About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
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Foreign Affairs Archive
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WashPost: “Detainee Tortured, Says U.S. Official”
Posted on January 13, 2009 | No CommentsThe Washington Post, January 14 2009, by Bob Woodward: The top Bush administration official in charge of deciding whether to bring Guantanamo Bay detainees to trial has concluded that the U.S. military tortured a Saudi national who allegedly planned to participate in the Sept. 11,... -
Georgia: WTF is going on?
Posted on August 10, 2008 | No CommentsThese are the headlines that I’ve been reading this afternoon: The New York Times: On Slog to Safety, Seething at West One soldier, his face a mask of exhaustion, cradled a Kalashnikov. “We killed as many of them as we could,” he said. “But where... -
Foreign Policy: Seven Questions: What Iran Wants
Posted on July 20, 2008 | No CommentsBig ups to my cousin Karim Sadjadpour for his latest interview in FP: Foreign Policy: Last week, Iran sounded conciliatory notes when Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki hailed a “new trend” in negotiations with the West over the nuclear issue. But this week, Iranian officials vowed... -
NYT: Fidel Castro Resigns as Cuba’s President
Posted on February 19, 2008 | No CommentsOr, if you prefer, direct from the source (Spanish), or in translation (English). -
Kosovo slated for independence?
Posted on February 15, 2008 | No CommentsApparently Kosovo is poised for independence this Sunday. Remember this map, kids: Update: George Kenney points to this recent interview he did with Sir Ivor Roberts, former UK Ambassador to Yugoslavia in the mid-1990s. -
WSJ: Stresses From Iraqi Father’s Disappearance Strike Family Hard
Posted on January 2, 2008 | 1 CommentThis is from my good friend and Columbia classmate, Sarmad Ali, who has written a follow-up piece to his story from last February. I wasn’t there in Baghdad; I couldn’t be there. I am an Iraqi citizen caught between two worlds. I’m a guest in... -
Behold, the power of Schengen!
Posted on December 21, 2007 | No CommentsEstonia and a whole host of other countries joined the expanded Schengen Zone today! > -
NYT: U.S. Says Iran Ended Atomic Arms Work
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Go Team America!
Posted on November 16, 2007 | No CommentsTom Friedman: “On Sept. 11, 2001, the OPEC basket oil price was $25.50 a barrel. On Nov. 13, 2007, the OPEC basket price was around $90 a barrel.” This is absurd. -
We’re totally not attacking Iran. Right? (Please say yes.)
Posted on October 16, 2007 | No CommentsCaspian Sea countries say “no way.” But guv’ment spooks say “Please?” Uh oh. [Source: FP Passport]
