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Bijan Farhoodi of Voice of America-Persian News Network interviewed Khosrow B. Semnani the founder of OMID: The Future of Iran on the 48 Hours program on February 21, 2009. Mr. Semnani discussed OMID’s commitment to promoting the civil, social, and humanitarian issues of the Iranian people. Approximately 55 minutes long, Persian only

Those who think that the nuclear agreement with Iran’s supreme leader will blunt Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s equating religion with fanaticism and terrorism must have missed the Ayatollah’s latest tweet. Tweeting from Tehran this week, the Ayatollah once again called for the destruction of Israel, declaring that “God willing, there will be no such thing as

By Khosrow Semnani For the Deseret News. Published: March 16, 2019 9:00 a.m. As the sun rose on Friday, Muslims around the world prepared for their morning prayers and heard the horrible news of the shootings in two mosques in New Zealand. From time zone to time zone, the prayers of Muslims — and all

By Khosrow Semnani, For the Deseret News.  Published May 20, 2019, 7:00pm MDT President Trump does not want an Iran war. The president’s detractors — among them some of our European allies — have characterized Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions on Iran’s ayatollahs as the opening salvo of another catastrophic

By Khosrow B. Semnani, for The Washington Times. Published: December 18, 2019 What Iranians want now is an end to the death of their children In his 2017 historic speech before leaders of more than 50 Muslim nations gathered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, President Donald Trump reset U.S.-Iranian relations by declaring his solidarity with the

The Islamic Republic of Iran is a failed state In response to President Trump’s escalation of tensions with Iran, the Senate voted on Feb. 13 to require the president to seek congressional authorization for military action against Iran. Mr. Trump himself has claimed that he wants a better Iran nuclear deal — not a war

In “Why America Must Lead Again” (Foreign Affairs, March/April 2020), President-elect Joe Biden promised to renew American leadership by returning to the source of American power — itsdemocratic traditions, commitments and partnerships. The Biden-Harris foreign policy plan, “The Power of Our Example,” makes democracy the touchstone of American foreign policy. It’s truly vintage de Tocqueville: