Tag: Iranian protests
Why the Middle East fears a US-Israel attack on Iran
COMMENTARY: By Giorgio Cafiero
US President Donald Trump has faced mounting pressure to respond militarily to Iran’s crackdown on protesters across the country.
Although Trump has,...
Eugene Doyle: Iran in the vortex – what’s really going on...
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
If you want to understand what’s going on in Iran, abandon what the Persians invented centuries ago: Manichaeism. We use the...
Iran protests – why this upheaval is fundamentally different from 1979
ANALYSIS: By Saeid Golkar
Iran is living through one of the most dangerous moments in its post-revolutionary history. Nationwide protests have become sustained rather than...
Academic warns of more hostage crises as ‘revolution’ unfolds in Iran
RNZ News
An academic says hostage diplomacy is a well-known tactic of the Iranian regime and New Zealanders should not go to the country.
Topher Richwhite...
Women-led protests in Iran gather momentum – but will they be...
ANALYSIS: By Tony Walker, La Trobe University
As protests in Iran drag on into their fourth week over the violent death in custody of Mahsa...
