Russia has resumed attacks against Ukraine's cities and energy infrastructure using Iranian-made drones. There are also indications it is willing to assist the Iranian regime's brutal crackdown on...
Pardis Mahdavi, The University of Montana Shouts of “death to the dictator” and “woman, life, freedom” are reverberating throughout the streets of Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, a...
More than a decade ago, when Ahmadinejad became the president of Iran for the second time and the people protested the announcement of the results, Jafar Panahi was arrested. On July 30, 2009, he -...
This year's unprecedented attacks against Iraqi Kurdistan have had detrimental effects on the autonomous region's energy and tourism sectors. On July 20, Iraqi tourists converging on Zakho's Parakh...
While all eyes are on Ukraine, Turkey is preparing to reinvade Syria. Given that Moscow – the major ally of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad – is still preoccupied with the war in the Eastern...
On February 22, 2022, the issue of the Protection Bill in Iran, which aims to apply regulation to the internet, came to the fore. The bill, according to Iranian officials, is to support web users,...
US Secretary of Defence Lloyd J. Austin III was in the island kingdom of Bahrain over the weekend where he, as the New York Times succinctly put it, "faced tough questions about how Arab allies were...
The images of the events after the Taliban seized Kabul and other cities in Afghanistan have crossed the world. In a few hours, the lives of the country's residents changed. Many tried to flee...
Russia is currently not considering recognizing the Taliban regime, but is actively working with the new Afghan rulers. The Kremlin is de facto negotiating with terrorists, given that in 2003 Moscow...
Iran's recent military exercises on its northern border with Azerbaijan (replete with tanks, artillery guns, and helicopters firing at targets) raised eyebrows in Baku. Shortly after the Iranian...