English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-15 November 2025-No38 Elon Musk, CEO of car manufacturer Tesla, has, with the approval of shareholders, secured the largest executive pay and compensation package in history, amounting to one trillion dollars. The approval of a trillion-dollar reward package for Elon Musk by Tesla’s shareholders is not a prize for technological genius, but a fitting tribute to the services he has rendered to capital and its ruthless logic. On paper, this pay package is …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-15 November 2025-No38 For the first time in the history of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra, its baton has been handed to a woman. Paniz Faryousafi, a musician and conductor, is appearing as guest conductor for the ensemble’s latest programme, ‘Land of Simorgh’, on 11 and 12 November at Vahdat Hall. This is not merely an artistic event; it is a symbol of a profound transformation at the heart of Iranian society – a …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-15 November 2025-No38 On Monday 8 November, Ahmad Shar’a met Donald Trump at the White House – a meeting that marks a turning point in the astonishing trajectory of Ahmad Shar’a, the former ISIS member. In Washington, he announced that he is “willing, prepared and intends” to join the international coalition against ISIS. Ahmad Shar’a’s decision to join the anti-ISIS coalition has strategic regional consequences, especially in Syria and Turkey. Syria’s joining the …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-15 November 2025-No38 Some time ago, through friends, we got in touch with the sister of political prisoner Saman Mohammadi Khiyareh. After thirteen years in prison, Saman was executed on 3 October 2024 in Ghezel Hesar prison. His sister, her voice choked with tears, spoke of the injustice inflicted on her brother and their family, and asked us not to let their cry for justice be silenced. She told us that her brother …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-15 November 2025-No38 There are numerous signs indicating a rising likelihood of a U.S. military attack on Venezuela. The United States has placed a fifty-million-dollar bounty on the arrest of Venezuela’s president and, over recent months, has gradually deployed a large military force in the Caribbean. As a warm-up, the U.S. has so far destroyed 19 Venezuelan civilian vessels on charges of drug trafficking and has killed 76 innocent civilians—without evidence and without …