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Peyvand Khorsandi

The anti-war protesters risk condoning Iran

What would possess a privileged, young American man to go to Iran and convert to Shia Islam?

20 February 2012 11:38 AM

Lauren Booth’s embrace of Islam veils the truth

While Tony Blair was promoting his autobiography last month, his sister-in-law, Lauren Booth, was rolling around on the floor of a mosque in Iran.

26 October 2010 11:08 AM

Stop Iran broadcasting propaganda from Ealing

Here's how the presenter of an Islamist propaganda channel signed off his talk show last Sunday. "Mr President, thank you very much indeed for appearing on The Real Deal on Press TV. This is George Galloway from the presidential headquarters in Tehran with his excellency, Dr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of the Islamic Republic of Iran."

19 August 2010 10:30 AM

Black police must disown Ali Dizaei, not back his appeal

In Britain, the word "black" usually refers to people of African or Caribbean descent. It's always been a surprise to many Iranians that Ali Dizaei, the disgraced Met police commander, should have been head of the Met Black Police Association (MetBPA) — few people of African or Caribbean descent would be comfortable calling themselves Iranian.

Even the word "Asian" doesn't quite sit with us — it usually refers to people from the Indian subcontinent. We identify much more with the tag "Middle Eastern" and even then like to make clear that we are not Arabs.

10 February 2010 10:34 AM