Arash Azizi

Arash Azizi is a Berlin-based writer, journalist and broadcaster. He previously hosted one of the most-watched news shows in Iran and is a former international editor of Kargozaran, an Iranian daily. His work has appeared in many outlets, including the Toronto Star, Maclean's, BBC, Global Voices, Iranwire, Sharq and Mehrname. Several books of his translations have also appeared in Iran. On Twitter: @arash_tehran

Iran | Dec 1, 2016

Should IRGC be worried by latest Iran army promotion?

The appointment of a new deputy head of the army may represent more than a simple promotion for Ahmad Reza Pourdastan.

Iranian soldiers march during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the start of Iran's 1980-1988 war with Iraq, on September 21, 2016, in the capital Tehran. / AFP / CHAVOSH HOMAVANDI (Photo credit should read CHAVOSH HOMAVANDI/AFP/Getty Images)

Iran | May 16, 2016

The real 'back pain' behind head of Iranian broadcaster's resignation

There appear to have been bigger issues at play than "back pain" in the abrupt resignation of the head of the Iranian state broadcaster only 18 months on the job.

Iran | Jan 27, 2016

Iran is spending more money on culture, but where's the accountability?

In Iran, President Hassan Rouhani is moving to increase spending allocated to administration-controlled cultural entities. Yet a vast portion of cultural spending continues to go to organizations that are not held accountable.

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Iranian Culture Minister Ali Jannati (R) looks at US artist Jackson Pollock's "Mural on Indian Red Ground" (1950) during the opening ceremony of an exhibition of modern art at Tehran's Museum of Contemporary Art (TMOCA) in the capital, on November 20, 2015. Some of the world's most expensive and rarely seen modern art, including works by the Americans Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol, which are part of a collection bought in the 1970s by dealers acting for Farah, the

Iran | Apr 29, 2015

Iran targets 'MI6 Shiites'

The Iranian government is engaged in a media offensive against the Shiite Shirazi movement, which runs a broadcasting network to spread its message.

TO GO WITH AFP STORY IRAN-POLITICS-SATELLITE-JAMMING: An Iranian woman, standing next to two satellite dishes, hangs washed laundry on the roof of her house in Tehran, 12 June 2003. Owning satellite equipment and viewing uncensored international channels is strictly banned in the Islamic republic. Yet many people purchase satellite dishes and receivers illegally and enjoy watching Persian-language TV broadcasts from overseas, among other channels. However, according to the local press, Iranian authorities h

Iran | Mar 15, 2015

Iran's female MPs show mixed record

Iran's female members of parliament have been few in number but have had a large impact on national policies.

An Iranian woman registers her candidacy for the upcoming parliamentary elections at the interior ministry in Tehran on December 24, 2011. Iranians began to register their candidacy for the upcoming elections set for March 2, 2012 for a four-year tenure in parliament. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)

Iran | Mar 3, 2015

Iran's female MPs show mixed record

Iran's female members of parliament have been few in number but have had a large impact on national policies.

Iran | Feb 10, 2015

Iranian writers welcome decline of censorship

After eight difficult years of strict censorship under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian writers say that literary freedom is increasing under the new administration.

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

A customer holds a copy of the translated novel "Eleven Minutes" written by the Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho at a bookshop in central Tehran January 29, 2011. Iranians are feeling the pinch from radical cuts in state subsidies, a plan President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called "the biggest economic plan in the past 50 years". The cuts in long-standing subsidi

Iran | Nov 16, 2014

Can Iran's new TV chief bring IRIB, Rouhani closer?

The new head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting could change the institution's contentious relationship with President Hassan Rouhani.

Iran | Nov 5, 2014

Is Ahmadinejad making a comeback?

The media activities and meetings of former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad signal that he is keeping his name before the public and trying to forge new alliances for his political comeback.