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Could Trump’s Sabre-Rattling against Iran Spoil the North Korea Negotiations?

By Neil Thompson | (Informed Comment) | - - North Korea suspends nuclear testing ahead of talks with Trump North Korea has surprised the international community by announcing it is suspending its…

Macron on way to see Trump: “There is no ‘Plan B’ re: Iran Nuclear Deal”

Washington (AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron, who is heading to Washington to urge his US counterpart to stay in the Iran nuclear deal, said in an interview broadcast Sunday that there…

Iran formally switches from dollar to euro

Middle East Monitor | - - Iran’s feud with the US is set to get worse after Tehran announced yesterday that it will start reporting foreign currency amounts in euros rather than…

Friedman: Does Iran’s Quds Force really Control four Countries and is Israel-Iran War Near?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Thomas Friedman's column this week made several allegations about the danger of an explosive situation in Syria, about which he is certainly correct.…

Iraq’s al-Sadr offers to mediate between Riyadh, Tehran

Middle East Monitor | - - Prominent Iraqi Shia cleric and opposition leader Muqtada al-Sadr has declared his willingness to mediate between Saudi Arabia and Iran with a view to mitigating tensions…

Top 5 Ways Iran is not very much like Hitler’s Germany

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In that interview with Jeffrey Goldberg, Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman violated Godwin’s law and compared Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s clerical leader,…

Saudi Prince: War with Iran in 10-15 Years w/out new Sanctions

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Arabic press is reacting to remarks of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the Wal Street Journal warning of war with…

The Iran Red Herring in the Ruinous Yemen War

Via Middle East Monitor By Alastair Sloan | (Middle East Monitor) | - - As the church bells rang in the New Year of 2018, Norway announced that it would be cutting…

Let’s call Bolton what he is, a War Criminal with Terrorist Ties, not just “Hawkish”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - John Bolton helped lie our country into an illegal war of aggression that killed several hundred thousand Iraqis, wounded over a million, and…

Pompeo’s rise at State will make Mideast war more likely

By Gregory Aftandilian | (The Conversation) | - - After U.S. president Donald Trump fired his secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, many analysts have focused on how this high-level ouster took place:…

Pompeo, Big Oil and the attack on Iran Deal

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - All you need to know about Mike Pompeo, the four-term congressman from Kansas who is actually from California, is that most of his…

Iranian women risk arrest: Daughters of the revolution

Homa Hoodfar | (The Conversation) | - - In the lead-up to March 8, I am sometimes asked whether we really still need an International Women’s Day (IWD). Though my greatest hope…

Muslim Women at forefront of Science: 70% of Iranian Women Graduates come out with Science Degrees

Middle Eastern Women Leading World's Science, Tech Fields | TeleSur | - - Over half of STEM jobs in several middle eastern countries are held by female professionals. “In wealthy nations, they…

Iran: Women Protesters against Veiling face Regime Prostitution Charges

By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL) The hijab became compulsory in Iran after the 1979 revolution. A small number of Iranian women, risking arrest to protest compulsory head scarves, have rekindled debate…

Iran bans Dollar for import Trade in anti-Sanctions Campaign

TeleSur | - - Mehdi Kasraeipour, the Central Bank of Iran's director of foreign exchange rules and policies, said the move is unlikely to meet with resistance. Iran has banned the use…

Are Iran and Saudi Arabia competing for the soul of Iraq?

By Saleem al-Wazzan | (Niqash.org) | - - Iraqis can now visit a special visa-free zone in neighbouring Iran, over the border from Basra. Some locals see the open border as a…

The New, Hollow Attacks on the Iran Deal

By David Faris | (Informed Comment) | - - No, Obama couldn’t have settled the Syrian civil war and prevented Iranian breakout Was the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known…

The “Iran deal”: when American and Iranian arch-conservatives are on the same side

By Kourosh Ziabari | (OpenDemocracy.net) The domestic critics of the Iran deal and its Republican misanthropists in the United States are making a similar mistake. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, also…

Europe’s big Plans for Iran Trade announce Independence from Trump’s Washington

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Despite the significant economic problems Iran faces, and despite the real problems in unequal income distribution, Iran's economy is seeing bright spots that…

In Irony, Ahmedinezhad calls for Free Elections in Iran

Middle East Monitor |- - Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose 2009 re-election prompted mass unrest over alleged vote rigging, has called for “free” presidential and parliamentary elections in an open letter…