Tajikistan: The success story that failed (Massoumeh Torfeh, Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/12/tajikistan-success-story-failed-161208151057199.html

No consensus in Afghanistan on how to deal with Taliban (Massoumeh Torfeh, Al Jazeera)

Afghans still divided over whether the Taliban is the enemy or a band of "dissatisfied brothers".

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/10/consensus-afghanistan-deal-taliban-161003100623830.html

Love in the time of pre-revolution Iran (Massoumeh Torfeh, Al Jazeera)

Set in the early 1950s Iran, in the era just after the US-led coup that reinstated Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, a new Iranian TV serial, Shahrzad, tells the story of an innocent love tormented by power games and corruption.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/05/love-time-pre-revolution-iran-160501114051472.html

After elections, Iranian women's demands are forgotten (Massoumeh Torfeh, Al Jazeera)

Despite women's attempts to find a voice in Iran's politics, their presence has been minimal and cosmetic.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/02/elections-iranian-women-demands-forgotten-160223074347892.html

Iran 37 years later: Any hope for reforms? (Massoumeh Torfeh, Al Jazeera)

From the moment the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi said in a radio broadcast, "I heard the voice of your revolution", and official newspapers ran the headline, "The Shah Has Gone", to the day when Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini arrived at Mehrabad airport in Tehran spanned a mere three months.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/02/iran-37-years-hope-reforms-160210082641602.html

Let the UN take the lead on Afghanistan and Syria (Massoumeh Torfeh, Al Jazeera)

Tajikistan, Central Asia's poorest state and Afghanistan's northern neighbour, is under dangerous pressure both internally and externally, according to an early warning report by International Crisis Group. The peace and security that has lasted for almost 20 years in Tajikistan is now facing serious threats. Nevertheless, it could be argued that the fact that peace has lasted for two decades is in itself significant. It is indicative of the relative success of the architecture of the Tajik peace accord of June 1997, which may have lessons for the diplomatic efforts under way for peace in both Afghanistan and Syria.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/02/lead-afghanistan-syria-160202091750346.html

(Istituto fondamentale - Afghanistan) The pursuit of peace in Afghanistan (Massoumeh Torfeh, Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/07/pursuit-peace-afghanistan-taliban-pakistan-150713141026071.html

(Istituto fondamentale - Central Asia) Why the sudden concern for Central Asia rights abuses? (Massoumeh Torfeh, Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/06/sudden-concern-central-asia-rights-abuses-150621083926890.html