Tag: Iran

Iran protesters return to streets, defying deadly crackdown

- Associated Press -

Protests flared again in Iran Saturday over the death of a woman in morality police custody, despite a crackdown by security forces in which at least 41 people have died, according to official figures. The main reformist party inside Iran called for the repeal of the mandatory Islamic dress code that

Iran’s problem: Politics or food inflation?

- Afsan Chowdhury -

Global food inflation is a major problem that goes unnoticed by the media in general. Politics is more exciting so the issue comes only when linked to it. Street movements are more interesting than data on extreme food denial. The causal factors that lead to many of these unrests are

Will Saudi-Israel ties reinforce against Iran?

- Saleem Samad -

Most Muslim countries and Islamist leaders do not believe that Saudi Arabia – Israel relations will soon begin to thaw. It is globally known that Saudi Arabia is the citadel of Islamic Ummah. Also,Saudi Arabia is the custodian of two holy sites of Mecca and Madina, where the Muslim prophet preached

Iran: Can the new President Raisi handle the future?

- Afsan Chowdhury -

Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi is the new and 8th president of Iran. He is here as an heir to the Islamic Revolution in Iran under Ayatollah Khomeni in 1979 that overthrew the pro-Western and hugely unpopular monarchy of Iran led by Reza Shah Pahlevi.  But the scenario between then and now

Iran urges removal of US sanctions

- Times Report -

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday urged the United States to remove sanctions against Iran, official IRNA news agency reported. "If we are seeking diplomacy (to settle the disputes), the clear path is to lift sanctions ... there is no other option," Rouhani was quoted as saying. The Iranian president made the