By Yuram Abdullah Weiler

Post 9/11 America: Islam and Muslims still suspect

Nineteen years have passed by since a rogue band of extremists hijacked four passenger airplanes and executed a multi-pronged attack on the symbols of American hegemony. Muslims were immediately eyed with great suspicion and these fears were amplified by U.S. politicians in a misguided attempt to capitalize on the public’s shock and outrage. Over the interceding years Americans’ negative attitudes toward and perceptions of Islam and Muslims has only worsened.

By Yuram Abdullah Weiler

The reality of Ashura versus the reality show of America

“Every day is Ashura and every land is Karbala.” —Imam Jafar Sadiq (AS)1

By Yuram Abdullah Weiler

Anti-racism protests in view of Ayatollah Khamenei’s letter to Western youth

Uprisings decrying racism and injustices perpetrated and perpetuated by police have erupted in hundreds of U.S. cities and towns, and spread to numerous cities in North America and Europe. Initially triggered by the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25, 2020, protests have expanded to embrace the broader cause of eliminating racism and injustices embedded in Western capitalist governments.

By Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Sabet

A heart full of affection for Iran beats in U.S.

What words and phrases can describe the kindness of a man who has begun his every day over the past 12 years after his namaz by editing articles for the Tehran Times fi sabilillah – for the sake of Allah? He is Brother Yuram Abdullah Weiler, a man with a heart full of love for Iran, who lives with his kind wife, Batyah, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. 

By Yuram Abdullah Weiler

Houthi retaliation on Saudi oil facilities checkmates Trump

“We promise the Saudi regime that our future operations will expand further and be more painful than ever as long as it continues its aggression and siege.” —Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Sari'

Analyst writes to U.S. on flood-hit Iranians 

TEHRAN –Yuram Abdullah Weiler, a U.S.-based international affairs analyst who occasionally writes for the Tehran Times, has written an open letter to U.S. officials urging them to open a way for relief aid for those hit by floods in Iran. 

By Yuram Abdullah Weiler

The Islamic Revolution at 40: Acknowledging the women

"This victory has come to us first and foremost because of the women rather than the men." —Imam Khomeini, 23 Farvardin 1358 (12 April 1979).

By Jalal Heirannia

Trump seems to be closer to Reagan: analyst

TEHRAN – Political analyst Yuram Abdullah Weiler says Trump “is a man that sees no problem with taking advantage of someone in financial straits; a man that appears to completely lack the smallest iota of compassion for any human being outside of his family circle.”