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T he Iranian regime has two faces that it presents to the world. The first is…
I ts been a zombie agreement for a while. The 2015 Iranian nuclear agreement, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) appeared doomed long before President Trump took office. However, President…
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W hile Western journalists and politicians see themselves as fit to provide ‘expert’ commentary on Iran and the wider Middle East, the real ‘Iran experts’ – the Iranian people there, more…
T he Middle East has never been a simple place. Yet nowadays, this region is especially turbulent — with waves rocking several countries, so big that their effects are being felt worldwide, including…
M iddle East has never been a simple place. Yet nowadays, this region is especially turbulent -- with waves rocking several countries, so big that their effects are being felt worldwide, including Europe. It's…
T he referendum in Kurdistan on Kurdish independence from Iraq has, to say the least, stoked anxiety in regional and international capitals as to what comes next.
Secession would threaten the legitimacy of Iraq’s territorial integrity,…
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T he second term of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has officially begun. His first four years were…
W hy to blame the Kurds for the breakup of Iraq when Iraq itself breaking up
On 7th June 2017, after a joint meeting between Kurdish political parties, Massod Barzani the President of the…
T he Kurds have retained a strong sense of ethnic and cultural identity for over two thousand years.
Since the breakup of the Ottoman Empire in (1918) the majority of the Kurds have been…
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by Iyad Al-Dalimi
The ruling elite in Baghdad has suddenly realised that they are ruling a country called Iraq…