Fereydoun Magazine

Fereydoun is NUFDI's Persian-language quarterly of ideas and analysis. It takes its name from the hero of the Shahnameh who, with the blacksmith Kaveh at his side, overthrew the tyrant Zahhak — a story Iranians have been retelling in the streets of their own cities. The magazine was born of that moment: a country in ferment, a generation that has broken with fear, and a public sphere crowded with propaganda from both the regime and its would-be successors. Fereydoun exists to interrupt that noise and to be, in its own words, "a reflection of thought on and for Iran."

What it is — and what it is not

Fereydoun is political, but it is not daily news. It shapes discourse, but it is not propaganda or ideology. It holds to clear intellectual and political principles, but it belongs to no party or organization, and although its founders have their own political views, it is not confined to them.

The magazine has one red line: Iran — understood as an indivisible whole of land and people, expressed in a single word, homeland. It cannot work with those who cast doubt on Iran's territorial and national integrity or who hedge on rejecting the Islamic Republic in its entirety; it welcomes everyone who thinks about Iran, cares for that soil, and sees the Islamic Republic as the enemy of the homeland.

Inside each issue

Regular sections include Reflections of the Day (short pieces on the moment), Reflections on the Road to Victory (strategy for the struggle), Reflections on the Day After (consolidating a free Iran), long-form interviews and essays, and the archive of complete issues. All content is in Persian and freely available on the magazine's website.

Publication details

Editor-in-chief: Alireza Kiani
Publisher: National Union for Democracy in Iran (NUFDI) — P.O. Box 60317, Potomac, Maryland 20859-0317, USA
Contact: [email protected]

NUFDI Fund supports Fereydoun so that serious Persian-language thinking about Iran's future remains free, independent and widely read.