Iran Analysts and Their False Narratives
By Potkin Azarmehr
In 2009, millions of Iranians spilled out onto the streets and protested against the rigged results of the presidential elections. The protests were brutally repressed, and the regime's savagery was captured by...
The Russia-Iran-Assad ‘Axis of the Vulnerable’ Is Cracking in Syria
Source: THE CONVERSATION
By Scott Lucas: Professor of International Politics, University College Dublin
The so-called “axis of the vulnerable” is breaking in Syria. Starting in 2016, Russia and Iran, propping up the regime of Bashar al-Assad,...
COVID-19 Prevents Return of Crashed Ukrainian Plane’s Black Box, Iran Says
By Roshanak Astaraki
The COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic has prevented Iran from handing over to Ukraine the flight recorders of Ukraine Airlines Flight PS752, which was mistakenly shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)...
Election and Coup Plotters: An Interview with Mohsen Sazegara
Mohsen Sazegara is one of the original members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). He held a number of senior posts in the government of Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi in the 1980s....
Explosion Near Iran’s Capital Kills Two, Damages Factory – IRNA
DUBAI, July 7 (Reuters) - Two people were killed in an explosion at a factory in the south of Tehran, state news agency IRNA reported on Tuesday, in the latest in a series of...
Iran Oil Minister Zanganeh Not Resigning – Spokesman
GENEVA, Feb 26 - Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh is not resigning, a spokesman for his ministry said on Tuesday, according to the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA).
The comments from the spokesman, Kasra Nouri, came after...
Iranian Woman Competes at Chess Tournament Without Hijab- Media Reports
DUBAI, Dec 27 (Reuters) - An Iranian chess player has taken part in an international tournament without a hijab, according to media reports, the latest of several Iranian sportswomen to appear at competitions without one since anti-government protests...
Britain Sends Royal Navy Ship to the Persian Gulf to Deter Iran Regime-Backed Armed...
LONDON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Britain has sent the Royal Navy ship Diamond to help bolster regional security in the Gulf and the Indian Ocean, the government said on Thursday.
The Diamond will "work to deter escalations...
Oil From Sanchi Reached Japan Shores
By Osamu Tsukimori
TOKYO, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Oil that reached islands in southern Japan earlier this month is highly likely to have come from the sunken Iranian tanker Sanchi, the Japan Coast Guard said on...
Turkey’s Halkbank Says It Is Immune From U.S. Prosecution in Iran Sanctions Case
By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK, Aug 10 - Halkbank on Monday urged the dismissal of a U.S. indictment accusing the state-owned Turkish lender of helping Iran evade American sanctions, saying it was immune from prosecution and that...
