Iran's political paranoia includes children of foreign fathers - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Leila Alikarami

Leila Alikarami

Dec 5, 2016

An Iranian woman flashes her passport at the Iraq-Iran Shalamjah border crossing, Iran, Sept. 10, 2016. — HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI/AFP/Getty Images

An Iranian man holds his passport as he waits to vote for the Iranian presidential election outside Tehran's university. An Iranian man holds his passport, with pictures of the late founder of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as he waits to vote for the Iranian presidential election outside Tehran's university June 17, 2005. A top Iranian official said on Friday the election of a new president would have little impact on Iran's nuclear pol

Some Iranians still dream of citizenship

A correspondent in Tehran

A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

Iran's Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi addresses a news conference, on the situation of human rights in Iran, in Brussels September 9, 2010. REUTERS/Thierry Roge (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY) - RTR2I3U9

UN must hold Iran to human rights promises

Leila Alikarami

Leila Alikarami

A view shows the swearing-in ceremony for Iranian president Hassan Rouhani for a further term, at the parliament in Tehran, Iran, August 5, 2017. Nazanin Tabatabaee Yazdi/TIMA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC18FF0579A0

Iranian MPs move to grant citizenship to children of foreign fathers

Maysam Bizaer

Women are seen at Shaikh Zayed Grand Mosque before a visit by Pope Francis in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, February 4, 2019. REUTERS/Tony Gentile - RC187AF4AC70

GCC countries miss chance to grant women full citizenship rights

Sebastian Castelier

Sebastian Castelier

In Dubai, reporting on regional business