Iran

The Man Who Could Shape Iraq's Future

2018-05-19

Moqtada al-Sadr, who once led part of the insurgency against U.S. troops in Iraq, may pick the next prime minister.

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How Iran Will Respond to New Sanctions

2018-05-04

Even before US President Donald Trump began threatening to re-impose sanctions on Iran, foreign investors looking to do business there were wary. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani failed to get his pro-market agenda off the ground

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Iran Nuclear Deal: What Merkel Fears Might Happen if Trump Walks Away

2018-04-27

Trump decision to revisit the deal and to pressure the allies to help fix it

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Mullahs rig the price of moolah in Iran

2018-04-21

Iran looks ascendant in the Middle East, but its regime is messing up its own economy

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Russia Is in the Middle East to Stay

2018-04-02

Here is what the United States should do about it.

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Human Rights Center’s message to UN on arresting Sayyid Hussein al-Shirazi

2018-03-15

Adams Center for the Rights and Freedoms sent a message to the United Nations Secretary General Antonio guterres on the conditions of arresting Sayyid Hussein al-Shirazi

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IS THE F-35 FIGHTER THE NEXT TARGET OF SYRIAN AIR DEFENCE?

2018-02-20

Israelis claimed that Israeli jets were scrambled in response to an Iranian drone launched into Israeli airspace

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Iranians Are Mad as Hell About Their Foreign Policy

2018-01-03

The adventures of Tehran abroad have triggered anger at home

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The Remarkable Resilience of the Prime Minister of Iraq

2018-01-02

In December, Haider alAbadi declared victory over ISIS. But with Iranian militias still to contend with and tensions with the Kurds high, challenges to peace remain.

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Anti-regime protests in Iran erupt across the country

2017-12-30

Protesters chant death to the dictator

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Iraq and Iran sign Kirkuk oil swap agreement

2017-12-10

Deal allows Iraq to resume sales of Kirkuk crude, which has been halted since Iraqi forces took back control of fields from Kurds in October

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Yemen: The war the world ignores

2017-12-04

A pointless conflict has caused the worst humanitarian crisis in the world

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Saudi Arabia’s Lebanon gamble may pay off

2017-12-02

Saudi Arabia gamble to pressure Hezbollah by forcing Saad Hariri to resign may be paying off

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The Iranian–Saudi Hegemonic Rivalry

2017-10-28

At the core of the rivalry stand maximalist positions taken by both sides that are hardly reconcilable with each other

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