Middle East

Iran’s national poet, Simin Behbahani, known as the “Lioness of Iran” and a champion for women’s rights is in intensive care in a hospital in Tehran. ……Read More

At a meeting of Iran’s ambassadors, President Hassan Rouhani defended his administration’s performance on the nuclear negotiations, using harsh language to remind critics of the nuclear deal that ……Read More

An interesting article by Stephen Hummel at the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point looks at the possibility that ISIL/ISIS has managed to acquire some ……Read More

The extension of the Iran nuclear negotiations for another four months surprised many in the political elite and the news media. The consensus was that the talks ……Read More

In the midst of crises in Ukraine and Gaza, an important moment in ongoing nuclear talks between Iran, the United States and its international partners ……Read More

In this posting, I've been providing my readers with a daily update from the statistics provided by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). ……Read More