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Books. REUTERS/Olivia Harris


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Ebrahim Yazdi, founder of the Freedom Movement of Iran and ex-foreign minister (Asharq Al-Awsat)


Iran’s Ex-FM on Assad, the US and Israel

Iran’s Ex-FM on Assad, the US and Israel

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ebrahim Yazdi served as deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Iran in the short-lived government of Mehdi Bazargan in the immediate aftermath of the 1979 revolution. As such, he found himself close to the center of the storm that...
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Carabinieri patrol Chigi Square by Italian Prime minister offices in Rome on April 29, 2013 the day after a Carabiniere police officer was shot by an apparently disturbed man while the country’s new ministers were being sworn in. Source: AFP Photo/Filippo Monteforte


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Iranian air force commanders saluting Khamenei during a meeting in Tehran on February 7, 2013. Source: AFP Photo/HO/Iranian Supreme Leaders Website


Khamenei Will Not Bend

Khamenei Will Not Bend

International sanctions against the regime in Tehran have not been perfect, but they have worked. The government is starved for cash, and based on recent statements made by high-ranking security officials, the Islamic Republic now fears uprisings not just in urban,...
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Israeli soldiers taking position during clashes with Palestinian students from Bir Ziet university, February 19, 2013. (EPA/ATEF SAFADI)


Know Your Enemy

Know Your Enemy

I would like to thank those who showered me with a torrent of angry correspondence about my previous article on Israel, who accused me of calling for a normalization of relations, promoting the Hebrew language, and glorifying Israeli liberalism. This response was to...