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I was born and raised in Tehran, Iran, and came to the United States in 1976 to study psychology. Over time, America became my home, and I later became a U.S. citizen. My professional career has centered on clinical neuropsychology, particularly the evaluation and rehabilitation of patients with neurological disorders and stroke. I also spent many years teaching and mentoring students in academic settings, including at Northeastern Ohio Medical University. In addition to my clinical work, I have been involved in research on neurological conditions, including hemianopsia, and have written articles and books on a variety of subjects. My interests have always extended beyond psychology. History, anthropology, politics, and culture have long fascinated me, and they continue to shape both my writing and my understanding of human behavior. Much of my work explores the intersection of psychology, leadership, history, and international affairs. Today, I am semi-retired and devote much of my time to writing, reading, painting, producing educational podcasts, and playing the Tar, a traditional Persian instrument. Having lived under very different political and cultural systems, I have developed a deep appreciation for freedom of thought, critical inquiry, and open dialogue. While I do not follow a particular religion, I respect the important role that faith plays in the lives of many people. Above all, I remain curious about the human condition and committed to understanding the forces that shape individuals, societies, and history.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, June 20, 2026 The Strait That Shook the World: How a Narrow Waterway Exposed the Fragility of Globalization
The 2026 Hormuz crisis revealed a hard truth about globalization: the world economy remains vulnerable to a handful of strategic chokepoints. As conflict disrupted one of the world's most important energy corridors, markets, governments, and supply chains felt the shock.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, June 18, 2026 From Revolutionary Confrontation to Geopolitical Realism: How the Iran-U.S. Memorandum May Reshape the Middle East
Throughout history, some diplomatic agreements merely resolve disputes, while others redefine the strategic architecture of entire regions. If successfully implemented, the recent Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States may prove to belong to the latter category. Its significance extends far beyond bilateral relations between Tehran and Washington.
(61 comments) SHARE Saturday, June 6, 2026 When One Historical Injustice Created Another: Palestine, Netanyahu, and the Human Cost of Endless War
More than seventy-five years after the creation of Israel, the Palestinian question remains one of the world's most enduring and painful conflicts. This article examines the historical roots of Palestinian displacement, occupation, repeated wars, and the humanitarian consequences that continue today. Series: Palestine (1 Articles, 1278 views), Israel (1 Articles, 1278 views)
(8 comments) SHARE Sunday, May 31, 2026 THE TRAP OF PERMANENT CRISIS: Benjamin Netanyahu, the Iran War, and the Limits of Security Politics
For more than three decades, Benjamin Netanyahu defined Iran as Israel's ultimate strategic challenge. The recent Iran war appeared to be the culmination of that vision. Yet the conflict ended without regime change, without a decisive political transformation, and with renewed diplomacy returning to center stage.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, May 25, 2026 The Hanging Judge of Iran: A Psychological Analysis of Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei
This political-psychological analysis examines how revolutionary systems gradually evolve into security-centered states organized around punishment, surveillance, and institutional survival. Using the rise of Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei as a case study.
(2 comments) SHARE Sunday, May 10, 2026 The Iranian Negotiator: A Psychological Analysis of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is often described in the West simply as a former Revolutionary Guard commander, mayor of Tehran, or speaker of parliament. Yet his political trajectory reveals something far more significant about the evolution of power inside the Islamic Republic. This article examines Ghalibaf not as an isolated individual, but as a symbol of Iran's gradual transformation from a revolutionary ideological system.
(4 comments) SHARE Friday, April 17, 2026 The Neuropsychology of Donald Trump: A Dangerous Convergence of Personality and Power
A neuropsychological analysis of Donald Trump's leadership, examining how personality traits, emotional dysregulation, and possible cognitive decline influence decision-making. The article explores the impact of these dynamics on governance and U.S. policy toward Iran.
