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.
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Category: 1. Iran
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Persian Perspectives Today: Shahab Paranj
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How China’s Iran support could spark a Persian Gulf energy war – The Hill
How China’s Iran support could spark a Persian Gulf energy war The Hill
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Cooperation Between China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia: Current and Potential Future Threats to America
The structure of world politics is evolving in ways that challenge American global power more than at any time since the end of the Cold War. The United States now faces risks to its interests across East Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. To…
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Explainer: Iran’s Missile Assault on Israel
Iran launched at least 180 ballistic missiles at Israel in a massive two-wave assault on Oct. 1, 2024. Millions of civilians sought protection in bomb shelters. The risk of a regional war mounted as Jerusalem pledged retaliation. Iran “made a…
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‘Iran will be free soon’: Netanyahu tells ‘Persians’ amid air strikes on Lebanon
In a rare move, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday addressed Iranians amid Israel‘s massive aerial onslaught on Lebanon territory with the aim to wipe out Iran-backed Hezbollah, which has played an…
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Hezbollah’s Losses | The Iran Primer
Israeli airstrikes killed dozens of senior Hezbollah commanders in Lebanon—as well as more than 400 fighters—during the first year of the Gaza war, as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians increasingly spilled across the border….
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Houthi Explainer: Conflict in the Red Sea
What have the Houthis attacked in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since the Gaza war began in October 2023?
During the first eight months of the conflict, the Houthis attacked U.S. Navy or commercial vessels more than 190 times, according to the…
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Iran’s Non-Oil Exports to Iraq Up 27% in Three Months – Iran News Daily
TEHRAN (Iran News) –Farzad Piltan, who is an adviser to the head of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI), said Iran exported natural gas, ferrous and steel bars, fresh apples, iron- and steel ingots to Iraq from March 21 to June…
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Iran under Masoud Pezeshkian: Aiming for change without rocking the boat – Chatham House
Iran under Masoud Pezeshkian: Aiming for change without rocking the boat Chatham House
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