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Nader Rahimi
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Nader Rahimi is a scientist, poet, translator, professor, and political activist. He is the author of Songs of Being and translator of The Scarlet Stone and Other Poems by the celebrated Persian poet Siavash Kasrai. His third collection of poetry, Water Lily Kingdom, is the winner of Moonstone Press’s 2025 Chapbook Contest. His other writings and translations appear in numerous anthologies from Moonstone Press anthologies and in Parsagon: The Persian Literature Review.
Recent Articles by Author
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War, Collapse, and the Misreading of Power
The 12-day war between the United States, Israel, and Iran in 2025, followed by renewed conflict on February 28, 2026, revealed not merely a military confrontation, but a fundamental misreading of how political power survives. The strategy pursued by Washington and Tel Aviv appeared to rest on a…
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Struggle and the Problem of Celebrity Voice
Since the outbreak of war on February 28, 2026, between the United States, Israel, and Iran, renewed attention has focused on resistance to the Iranian regime, particularly within diasporic Iranian communities and international media spheres. Public figures—some Iranian, many not—have spoken in…
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A Nation That Funds War, Not Science
Over the past decade, the United States has entered a sustained phase of military expansion accompanied by widening geopolitical commitments and renewed great-power competition. While this trajectory is routinely justified in the language of national security, it exposes a deeper structural reality…
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Empire Without Occupation: Intervention, Oil, and the Reconfiguration of Sovereignty
The overthrow of Mohammad Mossadegh on August 19, 1953, stands as one of the most consequential coups of the twentieth century, marking a decisive moment in the consolidation of modern imperialist intervention. Operation Ajax was not merely the removal of a democratically legitimate, anti-…