About Washington Prism

Washington Prism is a weekly on-line journal of culture, politics and public affairs in Persian, dedicated to bringing the news and views of concern from the United States and beyond to the Persian speaking countries and communities in an accurate, comprehensive and analytical manner.

The primary function of Washington Prism is to act as a bridge between the Northern American community and the Persian speaking world by functioning as the “Washington Bureau” station for the collection of Persian publications and news services who can then use our material, free of charge, for their respected audience.

The media groups could help us extend our influence among the greater audience through reprints and quotes of our original material. With access to members of the three branches of the government, foreign representatives, leaders, thinkers and policymakers, Washington Prism can offer a unique service to all its clients. The areas of our coverage will include, but not exclusive to:

U.S. domestic and foreign policy
Domestic and International Economy
Domestic and International Law
Technology Issues
Media
Health
Science

Washington Prism and its sister publications in Russian, Chinese and Arabic form an International Media consortium as a part of a division of the World Security Institute.

Babak Yektafar, Editor-in-Chief of Washington Prism is a graduate of Farleigh Dickinson University with a B.A. in Communications. From 1999 to 2005, Babak was a producer with C-SPAN network’s national live morning program, Washington Journal. Prior to that, he worked at a local public station as a producer and as the station’s Vice President for Operations. Babak has been residing in the United States since 1977.

The division includes several highly successful independent publications. WSI is a non-profit non-partisan non-ideological non-governmental organization funded completely by charitable donations, mostly from large philanthropic foundations such as Ford, MacArthur, Carnegie, and Hewlett but also from thousands of individuals. WSI does not accept any funding from the U.S. government. WSI does not exercise any editorial control over its publications and television shows, and the WSI media projects involve some of the nation’s most respected national journalists

World Security Institute

The International Media Division at the World Security Institute (WSI) includes several highly successful independent, foreign-language publications and some of the nation’s most respected national journalists. WSI is a non-profit, non-partisan, organization funded by philanthropic foundations and individual donations. WSI does not accept any funding from the U.S. government. WSI does not exercise any editorial control over its publications or television shows.