Rohollah Faghihi

Iranians look to each other, not government, for solidarity amidst COVID-19

Iranians attempt to lift each other's spirits with comedy, online cooking shows and by writing off debts, among other ways.

Rohollah Faghihi | Iran | Mar 25, 2020

TEHRAN, IRAN - MARCH 25: Irans revolutionary guard volunteer members disinfect the entrance of a hospital on March 25, 2020 in Tehran, Iran. Iran is battling the worst outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the region and authorities have advised people to stay at home but have not imposed the kinds of lockdowns seen in other countries. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Iranians’ demands for quarantine fall on deaf ears

Iran’s president has rejected calls for quarantine against the coronavirus with no explanation, but his reasoning seems to be related to the economic devastation following the US sanctions.

Rohollah Faghihi | Iran | Mar 20, 2020

Members of firefighters wear protective face masks, amid fear of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as they disinfect the streets, ahead of the Iranian New Year Nowruz, March 20, in Tehran, Iran March 18, 2020. Picture taken March 18, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Ali Khara via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC23NF9FQH2G

A cleric's cure for coronavirus becomes butt of jokes in Iran

A cleric’s bizarre response to treating COVID-19 in the guise of Islamic medicine has provoked widespread ridicule in Iran.

Rohollah Faghihi | Iran | Mar 10, 2020

Repercussions of Iranian radicals running the country

Ultraconservatives won the day in Iran’s parliamentary elections, but the saying comes to mind, "Be careful what you wish for."

Rohollah Faghihi | Iran | Feb 28, 2020

Far-left current rises from among Iranian hardliners

Iran’s ultraconservatives have given birth to their worst nightmare — a group so left-leaning that hardliners consider them would-be communists.

Rohollah Faghihi | Iran | Feb 19, 2020

A general view of the Iranian parliament in Tehran, Iran June 25, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee/West Asia News Agency via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY - RC1189997B90

Iran controversial director's new political drama lambasted by moderates

The new film of Ebrahim Hatamikia criticizing Reformist-backed President Hassan Rouhani was warmly welcomed by radicals, but interpreted by others as an unexpected shift in the controversial director’s loyalties.

Rohollah Faghihi | Iran | Feb 18, 2020

Iran’s most powerful hard-line clerics to reunite in Assembly of Experts election

As Iranians decide who to support in the upcoming parliamentary election, another race will be held concurrently: the midterm election for the Assembly of Experts, which chooses and oversees the supreme leader.

Rohollah Faghihi | Iran | Feb 18, 2020

Members of Iran's influential experts assembly attend a session in Tehran on March 12, 2019. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

Iranian actors call on Rouhani to allow cinema legend to come home

Many of the Iranian actors who have supported President Hassan Rouhani are now calling in their favors by asking for veteran actor Behrouz Vossoughi's return to Iran after 40 years in the United States.

Rohollah Faghihi | Iran | Feb 6, 2020

TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 12: Actor Behrouz Vossoughi speaks onstage at the "Rhino Season" press conference during the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival at TIFF Bell Lightbox on September 12, 2012 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by George Pimentel/WireImage)

How Iranian hard-liners helped Reformists ahead of elections

Hard-liners are finding ways to ban Reformist candidates from elections, but this may play into the Reformists' hands.

Rohollah Faghihi | Iran | Feb 5, 2020

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran.

Guardian Council Chief Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati (top L) and Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah (R) listen to the opening speech during Iran's Assembly of Experts' biannual meeting in Tehran March 8, 2011. Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani lost his position on Tuesday as head of an important state clerical body after hardliners criticised him for bei

Donald Trump, the 'divine gift' to Iranian hard-liners

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who had advocated diplomacy with the West, has lost public support after the United States' assassination of Gen. Qasem Soleimani, giving hard-liners an opening they can easily exploit.

Rohollah Faghihi | U.S. | Jan 21, 2020

Rohollah Faghihi

Iranians look to each other, not government, for solidarity amidst COVID-19

Iranians’ demands for quarantine fall on deaf ears

A cleric's cure for coronavirus becomes butt of jokes in Iran

Repercussions of Iranian radicals running the country

Far-left current rises from among Iranian hardliners

Iran controversial director's new political drama lambasted by moderates

Iran’s most powerful hard-line clerics to reunite in Assembly of Experts election

Iranian actors call on Rouhani to allow cinema legend to come home

How Iranian hard-liners helped Reformists ahead of elections

Donald Trump, the 'divine gift' to Iranian hard-liners

Popular Articles

Turkey’s reaction to Biden’s recognition of Armenian genocide more bark than bite for now

Fighting between Syria's Kurdish forces, pro-Assad militia enters fourth day

Erdogan furious as his Islamic ambitions stumble in Turkish Cyprus

Syrian missile exposes Israel’s fragility

A tale of two elections: Netanyahu, Abbas face the abyss

Recent Podcasts

Gaza preparing for escalation between Israel and Hamas over Jerusalem, says Hana Salah

Professor Chuck Freilich explains the failures that led to stampede at Mount Meron

Middle East Scholar Arzu Yilmaz says limits of Turkish military activity in Iraq are mostly set by Iran

Political correspondent Tal Schneider: Israel unlikely to see Capitol-style violence if anti-Netanyahu government forms

Former IDF colonel Udi Evental warns: Confronting US on Iran has price tag