Who will save Iran?
As the 13th presidential election takes place in three days, on June 18, the propaganda in the Islamic Republic is trying to show that Iranians will go to the polls to determine the fate of their...
Category: Middle East
The Iraqi Army and the Kurdish Peshmerga are finally teaming up against the Islamic State
For once, there appears to be some positive news coming out of Iraq. The Iraqi Army and the armed forces of the autonomous Iraqi Kurdish region, the Peshmerga, are coordinating against the Islamic...
Israel-Palestine tensions spill over into the Balkans
Balkan nations remain divided decades after the Yugoslav Wars. Traditionally, ethnic and religious divisions dominate most Balkan societies and have become the way of life in the region whose...
Broken hearts in Kabul as terrorists attack school children
On Saturday, May 8, 2021, when the students of Sayyed Al-Shohada School were leaving, they were attacked by terrorists. These were innocent and unarmed students, who saw education and the acquisition...
Banned from travel abroad by their husbands
On February 16, 2021, when Samira Zargari, a ski coach, was going to accompany the Iran's Alpine ski team to Italy, she was not allowed to leave the country. Yusouf Ettefagh, her husband, had banned...
“Significant discrimination”: Covid, disabled people and the Global South
A new study from the University of Birmingham has shown that disabled people across the Global South have faced ‘significant discrimination’ during the Covid-19 pandemic, leaving them at greater...
Iraqi Kurdistan’s tranquil capital Erbil once again finds itself in the crosshairs
The latest rocket attack against the U.S. troop base in Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital Erbil was another worrying sign that the security and stability that its residents have touted over the years is...
Paradoxical attitudes towards homosexuality in Iran
After Pope Francis indicated support for same-sex civil unions, the LGBTQ community from other countries and different religions asked themselves what the reaction of other religious leaders might...
Acid attacks: photographer portrays the suffering of Iranian women
On Friday, October 2, 2016, Yousef Tabatabainejad, the leader of Friday prayer in Isfahan, in a meeting with law enforcement officials, called for "insecurity" in the area for women who do not wear...
A woman of hope and courage
On August 4, 2020, the port of Beirut suddenly exploded. After Australian bushfire season, the Covid-19 pandemic, the explosion of the Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, the death of George...