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English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-08 November 2025-No37 Dick Cheney, long-time Republican politician and former vice president to George W Bush from 2001-2009, died on 3rd of November. This is not an obituary – this is a lamentation. An expression of anguish that yet another ‘public servant’ in the endless succession of power-wielding malignant growths was able to survive his destructive legacy unscathed. Cheney was central to the attack on Iraq and creating the US government’s ‘enhanced interrogation …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-08 November 2025-No37 Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old Democrat politician, has become mayor-elect of New York, the most populous city in the United States and the country’s financial heart. During the campaign, Donald Trump threatened that if Zohran Mamdani won, he might cut New York’s federal funding. Mamdani is said to identify as Muslim, yet he is a staunch supporter of the rights of sexual and gender minorities. But the focus of Mamdani’s campaign …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-08 November 2025-No37 On the eve of the anniversary of the US embassy seizure in Tehran in 1979, Khamenei once again crawled out of his hole and declared that, in his view, “the dispute between the United States and the Islamic Republic is not a tactical or occasional one, but an essential dispute”. He set out three conditions, and said that if the US accepted them, “the Americans’ request for cooperation” could be …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-08 November 2025-No37 Falahatpisheh, a multiple-term MP in Iran, revealed that a certain outfit receives a budget of  over 1,000 billion Toman a year to convert Japanese people to Islam, and after six years had converted one person — who turned out not to be Japanese. He called it a racket. People harbour deep loathing for the government and its Islamic institutions, the herd of mullahs and ayatollahs, and the apparatuses of repression …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-08 November 2025-No37 The Islamic Republic has been forced to revoke the death sentence of Sharifeh Mohammadi, a labour activist and defender of women’s rights. This is a major success for the anti-execution movement in Iran. However, in an effort to avoid acknowledging this retreat as a victory for the anti-execution movement, the authorities have retained the original charge of “baghi” — armed rebellion against the state — and commuted Sharifeh Mohammadi’s death …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-31 October 2025-No36 This year’s Nobel Prize in Economics has gone to three economists: Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt, and Joel Mokyr. The prize was awarded for the theory of “sustained growth through creative destruction.” Members of the Nobel Academy explain the theory as follows: “Economic growth arises out of creative destruction. This process is creative because it is built on innovation, but at the same time it is destructive because it renders old …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-31 October 2025-No36 In a statement released on 29–۳۰ October 2025, Donald Trump, the President of the United States, ordered the country’s nuclear weapons tests to be resumed “immediately,” and “on a parity basis” with the nuclear programs of Russia and China. In a post on the “TruthSocial” network he wrote: “Because of other countries’ testing programs, I have directed the [U.S.] Department of War to begin testing our nuclear weapons on the …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-31 October 2025-No36 Ekrem İmamoğlu, the mayor of Istanbul and a leading figure in the Republican People’s Party, was transferred on Sunday from Silivri Prison to Çağlayan Courthouse and, after several hours of interrogation, was this time arrested on the charge of “political espionage” and returned to prison. This comes while he had previously been detained on unfounded financial accusations. İmamoğlu’s re-arrest is not merely a legal maneuver but a full confession by …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-31 October 2025-No36 Parliament’s Cultural Commission has called on the state broadcaster to air content designed to combat “nudity.” Ahmad Rastineh, the commission’s spokesperson, said: “Members of this commission have demanded the implementation of content-driven, advocacy-oriented programs to combat ‘nudity’ on the Islamic Republic’s radio and television.” He added that commission members stated: “The national broadcaster must perform properly in promoting Iranian-Islamic culture and identity and in confronting nudity.” As the saying goes, …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-31 October 2025-No36 Ali Kord, a member of Parliament’s Social Commission, said: “Although the subsidy amount is small, cutting it can lead to social tension and protest.” He added: “Cutting subsidies is neither appropriate nor ethical, and it will bring protests in its wake and provide fodder for the enemy’s media.” In what language must the regime say it is ready to retreat out of fear of social protests? In what language must …