Amir Taheri

Ali ibn Abi-Talib, the seventh-century figure central to Shi'ite Islam, is said to have predicted when the world will end, columnist Amir Taheri…

Any degree of legitimacy is a treasured asset for totalitarian regimes. It is used by these states as a barometer of sorts to gauge what level of…

Perhaps when the history of our times is written, ours will be called The Era of Narcissistic Catechisms. To understand why this is the case it is…

Israel finds itself in unfamiliar territory today. The revolutionary atmosphere building in Iran presents Israel with a prospect it has rarely…

Beijing is negotiating with Teheran to build 20 nuclear power stations over the next decade, the exiled Iranian writer Amir Taheri wrote last week,…

Preoccupied as it was poring through Tom Daschle's tax returns, Washington hardly noticed a near-miracle abroad. Iraq held provincial elections.…

Since the IDF commenced its ground operations in Gaza on Saturday night, I have been hungrily eyeing my hat. On Friday I argued that the…

CHICAGO - Celebrities including Oprah Winfrey and Brad Pitt, politicians such as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Howard Dean and civil…

Jesse Jackson may say that he is supporting Barack Obama for president. But, whatever he says, the truth is that he is not. Jackson didn't support…

The Obama campaign rejected comments made Wednesday by one of its most controversial supporters, Jesse Jackson, that an Obama administration would…

Sixteen years after my graduation, Columbia University remains to me the enlightenment supertanker that fuels much of what I do, the place where…

One by one the warriors ascended the stage Sunday evening to receive their commendations for battlefield valor and heroism during the war with…

Unholy matrimonySir, - I would like to add an important point to Sam Ser's "Married to the mob," on organized crime in Israel (Cover story, May 4).…

Experts requiredSir, - One need not have read the Winograd Report to know that the government of Israel botched the war with Hizbullah. As always,…

Experts requiredSir, - One need not have read the Winograd Report to know that the government of Israel botched the war with Hizbullah. As always,…

The International Herald Tribune newspaper has defended its acceptance of an advertisement seeking bids for two large scale nuclear reactors in Iran.…

Winston Churchill prefaced his six-volume history of World War I, The World Crisis, with this incredible claim that he "made or implied no criticism…

When Iranian-born intellectual Amir Taheri addressed The Jerusalem Post editorial staff late last month, he casually mentioned having met with Prime…

Following angry denials by officials in the Prime Minister's Office of a report in the German magazine Focus that quoted Prime Minister Ehud Olmert…

Following angry denials by officials in the Prime Minister's Office of a report in the German magazine Focus that quoted Prime Minister Ehud Olmert…