By Nir Boms Published February 15, 2007 "Ignorance is power," wrote George Orwell in his famous book "1984," referring to the information police that kept bad ideas from the eyes of good people. Our world was not immune from this logic that reversed "good" with "bad" and "war" with "peace."...
Jan. 31, 2004 By REZA BULORCHI & NIR BOMS Defying conventional wisdom, fresh voices of freedom appear to be coming from the Middle East of late. Assad of Syria delivers his plans for democratization directly to The New York Times. Gaddafi of Libya delivers his to Newsweek, as he claims...
By Nir Boms and Reza Bulorchi Published March 23, 2006 Following two decades of Tehran's lies and three years of international wishful thinking, Iran's nuclear case was finally brought to the hands of the U.N. Security Council. In the meantime the mullahcracy in Tehran has been gearing itself for another...
We must keep channels of communication with Iranian people open Nir Bums, Niv Lilian Ignorance is power, wrote George Orwell in his book "1984" when describing the thought police that kept "bad" ideas away from good people. "Big Brother's" modus operandi worked well throughout history in eliminating undesired ideas kept...
By Nir Boms and Richard Lafayette FrontPageMagazine.com | October 25, 2006 When not pursuing an illicit nuclear-weapons program, the Iranian leadership is engaged in another task of national importance. It is known, in the words of former Iranian president Mohammed Khatami, as the "Dialogue of Civilizations." (more…)
By NIR BOMS and REZA BULORCHI July 7, 2004 It's tempting to dismiss Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's latest threat that Iran will harm America "around the world" if it attacks its interests as empty bluster from Iran's mullahs. But there are signs that Iran is taking concrete steps to match its...
2/2/2004 By Nir Boms and Reza Bulorchi Defying conventional wisdom, fresh voices of freedom appear to be coming from the Middle East as of late. Bashar Assad of Syria delivers his plans for democratization directly to the New York Times. Muammar Gaddafi of Libya delivers his to Newsweek as...
August 4, 2004 By Nir Boms and Reza Bulorchi It is not often that legal rulings in other countries make headlines in the United States. But two recent verdicts in Iran have made activists in the U.S. and around the world take notice. Last week, Hashem Aghajari, who was previously...
By Nir Boms and Elliot Chodoff June 16, 2005 While Iran continues to play an ongoing nuclear ping-pong match with the European Union, risking the nuclear stability of the Middle East and a possible showdown with the West, it is also eagerly preparing for its upcoming elections Friday. Carrying the...
January 28, 2004 By Reza Bulorchi and Nir Boms Defying conventional wisdom, fresh voices of freedom appear to be coming from the Middle East as of late. Assad of Syria delivers his plans for democratization directly to the New York Times. Khaddafi of Libya delivers his to Newsweek, as he...