M. Reza Behnam

Dr. M. Reza Behnam is a political scientist who specializes in comparative politics with a focus on West Asia.  

The United States at 250: An Ode or Goad?

Iran: The Veil, the Beard and the Bomb

The Defiant Republic: The Ideological Imperative of a Strong Iran

The US-Israel Wars on Iran: Follow the Money

Gaza: A Meditation on Spirit and Survival 

Harvest of Chaos: The U.S. and Israel War on Iran

Strait of Hormuz: A Constant in Iranian History

Resistance as Ideology: Iran’s Political Culture of Survival

The Axis of Terror: The Destructive Price of America’s Blind Allegiance to Israel

America’s Israel: The Moral Cost of Complicity

Iran is a Nation, Not a “Regime”

Customizing Hate: How Terrorism Rhetoric Has Been Used to Shape Anti-Muslim Bias

From Tehran to Gaza: Frontlines of Resistance

Zionist Israel: The Scourge of Our Times

Welcome to Palestine, Minnesota: Life Under Occupation

On Iran: a Retrospective

The United States and Israel: Two Halves of a Toxic Whole

The Right to Resist: Palestine and the Semantics of Terrorism

How Did We Get Here? Palestine and the Mandates of Deception               

From Declaration to Dispossession: The Theft of Palestinian Land and the Birth of Israel

Palestine’s Past is Our Present: Why Its Story Matters to Us All

Why Iran Matters: What Every American Needs to Know 

Neither Imperialism, Nor Zionism: Reclaiming Palestine 

Genocide in Gaza:  A Stain on Us All

Reclaiming the Republic: The Case for Breaking America’s Bond with Israel

Sumud and the Children of Palestine

Israel in Palestine and the Collapse of International Order

Fascism in the Middle East

Said or Unsaid, Palestine is Here to Stay

International Law and Israel’s Reign of Terror in Gaza

The Times That Try Men’s Souls: America in 1776 and 2025

Iran and the United States: Nuclear Argy Bargy

Israel: Outpost or Country?

Palestinian Rights Are Human Rights

The U.S. and Israel: An Alliance of Blood, Politics and Money

From Truman to Trump: Palestine, America’s Fork in the Road

Palestinian March of Defiance and Israeli Trashing of International Conventions

Catastrophe in Palestine

Israel Bombs, America Yawns and Gatekeepers Con

Deception and Politics From Washington to Tel Aviv                              

Israel and the United States:  Who Rules the Roost?

Retreat from Reason:  Palestine in the Time of Monsters

The Fault is in Ourselves:  The Arabs and Their Leaders

Israel Unmasked

The Agony and Ecstasy of an Empire: The United States in the Middle East

Palestinians in Occupied Palestine: Defying Zionism and Imperialism

On the Frontline of Resistance: The Women of Palestine

Does Any Other Country Besides Israel Have the Right to Defend Itself?

Born and Dwells in Violence:  Israel’s Mission in the Middle East

The Politics of Water Under Occupation: Israel in Palestine