SOURCE: BLOOMBERG BY: HUSSEIN IBISH The only thing that’s clear from Iraq’s May 12 election is who the voters rejected: Iran and the U.S. These two outside powers have dominated their affairs since 2003, and this is the latest sign that a growing number of Iraqis are eager to reassert their identity and independence. Otherwise, … Continued
SOURCE: THE ATLANTIC BY: PETER BEINART Last week, while watching Benjamin Netanyahu unveil secret information that supposedly proved that Iran is deceiving the world about its nuclear-weapons program, I had a flashback. It was to February 5, 2003, when then-Secretary of State Colin Powell unveiled secret information that supposedly proved that Iraq was deceiving the … Continued
SOURCE: HUFFPOST BY: TRITA PARSI AND RYAN COSTELLO When the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was announced in 2015, the Iranian people poured into the streets to celebrate what they thought was the beginning of a new era. Long squeezed by both U.S. pressure and their own government, they had just cause for optimism. The … Continued
SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST BY: ASSOCIATED PRESS TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian cleric said Friday the state-sanctioned broadcaster owes an apology to the country’s Arab minority for insulting them in a recent program. Semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted Ayatollah Mohsen Heidari, prayer leader of the Khuzestan provincial capital Ahwaz, as telling worshippers that state TV … Continued
Decision follows a sell-out friendly against Saudi Arabia last month SOURCE: THE NATIONAL Fifa has lifted its near three-decade ban on Iraq hosting international football matches, with the cities of Erbil, Basra and Karbala being approved to stage official competitive games. The three cities had been allowed to organise friendlies in the last year on … Continued
SOURCE: DEFENSE ONE BY: TRITA PARSI Iran’s various rivals and opponents are seeking a UN resolution that would return Tehran to pariah status and undermine its regional gains. In today’s Middle East, when parties look for a greater power to pressure regional actors not to escalate, they don’t turn to Washington. They turn to Moscow. … Continued
SOURCE: JTA (JTA) — Iran’s parliament unanimously approved a bill requiring the government to recognize Jerusalem as the permanent capital of Palestine. Iranian legislations voted 207-0 in favor of the bill on Wednesday, the Iranian government’s semi-official Fars News Agency reported. There are 290 members of the parliament, or Majlis. The vote is a response to … Continued
SOURCE:HAARETZ BY: MOLLY BERNSTEIN The release of an animated video, ‘Saudi Strike Force,’ showing an all-out war between the Sunni and Shi’ite superpowers, comes at a time of rising tensions in the region An animated video depicting a Saudi Arabian military victory over Iran dominated social media this week in the Arab world against the … Continued
SOURCE: THE ECONOMIST This should be a time for rejoicing. The jihadists of Islamic State (IS), driven out of Mosul in Iraq in July, were defeated this week in their Syrian capital, Raqqa. Little remains of the “caliphate” but a few pockets and a bankrupt ideology. Alarmingly, the scramble for spoils is bringing forth old … Continued
SOURCE: THE ATLANTIC BY: JAVAD ZARIF Iranians live in a troubled and unstable region. We cannot change geography, but our neighborhood was not always so stormy. Without delving too far back into history—although as an ancient peoples our memories are measured in millennia, not decades or even centuries—it’s safe to say that our region began … Continued
SOURCE: HUFFPOST BY: TRITA PARSI Make no mistake: We do not have a crisis over the Iran nuclear deal. It is working and everyone from Secretary Mattis and Tillerson to the US and Israeli intelligence services to the International Atomic Energy Agency agree: Iran is adhering to the deal. But Trump is about to take a … Continued
By: Yousef Munayyer Source: Foreign Affairs The “outside-in” approach is all the rage in Middle East peace process circles. The idea is that the threat of an increasingly assertive Iran will bring Israel and influential Gulf Arab states together, creating a chance of resolving the Israeli-Palestinian issue. Indeed, today, as the long-simmering tensions between Gulf … Continued
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