Middle East
Rouhani Faces Tougher Audience at UN This Year
When Iranian President Hassan Rouhani came to New York last year for his debut at the UN General Assembly, there was optimism that a fundamental shift between ……Read More
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Women’s Right to Attend Aports Events at Centre of Iran’s Culture Wars
A British-Iranian woman imprisoned In Tehran for attempting to watch a men’s volleyball match is at the centre of Iran’s cultural wars that constitute the ……Read More
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A Political ‘Perfect Storm’
Is the United States heading into — indeed, has it already launched — a new war in the Middle East? Like so much else in ……Read More
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Iran Fills Key Role in Battling Islamic State in Iraq
In an isolated corner of northeastern Iraq, a foreign power has been a crucial contributor in a little-noticed front against the militant Islamic State – ……Read More
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The Military Capabilities of Iran
With some of the former members of the Coalition of the Willing rattling their sabres now that ISIS/ISIL/IS has claimed responsibility for the brutal murder ……Read More
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Iran–US Relations in the Light of the Nuclear Negotiations
Iran and the P5+1 (the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany, officially referred to as the E3+3 or E3/EU+3) agreed to ……Read More