Rohollah Faghihi Rohollah Faghihi is a journalist who has worked for various Iranian media outlets. On Twitter: @FaghihiRohollah Iran Pulse | Mar 25, 2020 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. Iran Pulse | Mar 20, 2020 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. Iran Pulse | Mar 10, 2020 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. Iran Pulse | Feb 28, 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." Iran Pulse | Feb 19, 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. Iran Pulse | Feb 18, 2020 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. Iran Pulse | Feb 17, 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. Iran Pulse | Feb 6, 2020 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. Iran Pulse | Feb 5, 2020 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. U.S. | Jan 21, 2020 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. Pagination Show more Latest News 'Opportunity' for Syria's Assad in quake outreach, analysts say by Hashem Osseiran | AFP | Feb 9, 2023 Row over West Bank outpost exposes Israel cabinet split by Rosie Scammell | AFP | Feb 9, 2023 Turkish hospital car park becomes makeshift morgue after quake by Remi BANET | AFP | Feb 9, 2023 See more Podcasts Crisis Group South Caucasus Analyst Olesya Vartanyan warns renewed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan would impact broader region See more
Iran Pulse | Mar 25, 2020 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.
Iran Pulse | Mar 20, 2020 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.
Iran Pulse | Mar 10, 2020 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.
Iran Pulse | Feb 28, 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."
Iran Pulse | Feb 19, 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.
Iran Pulse | Feb 18, 2020 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.
Iran Pulse | Feb 17, 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.
Iran Pulse | Feb 6, 2020 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.
Iran Pulse | Feb 5, 2020 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.
U.S. | Jan 21, 2020 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.
'Opportunity' for Syria's Assad in quake outreach, analysts say by Hashem Osseiran | AFP | Feb 9, 2023
Crisis Group South Caucasus Analyst Olesya Vartanyan warns renewed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan would impact broader region