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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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….
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…
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…
In the desert of eastern Syria, not far from a town called Deir ez-Zor, there’s reportedly a pile of stones surrounding a wooden board, with an Orthodox…
For the past four decades, the United States and Iran have demonized each other to no end. According to Tehran, America is “the Great Satan”…
