Nima Shirazi's is an important progressive voice in the Iran debate in the West, often deconstructing the myths (and sometimes propaganda) we commonly encounter in the mainstream media. With succinct and elegant prose, and with no axe to grind, he… — Hooman Majd Copy Share Image
Foreign journalists have to have an approved interpreter assigned them, which they have to pay for, who also acts as guide. As an Iranian,… — Hooman Majd Copy Share
The thing about Iran is there are many political factions and it's not quite the dictatorial, authoritarian state with one person always making every… — Hooman Majd Copy Share
“Some people he said, think that freedom means men being able to wear shorts or women to go about without the hijab. Others think… — Hooman Majd Copy Share
The problem is that Iran has been identified as a dangerous enemy, and the longer the media forwards that proposition - and the media… — Hooman Majd Copy Share
If we cannot understand the depth of feeling in the Muslim world toward Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Islam as a political… — Hooman Majd Copy Share
Inside Iran, people are actually quite well-educated about America. There are things they don't understand, particularly in the government, but the people, by and… — Hooman Majd Copy Share
I grew up thinking of myself as an American but also, because of my parents and the Iranian culture that was in our home,… — Hooman Majd Copy Share
I think there is an American attitude that is very hard to break which is "We're great. Who wouldn't want to be like us?… — Hooman Majd Copy Share
If you are an [American] politician it's very hard to imagine. "Now we are going to treat these guys as our equals? That's ridiculous.… — Hooman Majd Copy Share
The Iranian government has become pretty open about the drug problem in recent years. Opium use is a very traditional, cultural thing in Iran,… — Hooman Majd Copy Share
I can't speak for all Iranians, but I think that many of them would be uncomfortable with Ahmadinejad if Iran had nuclear weapons and… — Hooman Majd Copy Share
He had undoubtedly not availed himself of the ministry archives, archives that might have revealed to him that Iranian diplomats in Paris, from this,… — Hooman Majd Copy Share
“It is perhaps because of the Iranian concept of the home and garden (and not the city or town it is in) as the… — Hooman Majd Copy Share
Americans tend not to distinguish between political rhetoric and real intentions, which can lead to great misunderstanding. — Hooman Majd Copy Share
I was born in Iran, left at a very young age-less than a year old-and grew up and was educated in the West. I… — Hooman Majd Copy Share
