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Zinoviev while heading a meeting in Azerbaijan in 1920. Getty images

The ‘Autumn of Sorrows’ for Russia’s Muslims

by Amir Taheri | Oct 11, 2017 | Features

London- “Set the East ablaze!” This was the brief order that the leader of the Bolshevik revolution Vladimir Ilycyh Ulianov, alias Lenin, gave to Zinoviev when he sent him on a mission to mobilize the Muslim subjects of the Russian Empire in support of the October...

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Francois Fillon arrives for a book signing promotional session of his book “Faire” on October 8, 2015 in Blois, central France. AFP PHOTO / Guillaume SOUVANT

Dear Francois, You’re Wrong on Syria

by Amir Taheri | Nov 25, 2016 | Opinion

On Sunday, France’s former Prime Minister Francois Fillon may win the primary organized by the French Republican Party and centrist allies to become their nominee in next year’s presidential election. As far as I am concerned this should be good news. The program that...

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Devastated: Hardly any buildings in Hiroshima were left standing
after the massive atomic bomb blast

Deception of Stalin…Truman’s Contentment with Hiroshima’s Bomb

by Fadwa Fadel | Oct 31, 2016 | World

The first round of talks showcased the U.S. offer for the Japanese government to announce unconditional compromise and to provide the required pledges to prove good intentions. Today’s round will focus on the decisive moments that led the Emperor to take the final...

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Taken from AA Arabic article about strikes

Opinion: France and Stalin’s Ladies’ Fan

by Amir Taheri | Jun 3, 2016 | Opinion

For the past several weeks, big chunks of French life have been paralyzed with a cascade of strikes by what was known in the pre-Thatcher era as “flying pickets”. These are units of specially trained tough guys recruited and trained by the general Confederation of...

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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, speaking during an interview with the Iran’s Khabar TV, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. (SANA via AP)

Opinion: No, Bashar Al-Assad is no Joseph Stalin

by Amir Taheri | Oct 16, 2015 | Opinion

As the Syrian tragedy continues to bleed that nation, a cliché is making the rounds in policymaking circles and think tanks across the globe: There could be no solution without Bashar al-Assad! We are bombarded with articles urging Western powers to take Assad for an...