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Tag: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Posted inMiddle East

Azerbaijan picks a surprise fight with Iran

by Kourosh Ziabari November 2, 2021November 9, 2021

Iran and Azerbaijan have stepped back from the brink after a series of rhetorical barbs, territorial complaints and military provocations, a spike in tensions that reflects fast-shifting alliances and intensifying power games in the region. The dust-up ensued after Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev gave an interview to the Turkish Anadolu Agency on September 28 wherein […]

Posted inIran

What Raisi’s win means for Iran and the world

by Kourosh Ziabari June 20, 2021June 23, 2021
Posted inIran

Elections won’t solve Iran’s terror finance problem

by Kourosh Ziabari June 12, 2021June 16, 2021
Posted inIran

Iran’s favored candidate races to a hollow victory

by Kourosh Ziabari June 5, 2021June 9, 2021
Posted inAT+

Hardliners on ascent ahead of Iran’s presidential poll

by Kourosh Ziabari May 19, 2021May 20, 2021
Posted inIran

What Iran really thinks about Russia

by Kourosh Ziabari May 6, 2021May 10, 2021
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters
Posted inOpinion

Iran’s ‘resistance economy’ a non-starter

by Hussain Abdul-Hussain April 1, 2021April 1, 2021
Posted inIran

Iran’s next hardline president coming into view

by Kourosh Ziabari March 29, 2021April 5, 2021
Posted inIran

The out-of-touch face of Iranian fundamentalism

by Kourosh Ziabari March 13, 2021February 5, 2022
Posted inUS-Iran

Biden’s vowed US-Iran detente won’t come easy

by Kourosh Ziabari February 16, 2021February 19, 2021
Posted inIran

Iranians flee their failing state for Turkey and beyond

by Kourosh Ziabari January 20, 2021January 23, 2021
Posted inCuba

Iran inks deal for Cuban vaccine after US, UK pharma ban

by Dave Makichuk January 11, 2021January 11, 2021
Posted inAT+

Trump vs Biden: What does Tehran want?

by Kourosh Ziabari October 20, 2020November 12, 2020
Posted inIran, Middle East, World

Trump picks 52 targets to hit if Iran lashes out

by Ankur Tanwar January 6, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inIraq, Middle East, United States, World

Trump picks 52 targets to hit if Iran lashes out

by AT Contributor January 5, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inIran, Middle East, Turkey, World

Iran’s most famous Sufi faces fatwa at home

by Kourosh Ziabari November 9, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inMiddle East

Khamenei rules out talks with Washington

by Amir Havasi November 4, 2019February 18, 2020
Image: iStock
Posted inMiddle East

Japanese PM to meet Iran’s supreme leader

by Asia Times staff June 3, 2019February 18, 2020
The IRGC have shown they are ready to shed blood in Syria. Photo: AFP
Posted inMiddle East

Iran replaces Revolutionary Guards chief

by Asia Times staff April 22, 2019February 18, 2020
Photo: Reuters/Raheb Homavandi
Posted inWorld

Europe and Iran’s tense ‘crypto’ trade pact

by Peter J. Brown March 26, 2019February 18, 2020

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