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Kourosh Ziabari

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Middle East

Iran should free itself from the shackles of its nuclear enterprise

Iran's decision to center its foreign policy around the nuclear program has been extraordinarily costly.

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Middle East

How Iran has helped Israel’s growing foothold in the Middle East

Tehran too could have integrated itself among regional states but instead it chose confrontation.

Calexit: the new anti-American fixation of Iranian hardliners
Middle East

Calexit: the new anti-American fixation of Iranian hardliners

On Twitter, where hundreds of Iranian accounts have been rooting for #Calexit lately, one user wrote, “Dear people of California: our country (Iran) wants your independence, and we are ready to help you in any way we can.”

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Iran's hardliners renew focus on restricting internet

Internet has in recent years made its way to the long list of foes Iranian hardliners wholeheartedly wish to defeat in preparation for transmuting the country into an “Islamic North Korea.”

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COVID-19 has forced Afghan refugees in Iran to flee back to Afghanistan

The coronavirus outbreak has made a bad situation worse for so many, particularly Afghan refugees inside Iran.