For all the current furor over the death of Qasem Soleimani, it is Iran, not the U.S. and the Trump administration, that is in a dilemma. Given the death and destruction wrought by Soleimani, and his agendas to come, he will not be missed. Tehran has misjudged the U.S. administration’s doctrine of strategic realism rather than vice versa.
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- The courage of the Iranian people shames the craven international elite
The women of Iran are dancing. Women blinded, with one eye, or one arm, are dancing. Iranian Kurds are dancing. Across Europe, Iranian dissidents are dancing. Iranians – often, relatives of the regime’s victims – are drinking to show their joy.
05/21/2024 - 6:52 am | View Link - Critics slam UN after it lowers flag to half-staff in honor of 'mass murderer' Iranian president
The United Nations on Tuesday lowered its flag to half-staff in honor of late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a controversial figure critics say committed mass murder in Iran.
05/21/2024 - 5:23 am | View Link - Thousands Attend Iranian President Raisi’s Funeral Procession, as Others Celebrate
Funeral rites began Tuesday after the late Iranian President and the country's Foreign Minister died in a helicopter crash on Sunday.
05/21/2024 - 1:46 am | View Link - Iranian President's Helicopter Crash: Everything We Know
Rescuers are reportedly responding to the situation, which reportedly impacted an entourage including President Ebrahim Raisi.
05/20/2024 - 2:20 am | View Link - More
- Who is Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi?
Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times. Ebrahim Raisi, 63, a hard-line religious cleric, was elected president of Iran in 2021. In his tenure as president, he has overseen a strategy to expand his ...
05/19/2024 - 12:02 pm | View Link - Iran | History, Culture, People, Facts, Map, & Nuclear Deal
Iran, a mountainous, arid, and ethnically diverse country of southwestern Asia. The country maintains a rich and distinctive cultural and social continuity dating back to the Achaemenian period, which began in 550 bce. In recent decades it has become known for its unique brand of Islamic republic.
05/19/2024 - 1:25 am | View Link - History of Iran
The Iranian Empire proper begins in the Iron Age, following the influx of Iranian peoples. Iranian people gave rise to the Medes, the Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sasanian Empires of classical antiquity. Once a major empire, Iran has endured invasions too, by the Macedonians, Arabs, Turks, and Mongols.
05/18/2024 - 7:13 pm | View Link - U.S. and Iranian Officials Held Indirect Talks in Oman on Risks of a ...
May 18, 2024, 7:16 p.m. ET. Senior American and Iranian officials held talks through intermediaries in Oman this past week, the first such conversations since Iran launched a retaliatory attack on ...
05/18/2024 - 7:13 pm | View Link - Iran
Officially an Islamic republic, Iran has a Muslim-majority population. The country is divided into five regions with 31 provinces. The nation's capital and most populous city is Tehran, with around 16 million people in its metropolitan area. Other major cities include Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, and Shiraz .
05/18/2024 - 3:53 pm | View Link - More
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