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Doha, Qatar. (Reuters)

GCC and Qatar’s Withdrawal

by Salman Al-dossary | Aug 31, 2017 | Opinion

This time former Iranian Ambassador to Qatar Abdullah Sehrabi spoke on behalf of the Qatari government, saying Qatar’s emir is willing to withdraw from the Gulf Cooperation Council. The Iranian official didn’t express a point of view or make an analysis but he...

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In this September 22, 2010 file photo, members of Iran’s Basij militia march during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the Iran–Iraq War, in the Iranian capital, Tehran. (Reuters/Morteza Nikoubazl/Files)

Iran: Legislators allege corruption at charitable foundations

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 2, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—While the eyes of the rest of the world are focused on the international negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program, within Iran allegations of high-level corruption at one of the country’s leading institutions are threatening to provoke a major...

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A handout picture released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shows outgoing Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaking during a meeting with Iranian officials at Khamenei’s office in Tehran on July 21, 2013. AFP PHOTO/HO/KHAMENEI.IR)

Ahmadinejad to establish university after leaving office

by Ali M. Pedram | Jul 28, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The outgoing Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has received a license from the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution (SCRC) to establish a private technical university in the capital, Tehran. According to the conservative Tasnim news...

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Iraqi Kurd residents visit the cemetery for victims of the 1988 chemical attack in the Kurdish town of Halabja, near Sulaimaniya, 260 km (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad, March 16, 2013. Source: Reuters/Thaier al-Sudani

Remembering Halabja

by James Denselow | Mar 19, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

Flying into the city of Suleimaniyah with a hundred-strong international delegation of politicians, diplomats and academics one was greeted by a gentle breeze signalling the arrival of the Kurdish spring in this part of Iraq. The early morning haze rose gently from...