[Prefatory Note: This post consists of six segments devoted to relations of the West to Iran, centering on whether the United States post-Trump will attempt to reduce tensions with Iran or opt for continuity, and greater policy coordination with Israel’s new post-Netanyahu leadership. Naphtali Bennett, Israel’s new Prime Minister, has already made clear that he […]
When you are too close to something, someone, you are not the best analyst. Your feelings get in the way. You reveal more about who you are than who or what you love/hate. But you can see better from afar. That sums up Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who, despite accurately predicting the collapse of the Soviet Union, […]
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[Prefatory Note: The post below is a slightly modified text of responses to Javad Heiran-Nia’s interview questions that was published on 2 June 2020 in Mehr News. From the Iranian publication I received some criticisms to the effect that I failed to associate Ayatollah Khomeini’s legacy with the repressiveness of the policies and practices of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The media has already started to beat the war drums about an impending conflict between the United States, Israel ( maybe even the rest of the world), with the Islamic Republic of Iran, as the American president has strongly signaled his dissatisfaction with the JCPoA, a.k.a. “The Iran Nuclear Deal” that was put into effect in August of 2016. We have covered this matter extensively here at the Duran, and there will certainly be more news as events develop.
