Tag: IRAN

Following the recent arrest of reporters, we examine the deteriorating state of journalism in election year Iran.   On the Listening Post we track the treatment of media around the world. With the ...

Serious doubts are being cast on Iran's claim that it successfully sent a monkey into space and back earlier this week.  Several websites -- including the "Telegraph" and "The Times" ...

2012 was a tough year in terms of Turkish foreign policy. 2013 may prove to be an even more interesting and challenging year in terms of regional problems. We have ...

Wanted: A few good men to run for Iranian president. Candidates must have strong management skills and commitment to Islamic and revolutionary values. Applicants who are unwaveringly loyal and fully ...

A leading figure in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood says Israel will cease to exist within a decade due to its policies. Essam al-Erian, the deputy chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood's political ...

Foreign ministry in Tehran critisises Obama for enacting law aimed at countering its alleged influence in Latin America. Iran has blasted US President Barack Obama for enacting a law aimed ...

Power struggles and nuclear ambitions mean that Iran and the Middle East will remain volatile and any peace will be precarious. The spectre of military confrontation with Iran, igniting a wider ...

An Iraqi political movement says it is planning to sue Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan over what it calls Ankara’s interference in the Iraq's internal affairs. According to the ...

In what appears to be a significant softening of tone, a hard-line Iranian cleric, Mashhad Friday Prayer leader Ayatollah Ahmad Alamolhoda, has said that it is wrong to consider opposition ...

After the cold war created the new American strategy expects  that U.S. shouldn’t be alone in the fight against global terrorism. In case of necessity, it will also add its ...