Iran sanctions and sickness
– Vira Ameli ویرا عاملی
In the current global pandemic, Iran occupies a unique position. One of the first countries to experience the outbreak of covid-19, it is simultaneously the target of an economic blockade that goes back not years, but decades. How Iran has fared under …
Arabs sadly lacking solidarity in the age of coronavirus
– Ramzy Baroud رمزي بارود
While the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to ravage almost every nation on earth, Arab countries remain unable to formulate a collective strategy to help their poorest and most vulnerable citizens survive the deadly virus and its economic …
Pompeo to Iraq: If you kick us out, we will bury you
– Mike Whitney مایک ویتنی
The Trump administration is threatening to destroy Iraq’s economy by withholding a critical source of money that is controlled by the Federal Reserve. The threat is a response to the Iraqi parliament’s unanimous decision to end Washington’ …
‘Marry-your-rapist’ bill to be introduced by lawmakers in Turkey
– Maya Oppenheim
Critics argue legislation legitimises child marriage and statutory rape
A law which would allow men accused of having sex with girls who are under 18 to avoid punishment if they marry their victims is set to be introduced to parliament …
Reading Sun Tzu in Tehran
– Alastair Crooke
Iran is not done. General Hajizadeh, Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, said in a briefing yesterday that the strike “was the starting point of a great operation”. He also underlined that “the strikes were not meant to cause fatalities: …
Qatar: 5-year prison sentence set for ‘fake news’
– Human Rights Watch هيومن رايتس ووتش
Penal Code amendments a setback for freedom of expression
(Beirut) – Qatar has amended its penal code to restrict further the already-narrow space for free expression by setting criminal penalties for spreading “fake news” online, …
The roots of USAmerican demonization of Shi’a Islam
– Pepe Escobar Пепе Эскобар
The US targeted assassination, via drone strike, of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, apart from a torrent of crucial geopolitical ramifications, once again propels to center stage a quite inconvenient truth: the congenital incapacity of so-called US elites …
The deeper story behind the assassination of Soleimani
– Federico Pieraccini
Days after the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani, new and important information is coming to light from a speech given by the Iraqi prime minister. The story behind Soleimani’s assassination seems to go much deeper than what has thus …
Trump moves to de-escalate Iran crisis
– Pepe Escobar Пепе Эскобар
‘Iran’s offensive missiles cannot be defended against; it hugs the ground going underneath the radar screens’
Even before US President Donald Trump addressed world public opinion from the White House, following the Iranian missile …
Can USA win an unconventional war against Iran?
– Daniel J. Levy
America has the big guns: but Iran is a master of unconventional warfare. Could Tehran repeat the many successes of its asymmetric, proxy-based warfare if conflict with the U.S. escalates?
Iranian mourners carry a symbolic coffin wrapped in a U.S. …
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