Arash Azizi

Opinion: Iran's new foreign minister, Amir-Abdollahian, will likely continue the Iranian policy of destabilisation and promoting militias, hindering regional reintegration, writes Arash Azizi.

Opinion: The Iranian regime is killing protesters and censoring the internet rather than focusing on people's welfare and addressing the multiple crises the country is facing, writes Arash Azizi.

Comment: Khamenei's US/UK vaccines ban isn't just the usual anti-western sentiment, it's proof his regime cares little for Iranian lives, and signals even more radical times ahead, writes Arash Azizi.

Comment: Biden has his work cut out, but he must stand up to the warmongers and formulate a peace policy for Iran and the region, writes Arash Azizi.

Comment: In the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic, sanctions have become an aid to a humanitarian catastrophe that could facilitate the death of thousands, writes Arash Azizi.

Comment: The disastrous coronavirus outbreak in Iran shows two things: the need for reform, and the dangers of state collapse, writes Arash Azizi.

Comment: I voted for Rouhani and supported voting in 2016 parliamentary elections. But not this time, writes Arash Azizi.

Comment: Arash Azizi asks if the Iranian regime's crisis of competence will bring it down.

Comment: Neither Trump nor Khamenei wants to go to war, but Soleimani's assassination has moved the goalposts, putting rapprochement out of reach, for now, writes Arash Azizi.