Four Possible Scenarios to Determine the Future of the Iranian Nuclear Deal
We are just a few days away from the US administration making clear its position on the nuclear deal between the P5+1 group and Iran….
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Qizilbash Confederations yesterday and today
From Eastern Anatolia and Azerbaijan to Iran and Afghanistan, the influential Qizilbash confederacy has played an important role in shaping political, religious and cultural History…
ANALYSIS: Human rights violations a tool to spread fear in Iran
Despite widespread international criticism of the Iranian regime’s treatment of its citizens who participated in the recent protests, human rights violations have skyrocketed in Iran….
What lies ahead for Iran’s simmering fire of protests?
The recent uprising sweeping across Iran is rattling the very pillars of the ruling regime. Despite claims and analysis of this movement coming to an…
Turkey Begins Operation Against U.S.-Backed Kurdish Militias in Syria
ISTANBUL — Turkish artillery fired shells into the northern Syrian region of Afrin on Friday as Turkey’s defense minister announced a military operation against American-backed…
PUTIN’S SECRET ARMIES WAGED WAR IN SYRIA—WHERE WILL THEY FIGHT NEXT?
In the desert of eastern Syria, not far from a town called Deir ez-Zor, there’s reportedly a pile of stones surrounding a wooden board, with an Orthodox…
Five myths about Iran
For the past four decades, the United States and Iran have demonized each other to no end. According to Tehran, America is “the Great Satan”…
What the Iran Protests Were Not
Recent protests in numerous Iranian cities and towns caught the world by surprise, and embarrassed Iran’s government and ruling political establishment. But the expectation that…
The end of Turkey’s EU membership bid?
The BBC reported from Paris on Jan. 5 that French President Emmanuel Macron had ended the “hypocrisy” of pretending there is any prospect of an…
Iran and the oil price
What does the spread of street protests across Iran mean for the oil market? The immediate response, driven no doubt by the substantial amounts of speculative money…