Britain and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Alireza Akbari, an Iranian politician and once a senior officer in Iran’s notorious IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps), was deputy Minister of Defense from 1998 to 2003. In 2009 he was…
Questions from Turkey’s quake
On August 17, 1999, Turkey suffered an earthquake registering 7.6 on the Richter scale that killed some 176,000 people. The then leader of the opposition in Turkey’s parliament, Recep Tayyip…
Protest in Iran: A Middle Eastern déjà vu with a twist of irony
To watch a video version of this story on YouTube please click here. A podcast version is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Spreaker, and Podbean. A recent survey of Iranian public opinion suggests that the lack…
Turkish Schoolbooks Replaced Saudi Texts in Muslim Majority World
In a sign of the times, Turkish schoolbooks have replaced Saudi texts as the bull’s eye of criticism of supremacist and intolerant curricula in the Muslim world.
Papal Visit to Iraq: Breaking Historic Ground Pockmarked by Religious and Political Minefields
When Pope Francis sets foot in Iraq on Friday - Papal Visit to Iraq: Breaking Historic Ground Pockmarked by Religious and Political Minefields
Myanmar: Exploiting Lessons Learnt in the Middle East
Demonstrating for 3rd week their determination to force the military to return to its barracks Myanmar: Exploiting Lessons Learnt in the Middle East
Saudi Schoolbooks: What Does It Take to recontextualise Islam?
Revisions of Saudi schoolbooks aimed at removing supremacist references .. Saudi Schoolbooks: What Does It Take to recontextualise Islam?
Iran’s use of death penalty continues despite international outcry
On 12 December 2020, Iranian authorities had executed Ruhollah Zam, an Iranian dissident and journalist who was living in exile in Paris since 2009, on the charge of “sowing corruption…