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Tag: Islamic Revolution

Posted inIran

Iran’s hijab war as politics by other means

by Kourosh Ziabari August 21, 2021August 25, 2021

When a radical vigilante rammed his vehicle into two women in the Iranian city of Urmia on August 8 after criticizing their flouting of hijab rules, local authorities promised decisive action for the assault after the assailant’s arrest. But like those before him who have assaulted and attacked Iranian women over their state of dress, […]

Posted inIran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Syria, United States, World

The signs of war, and resistance

by Chandra Muzaffar January 8, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, United States, World

Pompeo’s Chabahar ‘gift’ small consolation for India

by M.K. Bhadrakumar January 8, 2020February 18, 2020
The Middle East. Map: iStock
Posted inIran, Iraq, Middle East, Saudi Arabia

Iran’s strategy toward Arab countries

by Sajad Abedi November 28, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inMiddle East

Iran erases iconic anti-American murals 

by AT Contributor September 30, 2019February 18, 2020
Image: iStock
Posted inChina, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

The secret nuclear weapons program of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

by Hans Rühle May 27, 2018
Iranian youths sit under a large picture of Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (left), and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a park in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2016. Photo: Reuters / Raheb Homavandi
Posted inEuropean Union, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

Iran vs Israel: the allies who became enemies

by Nicos Panayiotides May 21, 2018
Larry Taub. Photo: YouTube
Posted inChina, European Union, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Lawrence Taub, the first feminist futurist (1936-2018)

by Jan Krikke February 21, 2018February 22, 2018
Hijab-wearing woman. Photo: Flickr Commons
Posted inIran, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Turkey, World

Casting off a symbol of political submission

by Sabena Siddiqui February 21, 2018February 21, 2018
An Iranian woman walks past a mural on the wall of the former US embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran. Photo: AFP / ATTA KENARE
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

America’s anti-Iranian posturing is dangerous and deluded

by Jeffrey D. Sachs August 3, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inAT+

The meaning of the Tehran spring

by Pepe Escobar June 16, 2009August 21, 2020
Posted inAT+

Turkey in the throes of Islamic revolution?

by Spengler July 22, 2008September 3, 2020

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