Ataollah Mohajerani entered the Iranian parliament in 1980 and served as vice president for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs under President Rafsanjani, and minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance under President Khatami. He holds a PhD in history from Tarbiat Modares University in Tehran, and is the author of several books on Iranian literature and culture and Islamic history. He currently lives in England.

A Subversive Classic

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The 13th of Aban in Iran

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Netanyahu, Denim, and The Bomb

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From Table Tennis to Twitter

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An Empty Chair and a Special Ballot

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Time to Break a Taboo

[caption id="attachment_55243528" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Iranian protestors hold anti-US posters as they demonstrate after Friday prayers…

Opening Doors, not Wielding Blades

[caption id="attachment_55242794" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Iran's president-elect, Hassan Rouhani, waves at the domestic and international…

The Turkish Enigma

[caption id="attachment_55242376" align="alignnone" width="620"] Members of the Workers' Party demonstrate in favor of former Turkish Chief of Staff…

Iran after Ahmadinejad

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The Sword Meets the Pen

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