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The Iranian media has gained a lot of experience in utilising "soft power" models at the regional level. These media publish their content in different languages, albeit in low quality. Mari Fouz

Iran’s ‘soft power’ media machine is losing its charm 

Iran utilising soft power tools such as multi-language media outlets to influence opinion around the world in its favour 

Adel Al-Salmi 15 February 2023
Iranian Shiite pilgrim show cards baring pictures of slain Iranian and Iraqi commanders, respectively Qasem Soleimani (R) and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. AFP

Despite domestic protests, Iranian influence still looms large in Iraq

Many Iraqis in Karbala feel that they owe Iran for their help in fighting the Islamic State

Shelly Kittleson 15 February 2023
Iranians walk past Shahab-2 (L) and Shahab-3 missiles on display in front of a large portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a square in south Tehran on September 28, 2008. Getty Images

Iran's push for an empire reveals the dark reality of its ruthless ambitions

Iran's meddling in regional states has brought nothing but poverty and global isolation to the Iranian people

Houssam Itani 09 February 2023
Ruins of the Tachara, Persepolis. Portrait from Iran 1,000,000-rial 2020 Banknotes. Shutterstock

Why global sanctions on Iran matter

Global sanctions have curtailed Iran's economic growth, limited its oil exports and devalued its currency, but Tehran has been resilient in its ability to fund its regional proxies

Khaled Kassar 04 February 2023
The regime isolation in the West and the international community has increased. Sébastien Thibault

Will the Iranian regime fall?

Al Majalla unpacks these developments in Iran, in both its print and digital versions, posing a question: "Is the regime falling?"

Al Majalla - London 01 February 2023
Recent protests sparked by the murder of Mahsa Amini demonstrate the power of Iranian women and their long legacy of combatting oppression Eduardo Ramon

A culture of resistance: Iranian women's revolution is a fine art

The iconography of Mahsa exemplifies the nature of the Iranian woman who never ceases to create hope, art, and culture in her life, and even in her death

Shadi Alaa Aldin 01 February 2023
While enormously powerful and extensive, the regime’s security apparatus is facing its strongest internal challenge yet from domestic protesters. Andrei Cojocaru

The Iranian security machine: Will it win?

Iran's regime has continuously developed its capabilities required to deal with a full range of threats — from foreign military aggression, espionage and subversion to localised, civil unrest

John Raine 01 February 2023
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A wounded girl lies on a hospital bed after an Israeli strike in the Syrian village of Beit Jin on 28 November 2025 killed 10 people, the deadliest Israeli attack since al-Assad's ouster in December 2024. LOUAI BESHARA / AFP
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Israeli actions in southern Syria give Iran an opening

04 December 2025

Israeli raids and bombs have served as a powerful recruiting tool for those wishing to resist Israel

Subhi Franjieh
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Business & Economy

Saudi Arabia's 2026 budget carefully boosts spending

04 December 2025

Balanced fiscal management, targeted deficit reduction, and strategic growth initiatives underpin this year's budget, with a strong emphasis on citizen partnership

Omar Harkous
Jay Torres
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The evolution of Latin America’s drug cartels

04 December 2025

What began as a locally rooted trade in coca leaves and opium evolved into a transnational system of cartels that challenged governments, corrupted institutions, and destabilised countries

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra
Opinion

Ukraine peace talks: one step forward, two steps back

04 December 2025

The prospects of a breakthrough remain bleak as Putin blames Europe for sabotaging a 28-point peace plan agreed on with the US

Con Coughlin
A visitor stands next to a photograph of German-American philosopher Hannah Arendt at the German Historical Museum in Berlin on 6 May 2020. John MACDOUGALL / AFP
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50 years on, Hannah Arendt's works resonate more than ever

01 December 2025

The renowned German-American philosopher's analyses showed how governments deploy deceit for political gain and blur the lines between truth and lies

Abdel Salam Ben Abdelali

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