Trafficking in Human Beings: How Companies can make a difference
Identifying and prosecuting Trafficking in Human Beings (hereinafter, THB) is often very difficult because of the fear of the victims to testify in a criminal…
Analytics
Iran regime’s violations against Ahwazis raised at Geneva conference
Middle Eastern and international human rights organizations have called for sending an international mission to probe the human rights abuses perpetrated by the Iranian regime…
Re-analysing Islamic State’s route to Iraq: Systematic fall and decline of bureaucratic-military relationship in Post-US invasion, a probable cause?
Introduction The systematic fall of the city of Mosul in mid-2014 by self-proclaimed Islamic State shocked and awed not only the military and intelligence community…
The Iranian regime options to cope with the nuclear issue and the international community expectations
Following the US pullout from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Iranian regime seemingly is engulfed in a state of bewilderment. Shortly after…
Minorities in Iran and the conflict between central and marginal forces
By: Yasser Assadi, an Ahwazi human rights activist. The formation of objectively identifiable and self-identifying ethnic minorities is the result of a complex of interacting…
Four Possible Scenarios to Determine the Future of the Iranian Nuclear Deal
We are just a few days away from the US administration making clear its position on the nuclear deal between the P5+1 group and Iran….
Qizilbash Confederations yesterday and today
From Eastern Anatolia and Azerbaijan to Iran and Afghanistan, the influential Qizilbash confederacy has played an important role in shaping political, religious and cultural History…
ANALYSIS: Human rights violations a tool to spread fear in Iran
Despite widespread international criticism of the Iranian regime’s treatment of its citizens who participated in the recent protests, human rights violations have skyrocketed in Iran….
What lies ahead for Iran’s simmering fire of protests?
The recent uprising sweeping across Iran is rattling the very pillars of the ruling regime. Despite claims and analysis of this movement coming to an…
Turkey Begins Operation Against U.S.-Backed Kurdish Militias in Syria
ISTANBUL — Turkish artillery fired shells into the northern Syrian region of Afrin on Friday as Turkey’s defense minister announced a military operation against American-backed…