Saba Farzan is a German-Iranian journalist and Executive Director at Foreign Policy Circle, a strategy think tank in Berlin.

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July 14, 2015
11:46 pm

The Ayatollah Cashed In

In one of life’s remarkable coincidences I’ve picked up a new running song that could also be a counter statement to the Iran deal. The lyrics of “I AM”......

June 3, 2015
3:34 pm

Cementing Wrong Bridges

For many Iranians the desire to support their compatriots inside the country is an essential part of their identity – whether they live in Europe, the United States or......

August 15, 2014
6:14 pm

Rediscovering Korngold

It has been an incredibly long time that I last listened to Erich Wolfgang Korngold's opera "The Silent Serenade". It was back in my student years at the University......

June 12, 2014
5:57 pm

Don’t lose sight of Iran’s meddling

Since ISIS, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, has gained significant ground in Iraq over the past few days there's a theory evolving that behind the rise of this......

February 12, 2014
5:08 pm

Iran’s satirical reality

When I learned that the German Council on Foreign Relations planned on hosting Mohammad Javad Zarif, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic, I even considered for a nano second......

November 25, 2013
4:27 pm

Iranian freedom cancelled

In my devastation about the historic tragedy that the Geneva deal is, I turned yesterday to Marius Müller Westernhagen's Freedom song. This outstanding German musician performed his song when......

October 17, 2013
6:50 pm

The Iranian Deal That Is a Good One

Sometime ago I mentioned at a conference in Rome that there's a similarity between the Iranian nuclear crisis and the writings of Paul Auster. Of course by that similarity......

September 25, 2013
12:39 pm

Iranian Version of Groundhog Day

When dealing with the Iranian regime I'm often reminded of the movie "Groundhog Day". Bill Murray caught in a time trap and reliving the same day over and over......

September 6, 2013
5:11 pm

Fraudulent Moves by a Fraudulent Regime

So this week we learned that Hassan Rouhani's Twitter account is a fraud. An information that shouldn't surprise us at all as the regime that created the fraud account......

September 3, 2013
10:35 am

American Delays and Israeli Nightmares

During the past years of Barack Obama’s presidency I’ve learned to never underestimate him – both in positive and negative terms. He deserves credit for being the second US......

July 19, 2013
6:11 pm

Iranian intellectual hypocrisy

To describe Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s recent trip to Israel as significant is an understatement. It is truly historic on many levels. The Iranian film director’s personal journey from Islamist......

January 8, 2013
4:01 pm

Teheran votes YES! on Hagel

How can a world leader know for certain that his policies are going in the wrong direction? One way is if this leader is praised for his policies towards......