by:Mohamad Kawas
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent visits to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar can only be understood as a required first step to defusing tensions with the Gulf countries that was created by his rash reactions to the Qatar crisis, reactions unworthy of a major power. Read More »
With Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve
THE BIG IDEA: President Trump has described himself as “a loyalty freak” and told interviewers that it is the trait he cares about most when hiring an employee. “We could use some more loyalty, I will tell you that,” he said at the Boy Scout Jamboree last week. Read More »
By Erin Cunningham July 14, 2017
ISTANBUL — When the French energy giant Total signed a landmark gas deal with Iran this month, the company’s chief executive lauded the nearly $5 billion investment as a trailblazing initiative for peace. Read More »
These days, the American agenda in the region does not go well with Iran’s mood.
Shifting mood. A US armoured fighting vehicle returns to a base near West Mosul, last June. (Reuters)
by:Mohamad Kawas
Iran reaped major benefits by cooperating with the United States and the international coalition in the post-September 11 invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. The purely American agenda in the region eliminated in one blow two strategic enemies to Iran: The Taliban in power to the east and Saddam Hussein’s regime to the west. Read More »
by:Dr. Majid Rafizadeh, Contributor
Hundreds of members of the European Parliament have strongly condemned human rights violations by the Iranian government. According to Amnesty International, “Iran alone accounted for 55% of all recorded executions” in the world in 2016. They also called for the blacklisting of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) involved in multiple regional conflicts. Read More »
Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson told House Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, June 14, that the United States policy towards Iran is based on support of internal forces who can bring about peaceful change. Read More »
The Battle Over Khanemei’s Successor
By :Alex Vatanka, Sanam Vakil, Hossein Rassam
THE REFORMISTS FIGHT BACK
In “Iran’s Next Supreme Leader” (May/June 2017), Sanam Vakil and Hossein Rassam convincingly argue that the death of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, will mark a turning point in the Islamic Republic. They are right that Khamenei desperately wants a smooth transition and is insisting that someone personally and ideologically close to him take over the helm once he dies. Read More »
By :Devirupa Mitra
Dariush Shayegan, one of Iran’s prominent philosophers, talks about the direction the Islamic republic has taken, the failure of the Islamic revolution and the rise of Hindutva in India. Read More »
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