With Yassamine Mather on BBC Persian (in Farsi)
Author: y.mather
BBC TV interview Yassamine Mather on Islamic State and Paris Attacks
Two culpable rivals
What lies behind the Mecca tragedy? On September 24, the Saudi authorities told the world that 769 pilgrims had been killed and 863 injured during what was described as a “stampede” in Mecca, as Muslim pilgrims were beginning the Hajj ritual. A few days later, however, it was claimed that Saudi officials had given Indian… Continue reading Two culpable rivals
Jeremy Corbyn’s Contradictory Foreign Policy
Long before Tony Blair took the country into a disastrous war with Iraq, the foreign policy implemented by the Labour Party, in government and in opposition, had been virtually indistinguishable from that pursued by the Conservative Party, especially in relation to former colonies and the Middle East. There were Labour members of the war cabinet… Continue reading Jeremy Corbyn’s Contradictory Foreign Policy
The Iran Deal Would Mean an End to “Regime Change From Above”
Stanley Heller interviews Yassamine Mather, Iranian exile, about the Iranian-US nuclear deal. 8/9/2015 : what the U.S. government was trying to do, the false hope that Iran after an “Islamic Revolution” would be free from imperial pressure, the frequent use of the death penalty in Iran and what the Iranian regime is doing in Syria. … Continue reading The Iran Deal Would Mean an End to “Regime Change From Above”
Yassamine Mather in BBC debate on US air raids against Islamic State and the attitude of the international left
A debate shown Monday 3rd August on US air raids against Islamic State and the attitude of the international left regarding foreign military intervention.
Dependent on global hegemon
After 18 days of negotiations, and 20 months after the initial talks regarding Iran’s nuclear programme started in New York, Iran and the P5+1 powers finally signed a deal on July 14. Not everyone was happy. Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu had already declared that “some of the negotiating countries” (a clear reference to the… Continue reading Dependent on global hegemon
Edging towards a deal
In the weeks leading up to June 30 2015, it was clear that the real deadline for Iran’s nuclear negotiations with the P5+1 powers was July 9. For the Obama administration, the potential resolution of the conflict with Iran will play a significant part in the president’s legacy, and from this point of view, the… Continue reading Edging towards a deal
Destabilisation and failed states
In the aftermath of the horrific terrorist attacks of June 26 in Sousse, Lyon and Kuwait, David Cameron said: “We must be more intolerant of intolerance.” He called for a rejection of “anyone whose views condone the Islamist extremist narrative”. This was in line with comments made a week earlier when he condemned those British… Continue reading Destabilisation and failed states