On July 30, Masoud Pezeshkian was sworn in as Iran’s new president. Mere hours after the ceremony, Ismail Haniyeh, the former prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority and chairman of the Hamas political bureau, was assassinated by…
Category: 1. Iran
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The Real Reason for Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman Is Pivoting to Iran
Over the last few weeks, colleagues, bosses, mentors, and friends from high school have asked me some version of the question “What’s up with Mohammed bin Salman?” On Nov. 11 at a summit of Islamic nations in Riyadh, the Saudi…
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What Russia, Iran, and the Houthis get out of Moscow recruiting Yemeni mercenaries
New reports reveal that the Russian armed forces have managed to recruit hundreds of Yemeni men into their ranks thanks to…
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Operation Aspides, or the Peril of Low Expectations in Yemen
Since the start of the conflict in Gaza, Yemen’s maritime borders have become a battleground in a wider regional and international power play. Ansar Allah, better known as the Houthis, has hindered maritime traffic through the Bab al-Mandab…
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Israel Is Underestimating Iran and Its Allies
In response to Hamas’s October 7 attack last year, the Israeli government launched a regional war meant to reshape the Middle East. Israel specifically targeted the so-called axis of resistance, a network of groups allied with Iran that…
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Will Iran Withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty? – War on the Rocks
Will Iran Withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty? War on the Rocks
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Persian Perspectives Today: Shahab Paranj
Listen to series host and podcast contributor Megan Vahdat sit down with the director of UCLA’s Iranian music program, Dr. Shahab Paranj, to discuss the importance of sharing traditional Iranian music with new generations.
Megan Vahdat:…
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Operation Days of Repentance: The Impact of Israel’s Strikes on Iran
In the early hours of 26 October, Israel announced that it had launched ‘precise and targeted’ strikes on ‘military targets’ in Iran, as part of Operation Days of Repentance, its much-awaited response to the Iranian ballistic missile…
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Iran Has Shown Its Vulnerabilities
In the early morning of October 26, Israel launched the single largest military attack on Iranian territory since the Iran-Iraq war. The attack came nearly a month after Iran’s October 1 ballistic missile strikes on Israel, dubbed “Operation…
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