Ten consecutive nights of mass protests in Iran, ostensibly against the compulsory wearing of the hijab for women but underscoring the reality that this is a regime out of touch with its young. Deaths so far, 41 according to the Iranian authorities, human rights groups say it’s 57 and mounting. The judiciary has warned of […]Read More
SAMARKAND: The SCO summit in Samarkand was a Made for Uzbekistan event, designed to showcase its natural beauty, magnificent and perfectly preserved historical monuments and organisational (read government) competence and efficiency in carrying through a successful world summit. But in a move perhaps harking back to Soviet times, access to Samarkand was tightly controlled for the […]Read More
SAMARKAND: The United States has been dragging it feet for months now with regard to renegotiating the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, says Seyed Mohammad Marandi, adviser to Iran’s nuclear negotiating team. Speaking to StratNews Global Editor Surya Gangadharan during the SCO heads of state summit here, he said Iran wants to get full benefits […]Read More
Hadi Matar, the American of Lebanese Shia descent who attacked and stabbed novelist Salman Rushdie reportedly 15 times, has pleaded not guilty. He is only 24 years old, meaning he was born many years after the 1989 fatwa issued by Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini against Rushdie for his book the Satanic Verses. At this point it’s […]Read More
Three days of bombing by Israel of the Gaza Strip ended late on Sunday when a ceasefire mediated by Egypt, took effect. The sudden and steep escalation of hostilities triggered by Israeli air strikes, was apparently to ward off rocket attacks by Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The group founded by Palestinian activists more than 40 years ago, […]Read More
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