Amir Basiri
Washington Examiner
Contact Amir
Discover and connect with journalists and influencers around the world, save time on email research, monitor the news, and more.
| Recent: |
|
| Past: |
|
Past articles by Amir:
SWIFT-ly take action against Iran's mullahs
With a new round of U.S. sanctions targeting the Iranian regime’s oil, banking, and shipping sectors, close attention is needed on the mullahs’ ability to continue financing terror groups across the Middle East and beyond. → Read More
Mike Pompeo warns Europe: Iran plots terror attacks while trying to salvage nuclear deal
Regretfully, European states have not been as firm in their response to the Iranian regime’s terrorist incursions in their countries. → Read More
The Iranian regime alone deserves blame for their failing economy
As the world unites to support Iranian protesters and their rightful demands, the regime of Iran is finding it harder and harder to escape the consequences of its 40-year-long rule of violence and tyranny. → Read More
Trump can turn off the spigot of international cash flowing to Iran's regime
Senior members of Congress are asking the Trump administration to take action and demand global leaders ban Iran’s regime from enjoying access to international financial systems, according to a letter sent to the Treasury Department by Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., chair of… → Read More
The Iranian people won’t unite around the regime’s flag
A recent Washington Post op-ed criticized President Trump’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal, arguing that the decision will turn attention inside Iran back on the United States. → Read More
How to stand alongside Iran’s people
If you do business in Iran, you’ll probably be funding the mullahs’ regime and the Revolutionary Guard in one way or another. That’s a known fact. As a reminder, the guard, or IRGC, was sanctioned in its entirety by the United States in October. → Read More
Trump's strike on Syria sends strong message to Iran
The April 14 multinational precision strike against the Bashar Assad regime’s chemical weapons facilities came with a clear political message to Syria and Iran. → Read More
For one day, Iranian people defy regime during annual festival
Two months after massive uprisings erupted across Iran, the ruling regime is still hard-pressed to re-establish its control over the country. The regime’s waning power was emphasized again on Tuesday when protesters poured to the streets on the occasion of Iran’s Fire Festival. Iran’s rulers have always been disdainful of the Fire Festival, an ancient Persian tradition that takes place on the… → Read More
Apple and Google are letting Iran's cyber surveillance go unchecked
The Iranian regime allegedly used the same apps to identify and arrest activists in the weeks following the recent nationwide protests in Ir... → Read More
Iran is using fake polls to discredit the nationwide protests
The poll does a poor job of hiding the true intentions of its organizers, which is to further buy time for a regime whose departure is long... → Read More
Iran increases its military budget in response to nationwide protests
The Iranian regime has a long-standing history of putting its survival and hegemonic ambitions before the interests of the welfare of its pe... → Read More
The world must not forget the plight of Iranian protesters
It is up to the international community to step up for the rights of the protesters who linger in Iran's prisons, a responsibility it has no... → Read More
On Iran protests, non-intervention is not an option
The international community must intervene before another regional and global crisis erupts. → Read More
Iranian protests give the world a chance to correct its mistakes
Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi called the protests the “death knell for the corrupt dictatorship of mullahs, and the rise of democr... → Read More
Iran is holding the world hostage with its human rights violations
Last week, Iran’s foreign minister tacitly threatened that Tehran would resume its nuclear program if European states doubled down on its ba... → Read More
Tehran's futile attempts at discrediting the cause for regime change in Iran
With regime change in Iran gaining increasing support both at home and abroad, Tehran is frantically resorting to the oldest trick in its bo... → Read More
Sanctions are not keeping aid from reaching Iranian earthquake victims
The Iranian regime has already made a debacle of the disaster relief and is preventing aid that already exists in the country from reaching... → Read More
Hezbollah's defeat could unravel Iran's Middle East ambitions
A firm policy is taking shape against their belligerence in the region following the resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, the... → Read More
Don't let Iranian President Hassan Rouhani trick you — he's no moderate
It won’t surprise those who know the true nature that governs all the factions that compete within the theocratic regime ruling Iran. → Read More
Trump sets the stage for new policy toward Iran
There are clear signs the JCPOA isn't working. → Read More