How Iran’s President Rouhani Can Turn Crisis into Opportunity
Manifold reasons lie behind Iran’s ongoing protests, but the immediate trigger appears to be widespread disgruntlement over the country’s...
International Crisis Group 1
Jan 4, 2018
The Battle for Iran
Protest movements in the Middle East face enormous repressive hurdles and rarely have happy endings. Even when protesters “succeed” in...
Karim Sadjadpour | The Atlantic
Dec 31, 2017
Call for Paper Proposals: Special Issue of Genocide Studies International (12.2)
Genocide & The Kurds The Kurdish-inhabited lands of the Middle East - spanning territories in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey as well as...
Elisa von Joeden-Forgey
Dec 28, 2017
UN body calls on Iran to shed light on fate of disappeared victims of 1988 massacre
The UN Working Group on Involuntarily and Enforced Disappearances has urged Iran to tell the truth about the fate of two victims of the...
Justice For Iran
Nov 13, 2017
Kurdish Fears of New Iranian-Backed Genocide ‘Must Be Taken Seriously,’ Expert Urges
By Ben Cohen Kurdish warnings that they face a potential genocide at the hands of the Iranian-backed forces that have swept through...
The Algemeiner
Oct 25, 2017
Saving the Iran Nuclear Deal, Despite Trump's Decertification
U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s 13 October decision not to certify Iran’s compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JC...
International Crisis Group 1
Oct 13, 2017
Afghan Children Recruited to Fight in Syria
Tombstones of Afghan child soldiers buried in Iran. © 2017 Private Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has recruited Afghan...
Human Rights Watch
Oct 1, 2017
Use the power of restraining Myanmar's leadership on the issue of Rohingya
Seorang pakar pembunuhan jenayah kaum, profesor Dr Gregory Stanton melihat sekatan jadi alat paling berkesan untuk menekan Aung San Suu...
Astro Awani
Sep 20, 2017
Protecting Civilians Critical to Syria Talks’ Success
A Syrian man carries his two girls as he walks across the rubble following a barrel bomb attack on the rebel-held neighborhood of...
Human Rights Watch
Sep 15, 2017
Lebanon Frees Hundreds of ISIS Fighters in Exchange for Soldiers’ Bodies
Syrian forces in tanks escorted Islamic State fighters on Monday to the militant group’s territory in eastern Syria. CreditLouai Beshara/...
New York Times 1
Aug 30, 2017
Iran and Turkey, at war with Syria
Two traditional foes, Turkey and Iran, have found themselves on the same side of a bitter regional dispute between Saudi Arabia and...
Newsweek
Jun 21, 2017
Fighting ISIS: The Road to and beyond Raqqa
Overview In Raqqa the U.S.-led coalition to defeat the Islamic State (ISIS) faces its toughest test to date in Syria. The primary...
International Crisis Group 1
Apr 28, 2017
