Iranian authorities ignored serious mental health condition of defendant who set herself on fire outside courthouse
- Center for Human Rights in Iran کمپین حقوق بشر ایران
A 29-year-old woman who set herself on fire outside a Tehran courthouse was being prosecuted
as a “healthy person” despite suffering from a serious mental health condition, her sister told
an Iranian state media outlet.
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Turkey and the US: end of an era?
- Abdelbari Atwan عبد الباري عطوان
The breakdown in Ankara’s 70-year-old alliance with Washington could be irreparable
By taking delivery of the first and second consignments of advanced S-400 air defense systems from Russia, the Turkish leadership may be severing its last ...
The Mideast's Stonewall? From Iraq to Morocco, the fight for LGBTQ rights rages on
- Amit Meyer עמית מאיר اميت مئير
Haaretz speaks with activists in the region to discuss the failed hope of the 'Arab Spring' and how, despite the many challenges, progress is being made
A participant looks on as Turkish police block the way of LGBTQ+ community's march during the ...
Iran goes for “maximum counter-pressure”
- Pepe Escobar Пепе Эскобар
Sooner or later the US “maximum pressure” on Iran would inevitably be met by “maximum counter-pressure”. Sparks are ominously bound to fly.
For the past few days, intelligence circles across Eurasia had been prodding Tehran ...
Remembering Muhammad Morsi
- Abdelbari Atwan عبد الباري عطوان
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Politics of humiliation: Trump, Palestine, the Arab peoples
- Ramzy Baroud رمزي بارود
The Deal of the Century has inspired much discussion about Washington’s latest political gambit in the Middle East. Largely excluded from the debate, however, is the emotional toll involving the Arab peoples everywhere.
The Deal of the ...
Iran: preparing the ‘Battle Space’
- Alastair Crooke
Bernard Lewis, a British-American historian of the Middle East, has been formidably influential in America – his policy ideas have towered over Presidents, policy-makers and think-tanks, and they still do. Though he died last year, his baleful ...
Iran squeezed between imperial psychos and European cowards
- Pepe Escobar Пепе Эскобар
Berlin, Paris and London assumed Tehran could not afford to leave the JCPOA even if it was not receiving any of the promised economic rewards. Now the EU3 are facing the hour of truth, writes Pepe Escobar.
Bangkok-The Trump administration ...
It’s time for the leaders of Saudi Arabia and Iran to talk
- Abdulaziz Sager عبدالعزيز بن صقر - Seyed Hossein Mousavian سید حسین موسویان
Two foreign policy experts, from each side of the Islamic Middle East’s most prominent rivalry, say common ground can be found.
Mr. Mousavian was a spokesman for the Iranian nuclear negotiation team between 2003 and 2005. Mr. Sager leads the ...
Iran-USrael: countdown to war
- Abdelbari Atwan عبد الباري عطوان
How long before the US/Israel and Iran come to blows?
Sherif Arafa
The countdown has begun. Only a few days separate us from May 2, when the second and most severe stage of American sanctions on Iran comes into force.
The Trump Administration wants ...
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