By Masoud Sadrmohammadi As the results of the U.S. presidential election became clear, various political factions and groups have expressed differing views on the potential impacts of Donald Trump’s return to the White House on Iran. On the first day following Trump’s declared victory, Iran’s currency market reacted negatively, with the Iranian rial losing value against the U.S. dollar. However, ...
By Dr. Seyed Asadolah Athary Maryan Professor for political science and international relations at the Tehran and Gazvin Universities Translated by Seyid Ali Gaemmagami and Yunus Soner Iran’s demands from the US concerning conflict and cooperation 1- Areas of conflict and cooperation between America and Iran Following the election of the Democrat Party candidate Joe Biden, a paradigmatic changed has ...
By Dr. Seyed Asadolah Athary Maryan Professor for political science and international relations at the Tehran and Gazvin Universities Translated by Seyid Ali Gaemmagami and Yunus Soner Preface The relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and American can be evaluated in the perspective of international political science. In this essay, we will evaluate these relations first during the Trump ...
BACKGROUND Iranian officials have announced the preliminary parliamentary election results, which showed major gains for conservative forces. The Islamic Consultative Assembly (also known as the Majles) is Iran’s unicameral parliament, consisting of 290 deputies. All representatives of Iranian Parliament are elected by a direct secret ballot every four years. According to Iranian electoral law, any Iranian citizen between the ages ...
On February 11, the Iranian Guardian Council, which is in charge of approving the competency of the candidates running for election, named the candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections on February 21. According to the Iranian Interior Ministry’s statistics, 16,145 candidates registered to run, but as many as 9000 (according to nonofficial statistics) were disqualified. The exact number will be ...