Middle East

As President Obama heads off to Riyadh this week—the last stop, on Friday, of a Europe-heavy itinerary—he should be a happy guy. Unlike his relationship ……Read More

Iran touted the February 2010 capture of Jundallah (Soldiers of God)[1] leader Abdelmalek Rigi as the death knell for the ethnic Baluch insurgency plaguing its ……Read More

Since the Rouhani administration reached its interim agreement with the world powers on Iran’s nuclear program last November, the president’s conservative rivals have faced a ……Read More

While the world’s attention is focused on Iran’s nuclear program, the European Union and European Parliament have broadened the agenda to include Iran’s poor record on ……Read More

An Iranian Sunni extremist group operating out of hideouts in southwestern Pakistan, Jaysh al-Adl (JA – Army of Justice), has started to threaten Iran’s security ……Read More

As the latest round of nuclear talks between Iran and the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) came to a ……Read More