Iran

Tensions between Iran and its Western opponents sharpened over the past week,between Iranian saber-rattling on the one hand and growing coordination among Western powers against Tehran on the other…

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Iran sent new signals of military boldness this past week, while critics of the regime in the U.S. and Europe worked through their legal systems to pressure the Tehran leadership…

The Iranian government over the past week has suffered new losses in the court of international public opinion, ranging from legal action arising from its crude exports to Latin America to…

It has been a week of mixed outcomes with respect to Iranian sanctions and military confrontation with its neighbors and the world. The grave implications of a new missile test were seemingly…

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Following a few years of a ceasefire between Lebanese PM-designate Saad Hariri and Hezbollah, the tension between the two political leadership is rising. It appears to be about the last hurdle in…

On Monday 5 November, the United States completed its full snapback oil and financial sanctions on Iran, the heaviest economic pressure ever applied by Washington on the Islamic Republic.The move…

When I was asked by the Editorial Board of Majalla to write about my personal experience and what happened to me and my family when my father, the political activist and researcher Yusuf Azizi, was…

The end of the Cold War forced new thinking among policymakers and analysts about the greatest challenges to U.S. national security. The emergence of al Qaeda, cybercriminals, and other dangerous…