Nader Rahimi

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.

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The Illusion of American Security in the Persian Gulf: How War Consolidates Power in Tehran

For decades, Washington armed the Persian Gulf Arab states extensively. Expansive military bases, aircraft carrier deployments, integrated air defense systems, and bilateral security agreements were presented as ironclad shields against largely manufactured existential threats—particularly from the…

Imperial Echoes: From Operation Ajax to Operation Midnight Hammer and Operation Epic Fury

“So this is how we get rid of that madman Mossadegh.”In the summer of 1953, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles reportedly held up a copy of a top-secret plan—Operation Ajax—and made that declaration. The operation, engineered by the United States and Great Britain, overthrew Iran’s…

War Abroad, Austerity at Home: Liberation by Bombs?

Last night, the United States and Israel launched what can only be described as an unprovoked and illegal attack on Iran. The strikes reportedly targeted several Iranian cities, including the residences of the Supreme Leader and the President, along with other state officials and military and…

The Time of Monsters

The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters.” — Antonio GramsciThe old world is dying—you can hear it breathing in the walls.The clocks still tick,but time has grown uncertain,as if even historywalks in circles.Between the heartbeat and the…

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