by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 6, 2014 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—According to sources close to the Iranian government, Supreme Leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has agreed to allow the Iranian military to coordinate with the US to combat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Although a number of...
by Tariq Alhomayed | Aug 27, 2014 | Opinion
As was expected, and as I predicted in an article last week, the Assad regime rushed to try and exploit the war on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to serve its own interests. This time, it was Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Mouallem who announced that...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 4, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Hardline conservatives in Iran are gearing up for the commemoration of the 1979 seizure of the US embassy in Tehran on Tuesday. Preparations for the anniversary are happening amid signs of a possible backlash against the recent easing of...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 17, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), an influential military organization created to protect the Islamic Republic, should stay out of politics. Speaking to a group of...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 12, 2013 | Features, Profiles
For many Iranians, the name “Mohsen Rezaei” is closely associated with memories of the bloody war between Iran and Iraq in the 1980s, thanks to his role at the top of the Iranian military during that conflict. Widely seen as a cat’s paw of Supreme Leader...
