2010

“Death By Stoning: Iran’s Internal Debate,” about the case of Sakineh Ashtiani,  from: Time

“Misreading Tehran: What the West Isnt’ Hearing About,”  from: Foreign Policy

“The Barricades to Freedom in Iran,” about the Green movement’s hidden enemies, from: The Daily Beast

2009

“Why Iran Is Targeting Nobel Winner Ebadi,” from: Time

“How Quarreling Ayatullahs Affect Iran’s Crisis,” from: Time

“Neda: Cautionary Tale or Inspiration?” about the range of reaction in Iran to Neda’s martyrdom, from: The Daily Beast

“State Television Becomes a Focus for Iranian Anger,” about Iranians’ growing frustration with IRIB, from: Time

“Why Now?” about how young people’s discontent has been simmering for years, from: The Guardian

“Iranians to Obama: Hush” about protesting Iranians’ suprising view on Obama’s silence, from: The Daily Beast

“Even in a Tainted Election, Voting Still Matters” about how Iranians’ votes were discounted but their vocies were heard, from: Time

“Will Iran’s ‘Marriage Crisis’ Bring Down Ahmadinejad?” about how Iran’s gutted economy is pricing young people out of marriage, from: Time

“Even Ordinary Iranians Took Up This Banner,” about Iranians’ attitudes toward their government’s support for Hamas, from: The Washington Post

“Wine-Order Bride,” about trying to serve drinks at my Tehran wedding, from: The New York Times Magazine

“Iran’s Nobel Laureate Has Become a Target of the Regime,” about a stepped-up campaign of harassment against Shirin Ebadi, from: The Wall Street Journal

2008

“The Jewel of Medina: Is This Any Way to Treat the Prophet’s Wife?” a review of Sherry Jones’s book about Aisha, from: Time

“Should a Pious Muslim Practice Yoga?”, about the Malaysia fatwa forbidding yoga, from: Time

“Stars (and Stripes) in Their Eyes,” about Iranians’ rekindled affection for America, from: The Washington Post

“Intimidation in Tehran,” an essay about Iranian society on the eve of our departure to London, from: Time

“Iran’s Rich Revolutionary Guard,” about the new political and economic clout of the controversial military force, from: Time

“Postcard: Tehran,” about Iran’s new tradition of lavish weddings, from: Time

“Ayatullah Ali Khamenei,” a profile of the supreme leader for Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World issue

“’Halal’ Music Makes a Comeback,” about the authorities surprising tolerance of a renaissance of Iranian classical music, from: Time