Iran Times

By Manouchehr Mottaki
(Manouchehr Mottaki is the foreign minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Email: mottaki@iran-embassy.org.uk)
In 1892 Lord Curzon, who would later become Conservative foreign secretary, published Persia and the Persian Question. In his analysis he described a land that offered the region’s strongest potential bulwark against disorder, and identified the most critical impediment to [...]

In 1892 Lord Curzon, who would later become Conservative foreign secretary, published Persia and the Persian Question. In his analysis he described a land that offered the region’s strongest potential bulwark against disorder, and identified the most critical impediment to its growth, prosperity and stability. “Persia has nothing,” he said, in concordance with the then [...]