How an assassination led to a wave of Iranian nationalism and a downed airliner
One year ago, the murder of Qassem Soleimani sparked a tit-for-tat that ended up killing 176 innocent civilians.
Eldar Mamedov has degrees from the University of Latvia and the Diplomatic School in Madrid, Spain. He has worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia and as a diplomat in Latvian embassies in Washington D.C. and Madrid. Since 2007, Mamedov has served as a political adviser for the social-democrats in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (EP) and is in charge of the EP delegations for inter-parliamentary relations with Iran, Iraq, the Arabian Peninsula, and Mashreq.
One year ago, the murder of Qassem Soleimani sparked a tit-for-tat that ended up killing 176 innocent civilians.
Two measures condemning human rights abuses in Iran and Egypt highlight a glaring double standard.
Germany’s foreign minister recently proposed conditions that JCPOA opponents have pushed for years.
Because it’s all about Iran — that’s why neoconservative think tanks here had their thumb on the scale the entire time.