Kourosh Ziabari

Kourosh Ziabari is an award-winning journalist and Asia Times correspondent and a former Chevening Scholarships recipient. He is an alumnus of the Senior Journalists Seminar Fellowship by the East-West Center, a 2021 Dag Hammarskjold Fund for Journalists fellow, and a 2022 World Press Institute fellow. He was a finalist for two Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism in 2020 and 2021, and his writings have appeared on Foreign Policy, The National Interest, openDemocracy, Responsible Statecraft, Middle East Eye, and The New Arab. On Twitter: @KZiabari

Iran | May 7, 2023

Iran’s female athletes raise voices over entrenched discrimination

Despite triumphs on the international stage, Iranian women's sports face persistent obstacles at home in terms of pay, training facilities and social discrimination.

Iran | Dec 25, 2022

Analysis

What's behind Ahmadinejad's awkward silence on Iran's protests?

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s silence since the beginning of the protests in Iran on Sept. 16 is curious and exposes his possible intentions to remain an establishment loyalist rather than falling out of grace with the ruling clerics.

Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) raises his hands toward cheering supporters while standing next to Venezuela's Foreign Minister Elias Jaua (R) as he enters the funeral for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the Military Academy on March 8, 2013 in Caracas, Venezuela. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Iran | Sep 18, 2022

Iranian oil province suffers from pollution, water scarcity

Oil wealth flows out of Khuzestan, but many observers say the government has held back water and sewer service to the province whose population is nearly 40% Arab.

Iran | Aug 15, 2022

Iranian government intensifies crackdown

Iran has arrested three of its most prominent filmmakers.

Iran | Jul 23, 2022

Iranian women under pressure as Raisi stiffens hijab mandate

The Iranian government is cracking down on hijab violations in what many say is a bid to divert attention from the nation’s economic hardships.

Iran | May 24, 2022

Will the FIFA World Cup help bridge Iran-US gaps?

The US men's national soccer team is in the most politically charged group along with Iran and possibly Ukraine, among other teams.

Fans wave US and Iranian flags during the World Cup 2006.

Iran | Apr 8, 2022

Debate on Iranian women’s access to soccer games flares up again

After 2,000 ticket-holding Iranian women were blocked from attending a soccer game in the city of Mashhad, gender inequality in Iran is back in the spotlight.

Iranian women, holding national flags, jubilate following their team's victory over Qatar at Doha's al-Gharrafa stadium during their World Cup 2006 qualifying match Oct. 13, 2004.

Iran | Sep 10, 2019

Personal cost of journalism, political activism in Iran remains high

Iran’s judiciary appears to be tightening the noose on media and political activists under its new chief justice in what some analysts believe is a byproduct of growing international pressure.