Published by the Atlantic Opposition to women’s rights has helped fuel authoritarian movements in Russia, Hungary, Brazil, and the United States. That the same is true in South Korea, which is holding an early presidential election tomorrow, is… The Anti-Anti-Feminist Election
Published in Liberties Even by the depressing standards of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, April 2002 was a hopeless time. The peace summits of the 1990s had faded to memory and scores of Palestinians and Israelis were… Turkey’s forgotten Social Democrat
Published by National Days after a huge explosion rocked Shahid Rajaee Port in the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas, some of the fires continue to rage. Authorities say it could take up to three weeks to… Even as key questions go unanswered, tragic port blast has united Iranian society
Published by Al Majalla The ongoing talks between Iran and the United States are steaming ahead with the latest round held on 26 April in Muscat. The first two rounds couldn’t have gone better, with… US-Iran talks steam ahead
Published by Al Majalla Offering both carrots and sticks is standard procedure in diplomatic negotiations, but US President Donald Trump takes it to new heights. Whatever else he might prevaricate on, he has always been… What if the US-Iran talks fail?
Published by the National Late March is happy season in Iran as the festival of Nowruz marks the end of winter and the start of a new calendar year. But the government of reformist President… The US-Iran talks have given Pezeshkian a boost
Published by Perry World House A few months into the second Trump administration, its differences with the first are evident. One major difference concerns the balance of power between various forces inside the Trump camp.… The Second Trump Administration and Its Approach to Iran
Published by the Atlantic In the first few weeks of Donald Trump’s second term, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, repeatedly rejected the U.S. president’s offer of negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, just as he… Iran Couldn’t Avoid Talking With Trump Any Longer
Published by the National If you hear of Iranian police forcibly bringing an end to a hijab-related rally in front of the parliament, you might imagine this was a classic case of the Islamic Republic… Why did Iran crack down on a pro-hijab rally?
Published by the Atlantic Donald Trump loves letters. We know this from his first term, when he exchanged 27 letters with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in the course of 16 months and wrote a particularly memorable missive to… Iran Wants to Talk