Iran
Trump Wants a Bigger, Better Deal with Iran. What Does Tehran Want?
Suzanne Maloney Thu, Aug 9, 2018, 11:19 AM
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos.
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Iran Protests Subside after Wave of Arrests
J. Dana Stuster Tue, Jan 9, 2018, 1:00 PM
After More Than a Thousand Arrests, Protests Subside in Iran
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Iran Convulsed by Economic Protests
J. Dana Stuster Tue, Jan 2, 2018, 10:00 AM
At least 12 people have been killed amid nearly a week of protests throughout Iran. Thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets, spreading from a march in Mashhad, Iran’s second-largest city, on December 28, to rallies across the country.
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Assad Regime Strains Russian Ceasefires, Iran Responds to Trump’s Plans for Nuclear Deal, Israeli Officials Snared in Corruption Scandals
J. Dana Stuster Tue, Aug 8, 2017, 11:00 AM
Russian-backed Ceasefires Falter in Syria
Russia’s efforts to wind down the conflict in Western Syria were set back by renewed clashes over the past week. In recent months, Russia has sought to expand its patchwork of local ceasefires into a blanket “de-escalation zones” to be patrolled by Russian forces, and even gained some support for its plan from the Trump administration. But this past week was marked by clashes in Homs and Hama province and rebel-held districts in Damascus.
Iran
ISIS Attacks Iran and Accusations Fly
Suzanne Maloney Fri, Jun 9, 2017, 3:00 PM
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on Markaz.
Iran
What Will Rouhani’s Repeat Mean for Iran and Washington?
Suzanne Maloney Wed, May 31, 2017, 1:13 PM
Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared on Markaz.
Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s incumbent president and the “sheikh of diplomacy” who helped engineer the Iran nuclear deal, won a resounding mandate in a hard-fought reelection battle on Friday, sparking jubilation in the streets of Iran’s major cities.
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U.S. May Deploy More Troops to Syria, Iran’s Presidential Campaign Season Begins, and Experts Warn against U.S. Escalation in Yemen
J. Dana Stuster Tue, Apr 25, 2017, 11:43 AM
Trump Says Fighting Islamic State in Syria May Require More U.S. Troops
Iran
He’s Back! Ahmadinejad (Re)enters the Electoral Fray
Suzanne Maloney Thu, Apr 13, 2017, 11:03 AM
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on Markaz.
Iran
For the U.S. and Iran, A Nuclear Accord Upends Old Assumptions
Suzanne Maloney Thu, Jul 16, 2015, 7:00 AM
In a solemn speech on state television, Iranian president Hassan Rouhani described the achievement of a comprehensive accord between Tehran and six world powers on Iran's nuclear program as "an end and a beginning." Like so many other assertions about the deal, Rouhani’s platitude is only partially true.