Anyone who has spent time in the Middle East knows tempers are short and wars are long. History tells us that here one spark and the region ignites, smoulders - and burns for a long time. Trump may have only just lit the fuse.
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Nowruz 2026
Today is the first day of Nowruz, the Persian New Year. This ancient festival can be traced back 5000 years to Sumerian times. It is steeped in Zoroastrian tradition and Persian legends, celebrating the first day of the first month, Farvardin, of the Iranian Calendar. I’ve been fortunate to be in Iran several times during Nowruz, sharing … Continue reading Nowruz 2026
Mowing the Lawn…
Divide and rule is as unlikely to succeed here as regime change from 30 000 feet is. Iranians will not let thousands of years of rich history and culture turn to rubble at their own hands. During the June attacks people in rural areas opened doors to those fleeing the bombardment of their cities, shopkeepers undercharged basic goods and neighbours knocked each other's doors to ask if they needed anything. The ancient Zoroastrian mantra ‘Good Words, Good Thoughts and Good Deeds’ transcends time, religion and ethnicity.
Attacking Iran
From the Zagros Mountains in the west where Alexander’s army squeezed through a small passage to avoid the Persians though the ingenious desert architecture of Yazd to the Heart of the nation (Esfahan) and the Soul (Shiraz) to the Caspian Sea in the north and the Straits of Hormuz in the south, Iranians are proud of their poets, sufis, writers and ancient cultures.



