By Mohammad Mazhari

U.S. heading to authoritarian model of governance: Iranian sociologist

TEHRAN – An associate professor of sociology at the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies predicts that the U.S. will degenerate into an authoritarian state as democratic values no longer can resolve the disputes.

By Mohammad Mazhari

Idea of exporting democracy is undemocratic: Oxford professor

TEHRAN - A professor of history at the University of Oxford says that the idea of exporting democracy as a technique or technology is undemocratic.

By Mohammad Mazhari

It’s easier for U.S. to work with monarchies than democracies: professor

TEHRAN - It is easier for the U.S. to work with monarchies than democratic countries because in a monarchical system there is no dramatic change or shift of power, a leading Indian academic says.

By Mohammad Mazhari

U.S. divided along ideological lines between Red States and Blues States: American scholar

TEHRAN - American anthropologist William O. Beeman says that the United States is divided along ideological lines between Republicans and Democrats.

By Mohammad Mazhari

Political system in U.S. hardly accepts major changes: professor

TEHRAN - Nader Entessar, a professor emeritus of political science from the University of South Alabama, says that U.S. political system does not lend itself to major changes.

By Mohammad Mazhari 

Voting laws proposed by Republicans is to guarantee just lawful votes are counted, writer says

TEHRAN - An American writer says that Republicans' voting law is to make sure that only lawful votes are counted. "The American system is meant to count each lawful vote," Charles Ortel tells the Tehran Times.

By Mohammad Mazhari

Republicans’ moves to restrict voting is troubling sign for U.S. democracy: professor

TEHRAN – A professor of government at Georgetown University in Qatar says that Republicans' attempts to restrict voting is a troubling sign in the long term.

By Mohammad Mazhari

Biden-Harris government has put American Republic at risk, says rights activist

TEHRAN – While some states in the U.S. are preparing to restrict voting rights, an American human rights activist says that the Biden-Harris government has jeopardized the American Republic.

By Mohammad Mazhari

Demographic change, a big opportunity to U.S. democracy: professor

Adib-Moghaddam says right-wing idea “is based on xenophobia, aggression, an unscientific and irrational worldview and a good dose of stupidity”

TEHRAN - Professor Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, chair of the Centre for Iranian Studies at the London Middle East Institute, says that the shift in American demographic structure is an important opportunity to save democracy in the United States.

By Mohammad Ali Saki

There is a growing movement for social democracy in the U.S.:  Jeffrey Green

TEHRAN – A professor at the University of Pennsylvania says that some American politicians are tending towards social democracy. 

By Mohammad Mazhari

One-party systems can also present a model of development: Texas University professor

TEHRAN – An American professor from the University of Texas believes that one-party states like China can also offer an alternative model for development.   "One-party states like China can offer an alternative model of development," Jon R. Taylor tells the Tehran Times.