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Hossein Amjadi

Iran Analyst | Human Rights | Middle East Politics

Aug 11, 2026, 5:05 PM

An AI-generated illustration of the financial networks connecting Iran’s cryptocurrency ecosystem, online gambling operations, sanctions evasion and IRGC-linked entities.

The Shelbit case reveals how gambling, cryptocurrency, sanctions evasion and Iran’s state-linked financial networks have converged — and why the blockchain may ultimately expose what the regime is trying to hide. The Blockchain Remembers Iran has spent decades trying to shield...

May 12, 2026, 6:47 PM

Isaiah 14 and the Fear of Being Forgotten

The Politics of Humiliation and Memory Few passages in the Hebrew Bible describe political downfall with the same intensity as Isaiah 14. The chapter is remembered primarily for its imagery of collapse: a ruler once feared by nations is brought...

Apr 29, 2026, 8:26 PM

Iran Then and Now: A Changed Reality

From Refuge to Hostility: Iran, Jews, and a Changing Narrative In 1942, as World War II tore across continents and dismantled entire lives, nearly a thousand Jewish children arrived in Tehran after a long and devastating journey through Europe...

Apr 17, 2026, 1:39 PM

The Tehran Children: A Forgotten Route to Survival

In the summer of 1942, nearly a thousand Jewish children—many orphaned, all displaced—arrived in Tehran after a long and brutal journey across war-torn Europe and the Soviet Union. They had fled Nazi-occupied Poland, endured hunger, disease, and forced displacement,...

About Me

Hossein Amjadi is an Iranian political analyst, human rights author, and independent researcher based in Germany. His work examines Iran's political economy, human rights, digital authoritarianism, regional security, and the country's evolving relations with Europe and the wider Middle East. His analysis and commentary have appeared in Fair Observer, Open Global Rights, EU Today, EU Global News, Zenith and The Times of Israel.

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