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In this Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013 photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, then chief of the Quds Force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, Qassem Suleimani, attends a meeting of the commanders of the Revolutionary Guard with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)

Opinion: Iran’s foreign policy is shifting

by Tariq Alhomayed | Aug 29, 2014 | Opinion

At the same time it was revealed that Iran had decided to keep Gen. Qassem Suleimani away from the Iraqi file and instead assign to him the Syrian one, the president of Iraqi Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani, revealed that Tehran had provided the Kurdish forces with...

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ISIS fighters parade on military vehicles along the streets of northern Raqqa province in Syria on June 30, 2014. (Reuters)

Opinion: No Room for Shades of Grey

by Amir Taheri | Aug 29, 2014 | Opinion

Like most events in history, the current crisis in Iraq has had several unintended consequences which are likely to impact regional politics for some time to come. On the ideological front, the emergence of the so-called Islamic State and its “caliphate” has...