The Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, would have marked his 101st birthday on October 26, 2020, had he been alive. To commemorate this occasion, I composed a piece on my blog wherein I discussed, among other topics, the esteemed Iranian King of Pop, Aref. I expounded on the…
Shirin Ebadi, Notable for Defying the Shah, Reveals her Motivation Shirin Ebadi is a figure of many firsts – the first female judge in Iran and the first Iranian to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003. Born in 1947, Ebadi flourished due to the modernization and reforms enacted by…
October 26, 2020, commemorates the 101st birthday of the late Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. Born in 1919, he became the crown prince of Iran in 1925, upon the ascension of his father, Reza Shah the Great, to the throne. Even though a century has passed since the…
Recently the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, called the Persian Gulf for the “Arabian Gulf”. In a letter to Mr. Pompeo I strongly protest for this gross mistake of his. The letter can be downloaded: [PDF] Your Excellency, I was deeply saddened and astonished after listening to your interview…
Today, media reported that President Rouhani of Iran called the White House for “mentally retarded”. Mr. Reza Akbari, on Twitter, wrote the following: Rouhani stated that the “White House has been stricken by a mental disability.” I am not sure why that has been translated as “retarded” by some English…
Marie Väfors Fritz and I have together compiled a new book in English on criminality in the city of Malmö, southern Sweden. Finally the book is ready and can be bought at Studentlitteratur which published the book.
The Swedish Medical Journal, Läkartidningen, organized a seminar in Stockholm on the 13th of November 2018, with a focus on Emergency Medicine. I was among the attendees and I spoke about the issue of overcrowding in emergency departments and the decreasing number of hospital beds in Sweden.
Many of you might already be aware that an Iranian man, who holds Norwegian citizenship, has been detained by the Swedish Security Police in Gothenburg, Sweden. He is suspected of collaborating with the Islamic regime in Iran’s intelligence ministry and plotting the assassination of Iranian opponents of the Islamic regime…
In regard to publications in media that the mummified body discovered in Tehran on Monday April 23rd, 2018, may belong to the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty, His Majesty Reza Shah Pahlavi, I have written a letter to Audrey Azoulay, the Director-General of the UNESCO.