(7 comments) SHARE Tuesday, April 7, 2026 When Power Turns Destructive: How the Bombing of Iran's Infrastructure Risks War Crimes and Strategic Failure
The targeting of Iranian infrastructure is being framed as strategy, but in reality, it resembles collective punishment. This article examines how political miscalculations and psychological escalation among leadership are inflicting civilian suffering while raising serious questions under international law.
(6 comments) SHARE Saturday, March 28, 2026 Trump's Miscalculations and the Road to the Largest War Since World War II
This article examines the emerging risk of a major conflict in the Persian Gulf through a psychological and geopolitical lens. It explores how leadership miscalculations, oil dependency, drone warfare, and strategic ambiguity are converging to create a volatile environment where misperception""not intention""may trigger escalation.
(5 comments) SHARE Wednesday, March 18, 2026 After Khamenei: A Leaderless Iran and the Risk of Wider War
An analysis of Iran's trajectory following the death of its Supreme Leader, examining leadership uncertainty, the growing role of military power, and the expanding regional and global risks.
(15 comments) SHARE Tuesday, March 3, 2026 Iran After Khamenei's Death: Joy, Crackdown, War, and the Struggle for a New Future
On February 28, 2026, Iranian state media officially announced the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran since 1989. His death marked the end of a four-decade era defined by political repression, ideological rigidity, and a state security apparatus that penetrated every aspect of Iranian life. For many Iranians, the announcement was not merely political news -- it was an emotional rupture.
(4 comments) SHARE Sunday, October 12, 2025 NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF RFK Jr.
RFK Jr. is causing serious harm to children. His policies against vaccines are totally inaccurate and irresponsible.
He is mentally impaired and should not be in a position of authority to make harmful decisions for the American
people.
(3 comments) SHARE Saturday, January 18, 2025 Inside Iran
Iranian government was achieving being a major international pain that but suddenly they were kicked out of every country. The price of that adventurism was losing in every aspect Iranian peoples life except creating bad reputation.
(13 comments) SHARE Wednesday, January 1, 2025 Khamenei's Demented Hatred of Israel
The basis of octogenarian and supreme leader Khamenei's dark delusions of the extermination of Israel.
(16 comments) SHARE Saturday, October 26, 2024 Israel Bombs Iran
This article offers basic information regarding organizations, forces and people involved in the conflict between Iran and Israel.
Iranian people have been systematically endorsing Israel and rejecting Iranian government.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, October 9, 2024 Ali Khamenei: Iranian Geriatric Supreme Dictator
Conditions in Iran are disastrous. Nothing makes sense.
Khamenei has lost control over his mental faculties & his behavior. He refuses to resign, he is surrounded himself with corrupt advisers. They are more money hunger than he is. His elusions of exterminating Israel has changed to delusions of victory
(3 comments) SHARE Friday, June 2, 2023 What should we do with Iranian government?
Iranian government lost the battle over women's head scarfs. However, the problem with hanging innocent goes on and on, with no end in sight. People are being hanged for none sense like insulting the religion. After 44 years of Islamic rule, people just do not want the damn thing anymore.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, March 8, 2023 The Leader who does not know that he does not know.
On 27 June 1981 ayatollah Khamenei, the current Iranian geriatric Supreme Leader was in a mosque to make a speech. There were at least one hundred tape recorders in front of him to tape his speech.one of the participants pushed the tapping buttons of one of the recorders, about one minute into his speech the device blew up and he was badly injured and trapped under the rubble.
(7 comments) SHARE Sunday, March 5, 2023 Serial Gasing of Iranian School Girls.
Iranian government using poison gas on school girls in different schools at different cities. The officials do not provide any answers. Hospitals are not permitted to provide any medical records to the parents or anyone else. The number of school girls and those girls who are hospitalized. The smell of gases are so strong that one can smell them hours later.
(3 comments) SHARE Thursday, January 26, 2023 Women, Life ,Freedom
There has been four months of constant demonstrations and strikes in Iran.
The government was able to temporarily slow down the rapid progress of uprising ,but they could not stop it.
there is the criminal clergy and left overs of revolutionary guards, against 85 million angry people.