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Samira Mohyeddin
Last published March 2026 · On our record since 2013
Where this writer stands
Foreign affairs2 pieces
Alliance restraintAssertive alliances and sanctions
“What Iranians do need from the international community is principled restraint, as well as consistent and continued advocacy for human rights.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Opinion: Iran’s Supreme Leader is dead, but the Islamic Republic was always bigger than just himOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 2, 2026
- Opinion: Iranian protesters need solidarity. They’re being sabotaged insteadOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 5, 2026
- Opinion: The hope we carry: How two Iranian-Canadians became bound by the same tragic storyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 12, 2025
- Opinion: Iranians deserve a path to freedom that is also free from violenceOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 15, 2025
- Opinion: The U.S. is declaring war on Canada’s very identityOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 14, 2025
- Opinion: ‘I urge you to hear the voices of the Iranian people.’ Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi remains unbowedOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 23, 2025
- Opinion: In the wake of Kianoosh Sanjari’s death, Iran continues to devour its ownOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 5, 2024
- Opinion: Zara Esmaeili sang publicly in Iran without a hijab, and hasn’t been heard from sinceOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 15, 2024
- Opinion: Don’t be fooled - Iran’s president-elect is no great reformerOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 10, 2024
- Opinion: Pride and prejudice: Canada must do more to help Iran’s LGBTQ communityOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 27, 2024
- Opinion: Do not weep for the Butcher of TehranOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 19, 2024
- Opinion: The death sentence for rapper Toomaj Salehi shows the fragility of the Iranian regimeOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 28, 2024
- Opinion: Canada has become a safe haven for officials from Iran’s monstrous regimeOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 4, 2024
- Opinion: Depriving women of their rights should be a crime against humanityOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 7, 2024
- Opinion: To understand what Iranians want, all you have to do is listenOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 8, 2024
- I am Canadian. So why don’t I always feel like it?Opinion · Toronto Star · Nov 7, 2015
- Good riddance to relations with IranOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 10, 2013