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Supporters of Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi wave green flags -- his campaign colour -- as they attend a pro-reform rally at Haydarniya Stadium in Tehran on June 9, 2009. (Getty)
Politics

Iran’s Green Movement Never Went Away

Ten years ago today, shortly after Iran’s presidential election onJune 14, 2009, millions of people took to the streets ofTehranchanting, “Where is…

Omid Memarian 21 June , 2019
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the State Department, Thursday, June 13, 2019, in Washington following attacks on 2 tankers near Arabian Gulf. (AP Photo)
Politics

Washington Struggles to Form Consensus Following Iranian Attacks

Controversy over the recent attacks on international shipping in the Gulf of Oman is dominating the American public discussion: The Trump…

Joseph Braude 21 June , 2019
White House US Senior Advisor Jared Kushner attends the conference on Peace and Security in the Middle East in Warsaw, on February 14, 2019. (Getty)
Politics

The Bumpy Road to “Peace for Prosperity”

The Peace for Prosperity workshop is set to take place on June 25-26 in Bahrain’s capital, Manama. The U.S.-led event is meant to…

Yasmine El-Geressi and Ali El Shamy 21 June , 2019
A group of children playing up to the camera while a fire smoulders in the street behind them, Belfast, Northern Ireland, December 1971. (Getty)
Culture & Social Affairs

The Price of Peace in Northern Ireland

The Northern Irish Troubles, relative to their scale, are the most studied conflict in modern history. They took place in a province the size…

Jonathan Stevenson 15 June , 2019
Joseph Aoun
Politics

Joseph Aoun

1-Joseph’s Childhood and Domestic Life Joseph Aoun was born on January 10, 1964 in the Sin el-Fil suburb east of Beirut in the Matn…

Al Majalla - London 14 June , 2019
Boris Johnson launches his Conservative Party leadership campaign at the Academy of Engineering on June 12, 2019 in London, England. (Getty)
Politics

Boris Johnson Edges Closer to Residing at Number 10

The first round of votes among Tory MPs has recently taken place on June 13, and candidates with fewer than 17 votes have been eliminated from the…

Ali El Shamy 14 June , 2019
People demonstrate outside the offices of IS demanding that they stop fighting with the rebels on January 6, 2014 in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. (Getty)
Politics

Homeward-bound Jihadists

When Westerners arrived in the caliphate, they would burn their passports, ceremonially rejecting their national identity, and brag of the act…

Jytte Klausen 14 June , 2019
US President Donald Trump holds piece of paper saying its his deal with Mexico as he speaks with reporters at the White House, in Washington, DC, on June 11, 2019. (Getty)
Business & Economy

US-Mexico Trade Dispute Stokes Volatility Concerns

American attention over the past two weeks has turned to President Trump’s dramatic move to impose tariffs on Mexican imports if the tide of…

Joseph Braude 14 June , 2019
Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) march during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, in the capital Tehran on September 22, 2018. (Getty)
Politics

What a War With Iran Would Look Like

Tensions betweenIranandthe United Statesare at their highest point in years. The 2015 Iran nuclear agreement is teetering. The Trump…

Ilan Goldenberg 14 June , 2019
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad meets with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran in this handout released by SANA on February 25, 2019. (Reuters)
Politics

How Iran Exploited Wars in the Middle East to Spread its Influence

Iran is ascendant in the Middle East, having exploited opportunities arising from the wars in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen by actively…

Yasmine El Geressi 14 June , 2019
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Iranians mark 40 days since Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli strikes at a demonstration in Tehran on 9 April, 2026. Majid Asgaripour / AFP
Politics

The US and Iran mull next moves amid shaky truce

10 April 2026

Washington weighs the desire to avoid a protracted war with offsetting the appearance of defeat, as Tehran debates whether to consolidate gains before conditions shift or press perceived advantages

Alex Vatanka
Awami Rickshaw Union workers holding posters of Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, shout slogans after the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in Lahore on 8 April 2026. Arif ALI / AFP
Politics

Behind the truce: Pakistan mediation proves pivotal

08 April 2026

Islamabad is humming with behind-the-scenes diplomacy to turn this tentative pause into lasting peace.

Kaswar Klasra
Al Majalla
Politics

5 unanswered questions on the US-Iran ceasefire

09 April 2026

The fragile truce faces significant obstacles.

John Haltiwanger
Al Majalla
Politics

The US-Iran war tanked Trump's popularity at home

07 April 2026

Instead of the "no endless wars" they were promised, Americans were thrown into a disastrous war and were feeling the economic pinch at the gas pump

Brian Katulis
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shake hands during a session at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on 29 March 2026. Reuters
Politics

Palestinian executions are now official Israel policy

08 April 2026

Israel's parliament approved a draconian death penalty law last week that only applies to Palestinian prisoners, in a move that the UN says "would constitute a war crime"

Khaled Essam Eleslamboly

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