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Opinion: US Presidential Election – the Right to Make the Wrong Choice

by Amir Taheri | Dec 19, 2015 | Opinion

Though it is still early days, if things continue as they are we may get the least exciting presidential campaign that the United States has offered for decades. Having spent 10 days in the US this month, a visitor was unable to notice any rise in adrenaline on either...

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The grandson of Khomeini and candidate for the assembly of experts elections, Hassan Khomeini, among a group of his supporters (AP)

Proposed “Collective Succession” to Khamenei Angers the Army

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 19, 2015 | Latest News, Middle East

The leadership of the Iranian army yesterday broke its silence regarding the proposal made by the former president of the Republic and an influential member of the assembly of experts Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani last week regarding the necessity to select a collective...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov before the start of the meeting on Syria in New York yesterday (AFP)

UN Roadmap for Syria, and a Truce and Negotiations at the Beginning of the Year

by Mohammad Ali Salih | Dec 19, 2015 | World

The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution yesterday endorsing an international roadmap for peace in Syria which includes a ceasefire and negotiations between the regime and the opposition at the beginning of January. The resolution includes the...