The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in Monday’s publication of its 276 page 2016 annual report says it shows ‘a road map of deterioration.’ Pages 45-49 of the USCIRF report focus on the Iranian clerical regime saying of their judicial system that it ‘continues to use its religious laws to silence reformers.’ […]
Iranian Strategic Culture and Nuclear Ambition
In my earlier essays Israeli Strategic Culture and Iranian Nuclear Program, I discussed Israeli strategic culture and Israeli perceptions of the Iranian nuclear threat. In applying strategic culture theory, I tried to project Israeli threat perception and a possible Israeli response. In this essay, we will try to understand the factors governing the Iranian mind-set, their […]
Endanger vulture causes worry for Parsis
The parsis or Zoroastrians believe death is not just part of life, but the temporary triumph of evil over good and in the process the dead body would pollute the sacred: earth, water or fire. According to the Scholar of the religion, this seems to be quite practical for the dead body to be exposed […]