Who is Mehdi Motaharnia?29 May 2026Mehdi Motaharnia, born on 12 February 1966 in Kashan, is an Iranian political analyst, futurologist, university profess…
Filing a court case and declaring a crime against Motaharnia12 November 2025Judiciary News Agency: Following the submission of numerous invalid and fabricated claims, and in the last case, a stat…
Simorgh | Intellectualism, Power, and the Deadlock of Republic in Iran – Conversation between Mehdi Motaharnia and Sadegh Zibakalam30 September 2025In a conversation with Sadegh Zibakalam, we examine the narrative of intellectualism, power, and the challenges of repu…
Sheikh Nasser Naqavian: You have controlled all aspects of this country for 45 years; what has been the result?!30 September 2025The place of ethics in our governance and politics is missing!
Sheikh Naser Naqavian: Concentration of power must be eliminated.30 September 2025If the government wants to regain its lost popularity, it must first engage in a transparent and fearless dialogue with…
Sheikh Nasser Naqavian: Those gentlemen who sit in the seminaries and issue fatwas should come with me to the classrooms and the streets!30 September 2025Note: This episode of Simorgh, produced by Abdollah Abdi, was recorded before the Israeli attack on Iran.
Simorgh | Wisdom, Governance, Identity — a conversation between Mehdi Motaharnia and Dr. Ali-Asghar Pourazzat on Abdi Media30 September 2025In the latest episode of Simorgh, Dr. Mehdi Motaharnia hosts Dr. Ali-Asghar Pourazzat, a prominent professor of managem…
Sheikh Nasser Naqavian: If a jurist can advance their thinking to the level of the community’s intellectual leaders, the people will accept them.28 September 2025In the Constitution, alongside the term “jurists,” the phrase “fully qualified” is also mentioned.
Sheikh Naser Naqavian: In Ayatollah Khomeini’s view, music was absolutely forbidden!28 September 2025If our seminary cannot update itself, it is doomed to the same fate that priests and clergy of other religions have fac…
Sheikh Nasser Naqavian: We are not seeking a revolt or reform in the sense of a revolution; rather, we aim for a structural reform.28 September 2025These people have seen enough blood and bloodshed; they cannot bear another disorder — in which the blood of innocents…
Listen | Simorgh | Ethics, Future Governance, and Fiqh – a conversation between Mehdi Motaharnia and Sheikh Nasser Naqavian.28 September 2025
Listen: Simorgh | Economy, Justice, Hidden Collapse — a conversation between Mehdi Motaharnia and Dr. Hossein Raghfar on Abdi Media28 September 2025Structural corruption, the banking system trapped in the grip of security institutions, and the education crisis; Hosse…
Listen | Simorgh | Ethics, Future Governance, and Fiqh – A conversation between Mehdi Motaharnia and Sheikh Naser Naqavian27 September 2025Listen without filters on Castbox Abdi Media
Sadegh Zibakalam: If I see a reason to depart from [my beliefs], I will certainly do so.26 September 2025The three words that will shape Iran’s future: abandoning resentment, hatred, and malice.
Sadeq Zibakalaam: Our biggest problem is understanding the developments in our own society!25 September 2025Note: This season of the Simorgh program, produced by Abdullah Abdi, was produced before the Israeli attack on Iran.
The Right to Protest and Iran's Future Governance Model, Mehdi Motaharnia's Conversation with Hedayat Aghaei on the Simorgh Program25 September 2025In a world where political order is being redefined, the key question is how reformism in Iran will have to do with the…
Sadegh Zibakalam: It matters who is the president25 September 2025I wanted with all my being to prevent Jalili's presidency; because it was a continuation of the misery that started dur…
Sadegh Zibakalam: I am against the overthrow, but I am seeking change with all my heart.25 September 2025I am in no way saying that we must cling to this system with our claws and teeth!
Criticism of the young generation's narrative of the 1979 Revolution25 September 2025Don't read more than two pages of the book to see what happened in 1979, you will only look at us with hatred and resen…
Water Crisis and Natural Resources; A Conversation Between Environmental Activist Mohammad Darvish and Ataullah Ebrahimi, Director of the Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Institute25 September 2025While natural resources can act as the cornerstone of a country's stability, their lack of proper management can lead t…
Sadegh Zibakalam: If the Islamic Republic falls tonight, we have come out of the hole and fallen into the well.25 September 2025After the fall of the Islamic Republic, our gaps will just explode and get out
Sadeq Zibakalam: We should not join the wave of hatred and grudges and say that we have no other choice but to overthrow!25 September 2025Our society is influenced by four deep social divisions: cultural, religious, ethnic and financial divisions
Sadegh Zibakalam: In January 2017, some female students at Tehran University took off their headscarves for the first time.25 September 2025With the anger I saw in the Basij's eyes, they might have shot female students if they had weapons
Sadegh Zibakalam: The overthrow of the cause of hatred and hatred of the Islamic Republic's system25 September 2025I believe at least 5 % of Iranian people are dissatisfied with this system