A group of nearly 100 prominent Iranian dissidents is demanding that Congress launch investigations into clandestine efforts by the Islamic Republic to influence U.S. policy. It is no different in Canada. As I wrote in 2012: Iranian Canadian activists Shadi Paveh and Shabnam Assadollahi have translated an interview with Hamid Mohammadi, an Iranian official working […]
An Iranian dissident speaks out: Is Islam compatible with women’s rights and democracy?
The story below was sent to me by a friend, Shabnam Assadollahi, an Iranian dissident who is a fully aware activist for women’s rights and as a whole, human rights. My first encounter with her was in her role as an Iranian language interpreter in an article I wrote entitled: “Shut Down Iran’s Embassy In […]