Shirin Sadeghi is a journalist and Middle East expert.

She has worked as a Producer and Reporter for the BBC World Service and Al Jazeera English. She was a live television commentator for the BBC during the most recent Iranian presidential election and has written for several online publications including the Index on Censorship and OneWorld.

Blog Entries by Shirin Sadeghi

Benazir the Martyr: an Anniversary on the Brink of War

Posted December 28, 2008 | 04:58 PM (EST)


As the anniversary of Benazir Bhutto's assassination comes and goes, some people in Pakistan have quietly concluded that getting assassinated was the best thing she ever did.

Not because she saved Pakistan by doing it but, as the logic goes, because she hadn't done a great deal of good...

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Ahmadinejad's Alternative to the Queen's Christmas Message

38 Comments | Posted December 25, 2008 | 10:56 AM (EST)


If Christ were on Earth today he'd probably watch Iranian President Ahmadinejad's British Christmas day speech over the Queen's.

The fact is, the "sombre" message (as it is being officially endorsed) of a jewel encrusted and glorified dynastic ruler is a far cry from the values of...

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Top Ten Heroes of the George W. Bush Era

46 Comments | Posted November 12, 2008 | 05:38 AM (EST)


As the W. Bush regime comes to an end it seems appropriate to pay tribute to the countless individuals and groups who have spent the last nearly 8 years exposing the atrocities of this government that shamelessly hijacked the electoral system of the United States in its mission to pilfer,...

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Iranian Newspapers, Ahmadinejad React to Obama

5 Comments | Posted November 7, 2008 | 05:40 AM (EST)


Ahmadinejad likes Obama. At least, he has more regard for him than for George W. Bush -- but that goes for most people.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dotted headlines this week when he wrote a letter to President-elect Barack Obama congratulating him on his victory -- the first...

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The United World of Obama: The Future is Now

6 Comments | Posted November 5, 2008 | 01:23 AM (EST)


Barack Obama just became President of the world - but it is Americans of all shades and backgrounds and stories who are the proudest ones of all.

In one instant America and the world has changed forever and all of us Americans who proudly voted - for the first time...

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Most Americans Are Not McCain-Palin Neocons

5 Comments | Posted November 3, 2008 | 08:48 AM (EST)


When President Woodrow Wilson decided that America should join the war effort in Europe in 1917, he also made another decision: to trick the American public into joining him.

You see, back in April 1917 when President Wilson decided to drag the American public into a war that had...

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US to Iran: Let's Get Back Together

22 Comments | Posted October 31, 2008 | 12:39 PM (EST)


Having surrounded Iran with war and terrorist hunts -- confer Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Georgia -- the United States is openly admitting what its actions admitted long ago: America really wants Iran back in its life.

This week, the Bush administration -- the same one that's been threatening Iran...

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