Iran strike proved worthlessness of US military’s vaunted tech: American analyst
Tasnim – Iran’s retaliatory strike against a US base in Iraq earlier this month proved the worthlessness of the US military’s vaunted…
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With reformers sidelined, Iranian elections looking like hard-liners Vs. conservatives
Radio Free Europe | Golnaz Esfandiari: With Iranian parliamentary elections just a month away, there are increasing signs that the vote will…
‘Bad Farsi? Try English’: Iran’s Zarif mocks Trump for comments based on Fox headlines & shabby translation
RT – Tehran’s top diplomat has suggested the US president stop sourcing news from either Fox or his hapless Farsi translators, after…
‘Demeaned and Humiliated’: What happened to these Iranians at US airports
The New York Times | Caleb Hampton and Caitlin Dickerson: Since August, at least 16 Iranian students have been turned away at…
Why America and Iran won’t go to war anytime soon
The National Interest | James Holmes: If we are lucky. Perhaps World War III will come one day—but today is not that…
DAVOS-Absent Iran faces detente calls from worried West and Middle East
Reuters | Dmitry Zhdannikov and Luke Baker: Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif skipped this year’s Davos, but Tehran was still a hot…
Iran has a bitcoin strategy to beat Trump
Foreign Policy | Tanvi Ratna: As the United States expands its sanctions, Iran has been ramping up its use of cryptocurrencies to get…
Was a US cyberattack behind the Ukrainian plane crash?
Iranian Diplomacy | Kaveh L. Afrasiabi: There is increasing pressure inside Iran for a through investigation to ascertain whether the US conducted…
Reporting on the Iran nuclear deal: ‘nothing happens until everything happens’
The Guardian | Julian Borger: Our world affairs editor reflects on how, despite years of negotiations, we came once again to the…
Will Russia provide missiles to ‘close the entire sky’ over Iran?
Al-Monitor | Anton Mardasov: Russian officials are weighing the possible risks of selling missile defense equipment to Iran following the military escalation…
Pentagon says 34 US troops suffered Brain injuries from Iranian missile strike
NPR | David Welna: Eight U.S. troops diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (TBI) arrived in the U.S. on Friday, according to Pentagon spokesman…
Iran says plane crash investigation will be made public
Al-Monitor – Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami said the country’s investigation into the accidental shooting down of a passenger plane will be…
‘It’s not in our DNA’: Gen. Soleimani thought he was untouchable, and for more than a decade he was
Yahoo News | Zach Dorfman and Sean D. Naylor: One afternoon in Baghdad in the final months of 2007, a few members…
‘No, No America’: Iraq protesters demand expulsion of US troops
Reuters | John Davison, Aziz El Yaakoubi: Tens of thousands of Iraqis rallied in central Baghdad on Friday calling for the expulsion of…
“It’s a disaster for Europe to be so subservient to the US”
Der Spiegel | Christiane Hoffmann: In an interview, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warns of the threat of escalation in the…
Gen. Soleimani assassination adds dangerous new dimension to Iraq unrest
Reuters | Aziz El Yaakoubi, Ahmed Rasheed: Iranian-backed Shia factions have exhorted Iraqis to turn out for a “million-strong” march on Friday aimed…
Veterans differ with Trump over injuries from Iran missile attack
The Wall Street Journal | Michael M. Phillips and Nancy A. Youssef: President says U.S. injuries in attack in Iraq weren’t very…
Meet the dismissed sports host who challenged Iran’s state TV
Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: Adel Ferdosipour, one of Iran’s most popular sports hosts, has flexed his muscles against Iran’s hard-liner-controlled state TV…
Iran’s top cultural event jeopardized by artist boycotts
Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: Confronting a boycott by Iranian artists, the Fajr International Film Festival announced the cancellation of its opening ceremony,…
How Gen. Soleimani’s assassination could affect Iran-Saudi ties
Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: There is little doubt that the recent US assassination of powerful Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani in Iraq was good…
How the US and Iran can work together on their ‘Shared Priorities’
Iran Review | Gary Sick: Near the very end of his speech after the Iranian missile barrage, President Trump made the following…
Former US Marine: Soleimani’s assassination is the apotheosis of American ‘Strategy’
The National Interest | Gil Barndollar: A strategy that has achieved the opposite of its promises is a failure. Before another moment…
A new Middle East “MADE IN IRAN” is about to be born
Iran Review | Elijah J Magnier: It would be inaccurate to say the US will leave the Middle East. However, it is…
“America Exists Today to Make War”: Lawrence Wilkerson on endless war & American empire
Iran Review – Retired U.S. Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, who served as Secretary of State Colin Powell’s chief of staff from 2002…
Will China strengthen Iran’s military machine in 2020?
The National Interest | Joel Wuthnow: Washington needs to work closely with its regional partners to dissuade China from making this choice,…
The implications of the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani
Iran Review – The Project on Shi’ism and Global Affairs asked its affiliated experts to share their thoughts on the assassination of…
How are Iran and the “Axis of the Resistance” affected by the US assassination of Soleimani?
Ejmagnier.com | Elijah J. Magnier: The US President Donald Trump assassinated the commander of the “Axis of the Resistance”, the (Iranian Revolutionary…
US and Iran are trolling each other — in China
The New York Times | Javier C. Hernández: On Chinese social media, where diplomatic rows rarely break into view, people have watched…
Iran threatens non-proliferation treaty exit over European move
Bloomberg | Arsalan Shahla: Iran will withdraw from a major non-proliferation treaty if European nations attempt to refer the Islamic Republic to…
‘The days of US global hegemony are numbered’: Scholar
Press TV – US President Donald Trump’s brazen “America First” foreign policy has “opened the door to a new alignment of forces.…
US looks to maintain pressure on Iran as tensions cool
The Wall Street Journal | Dion Nissenbaum, Benoit Faucon and Felicia Schwartz: With open hostilities between Iran and the U.S. subsiding for…
Cut off from family, unable to travel: how US sanctions punish Iranian Americans
The Guardian | Sam Levin: As penalties create hardship for Iran’s residents, Iranians in US also suffer consequences: ‘The sanctions are still…
The United States’ main allies are abandoning Trump as his threats to world leaders backfire
Business Insider | Adam Bienkov: President Donald Trump’s decision to assassinate Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani has exposed a growing rift between…
Zarif and mission to strengthen ties; from Muscat to Delhi
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s recent trips to Muscat and New Delhi, as bilateral and trilateral visits by Iranian,…
It wasn’t luck that no US soldiers were killed In Iran’s strikes on Iraq
The National Interest | Mackenzie Eaglen: Know This: The fact that no Americans perished in Iran’s strike on US bases inside Iraq…
The wrong track for confronting Iran
The New York Times | Vali R. Nasr: The Arab Middle East is far too weakened and divided to support a Trump…
The Observer view on the EU’s weakness on the world stage
The Guardian – Its new commission is failing to enact its grand ambitions, as destructive global power games are played out by…
Europe is running out of time to save the Iran deal
Foreign Policy | Ali Vaez: After initiating a dispute resolution process, European leaders have a limited window to provide Iran with meaningful…
No, Mr. President, it does really matter
The New York Times – After millions of Iranians turned out to mourn the American assassination of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, it…
Initial reports of no injuries from Iran’s attack were inaccurate
FactCheck.org | Robert Farley: Despite repeated statements from President Donald Trump that “no one was hurt” in Iran’s missile attack on two…