Middle East

And yet, even when diplomacy is in overdrive, as it is now with Iran and six world powers striving for a comprehensive nuclear deal by ……Read More

As a short round of nuclear talks wound up Wednesday in Vienna, much of the world media’s focus has remained on the East-West standoff over Crimea. ……Read More

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu famously lambasted the November interim nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 as a “historic mistake.” Netanyahu has since muted ……Read More

At last it seems realistic to hope for a resolution to the unnecessary crisis surrounding Iran’s peaceful nuclear programme. In large part that is because ……Read More

The talks between Iran and the “P5+1” countries last week bring to mind Winston Churchill’s 1942 description of World War II: “It is not even ……Read More

The European Union’s meeting with Iranian activists in Tehran has pricked hardliners’ belief that human rights will be the next issue used to justify international meddling in Iran’s internal ……Read More