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Evin Prison: Mullah’s Crime Scene

Hassan Zarif Nazarian may not be disturbed as much as other detainees by the scenes of violence practiced in the video footage leaked from the notorious Evin prison in Tehran. Being held in the…

Rowshan Qassim - Erbil 10 September 2021
Part of the protests that erupted last July in Khuzestan, Iran.

Protest Movement in Ahwaz “Fire Under the Ashes”

Since last month, angry and frustrated Ahwazi Arabs of Iran have been protesting deliberate water shortage, deteriorating living conditions, and oppression by Iranian authorities. It was not the…

Amany M. Salem 13 August 2021
Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raisi delivers speech at the Imam Reza shrine in the city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran, on June 22, 2021. (Getty)

What Raisi’s Presidency Means for the Region

In his first statement as Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi rejected the possibility of meeting with US president Joe Biden, or even negotiating Iran’s ballistic missiles program and support for…

Hanin Ghaddar 25 June 2021
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Why the US is asking Lebanon for its bomb back

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