Golnaz Esfandiari

Golnaz Esfandiari writes for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

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What Tehranis' Wishes Tell Us About Iran

What Tehranis' Wishes Tell Us About Iran

A moving new video asks Tehran residents, "What's your wish for today?" The answers may surprise you. More »

An Unlikely Reformist Joins Iran's Presidential Field

An Unlikely Reformist Joins Iran's Presidential Field

The ex-spy chief and wanted terrorist who proposes to scale back his country's nuclear program and reconcile with the United States. More »

Iran Begins Its Election-Season Web Crackdown a Few Months Early

Iran Begins Its Election-Season Web Crackdown a Few Months Early

The Islamic Republic's presidential balloting might not be till June, but Tehran is already tightening its internet controls. More »

Here's Why You Shouldn't High-Five Iranian Politicians in Public

Here's Why You Shouldn't High-Five Iranian Politicians in Public

The chair of Germany's Green Party learns the hard way. More »

Ahmadinejad Isn't Going Quietly

Ahmadinejad Isn't Going Quietly

The Holocaust-denying Iranian leader has a favored candidate in the country's upcoming presidential election. More »

Khomeini's Granddaughter Gives Iran Some Tough Love

Khomeini's Granddaughter Gives Iran Some Tough Love

And she believes that the Islamic Republic has no choice but reform. More »

The Iranian Regime Changes Its Tone on Two Leading Dissidents

The Iranian Regime Changes Its Tone on Two Leading Dissidents

Are the leaders of the 2009 Iranian Green Revolution seditionists, or aren't they? More »

The Iranian Election 'Reforms' That Aren't

The Iranian Election 'Reforms' That Aren't

Why new efforts to change the Islamic Republic's electoral system could end up just favoring establishment candidates. More »

Musavi and Karrubi: Iran's Ailing Opposition Leaders

Musavi and Karrubi: Iran's Ailing Opposition Leaders

Two of the country's leading dissenters are in ill health. More »

'Murder': Some Accountability in Iranian Blogger Sattar Beheshti's Death

'Murder': Some Accountability in Iranian Blogger Sattar Beheshti's Death

But will the interrogators who tortured him to death actually be punished? More »

The Death of Sattar Beheshti, Dissident Blogger, in Iranian Police Custody

The Death of Sattar Beheshti, Dissident Blogger, in Iranian Police Custody

Not particularly well known, he was arrested for an anti-regime post. More »

One of Iran's Most Notorious Propagandists Gets Media Savvy

One of Iran's Most Notorious Propagandists Gets Media Savvy

What do you know, the "Big Mouth Basiji" just gave his first media interview. More »

The U.S. Election's Iranian-American Vote: What's It Look Like?

The U.S. Election's Iranian-American Vote: What's It Look Like?

The diaspora is as divided on its choice as the rest of the country. More »

The Death of Ahmad Ghabel, Dissident Iranian Intellectual

The Death of Ahmad Ghabel, Dissident Iranian Intellectual

The influential religious scholar suffered persecution and imprisonment. More »

Why Ahmadinejad Got Banned From Visiting Iran's Most Infamous Prison

Why Ahmadinejad Got Banned From Visiting Iran's Most Infamous Prison

The political intrigue behind the judiciary of the Islamic Republic's refusal to allow the country's own president to visit Evin. More »

Why a Hero Iranian Airline Pilot Is Being Forced Into Early Retirement

Why a Hero Iranian Airline Pilot Is Being Forced Into Early Retirement

Houshang Shahbazi saved the lives of more than 100 passengers and crew in an emergency landing at Mehrabad airport. More »

Why So Serious: The Jokes Going Around Amid Iran's Econimic Crisis

Why So Serious: The Jokes Going Around Amid Iran's Econimic Crisis

How many rials are in a dollar? Now, or ... now? More »

Study: Thousands Would Die in an Attack on Iran's Nuclear Sites

Study: Thousands Would Die in an Attack on Iran's Nuclear Sites

Estimating the human toll of airstrikes More »

Why the Former Iranian President's Children Are in Evin Prison

Why the Former Iranian President's Children Are in Evin Prison

The weekend arrests of Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's children is the latest hardliner strike against the reformist cleric, who's threatened to regain prominence in the Islamic Republic. More »

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