At the core of US president Donald J. Trump’s maximum pressure campaign against Iran lies the belief that Iran can be forced to negotiate terms fo
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Who wants regime change in Iran? First and foremost, large sections of the Iranian population, if the reports of mass anti-government demonstratio
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The Trump Administration’s decision to use a drone to carry out a targeted assassination of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ Al-Quds Commander General
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Every day ships carrying 16.5 million barrels of oil – almost 20 percent of the world’s total oil consumption – pass through the Strait of Hormuz,
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The US government's decision to impose sanctions on Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Revolutionary Guard Commander hasn’t been well re
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Iran has introduced 2,000 new morality police units in reaction to what officials call an “increasing defiance” of the compulsory wearing of hijab
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Mounting tension between the Trump administration and Iran are likely to shed light on US dynamics shaping today’s geopolitical environment. (more&h
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A shocking 6% of Iranian girls get married between 10 and 14, according to an Iranian MP. While 6% of all Iranian girls are married before the age o
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A series of Gulf and Middle East-related developments suggest that resolving some of the Middle East’s most debilitating and devastating crises whil
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Rumbles of discontent, erupting into public protests, are nothing new in Iran. They predate the Islamic Revolution of 1979, which swept the Shah fro
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