Al-Monitor - If passed, the legislation proposed by hard-liners would effectively force the government into a farewell to the fragile nuclear deal depending on UN action. A group of hard-line lawmakers in Irans parliament have drafted legislation that would oblige the government of President Hassan Rouhani to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal,...

Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: Irans hard-liners and conservatives appear to have failed to reach a unified platform ahead of the Feb. 21 parliamentary election, though they face no serious competition, as Reformists are mostly determined to boycott the ballot boxes. For a year, conservatives and hard-liners have sought to set their differences ...

Al-monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: In the past few weeks, Irans moderate president, Hassan Rouhani, has sought to defy hard-liners by bringing up controversial issues in his speeches. During the past two years, Rouhani has disillusioned his fans and supporters who assumed that he would be committed to his promises: increasing social and political freedom ...

Al-Monitor - Since its completion nearly a decade ago, "The Paternal House" has been surrounded by controversy. The film was directed by acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Kianoush Ayyari, who is known for his explicit realism. Set in a traditional house in Tehran, Ayyari's drama chronicles 70 years in the life of a family ruled by strict patriarchy, and ...

Al-Monitor - Mahmoud Sadeghi, an Iranian Reformist parliamentarian, has questioned the benefits of Iran staying in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the nuclear deal between Iran and five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany and the European Union, given the exit of the United States and Europes inability to provide ...

Al-Monitor - In a country where politics has been tightly entangled with people's daily lives for decades, it is no surprise to see an incessant flow of reactions to a political crisis even if it is happening in a spot as far away as Latin America. Iranians have in recent days kept a close eye on the fast-paced developments in Venezuela, a nation ...

Al Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi:Hard-liners in Iran face the key challenge ofa new generationquestioning the approach being takenby the old guard. Members of the younger generation, unlike their older peers,are challenging anyone who acts against their expectations, even including when that person happens to beQasem Soleimani,commander of the Islamic ...