for the future of Iran was far from over, multitudes throughout the country yesterday defied a government ban to attend ceremonies marking the 40th day since the death of pro-democracy...
July 31, 2009 2:03 AMAS the Obama administration intensifies its diplomatic moves in the Mid dle East, Tehran's possible misreading of its signals may doom its hopes of "positive engagement" with the Islamic Republic. As Tehran sees...
July 28, 2009 2:59 AMWILL President Obama help the Khomeinist re gime regain some of the legitimacy it lost in last month's rigged presidential election? Former President Muhammad Khatami raised that question Sunday while meeting with...
July 22, 2009 3:36 AMIRAN moved a step closer to prolonged civil strife yester day when the government rejected a compromise offered by a key figure of the regime to settle the dispute over last month's election. The deal was offered...
July 18, 2009 12:20 AM
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