Middle East

With the world seemingly exploding around us, it may be time to consider our relationship with Iran. As Henry Kissinger said once, to solve the ……Read More

A year after Hassan Rouhani’s inauguration as Iran’s president, the human rights situation in the country has deteriorated for many human rights defenders and especially for Baha’is ……Read More

Fariba, 31, is a newly divorced attorney living in Tehran who, in a phone conversation, tells Al-Monitor she blames her divorce on online dating. Fariba found ……Read More

To clinch a nuclear deal, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has to reassure world powers. But to achieve long-term regional stability, he has to overcome deeply sown suspicions ……Read More

In a previous posting, I examined the basic tenets of Palestine's Hamas political party.  In the interest of balance, let's now look in some detail ……Read More

As shown on this map from ReliefWeb, a service of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), due to the hostilities ……Read More