Iran’s nuclear program even without a bomb as we speak, enjoys the potential of becoming more dangerous than today’s North Korea after a recent hydrogen bomb testing – with new reports showing the blast delivering a far more powerful yield than presumed – and its increasing row with the … [Read more...] about How Iran Is More Dangerous Than North Korea
Sanctioning the Terrible Twosome
The world currently faces two atomic crises in Iran and North Korea, despite long strides in the effort of nuclear non-proliferation. Deep military and nuclear cooperation between the two states makes dealing with these challenges even more difficult. One may have thought lessons would have been … [Read more...] about Sanctioning the Terrible Twosome
ANALYSIS: Revisiting Iran’s 9/11 connection
16 years have passed since that tragic day, September 11, 2001, when over 3,000 innocent people lost their lives in the “the largest mass casualty terrorist attack in US history.” The course of modern history changed as we know it. For more than 15 of these past years the policy of appeasement has … [Read more...] about ANALYSIS: Revisiting Iran’s 9/11 connection
ANALYSIS: With ISIS on the run, is it time to focus on Iran?
Iraq announced the official defeat of the ISIS terror group on its soil recently. Efforts in Syria pinpointing on the cities of Raqqa and Deir ez-Zoor, the last two ISIS strongholds, are also on the rise with estimates forecasting the group’s complete annihilation in October. Unfortunately, since … [Read more...] about ANALYSIS: With ISIS on the run, is it time to focus on Iran?
New Light On Iran’s Human Rights Violations
Two of the major crises the international community is currently engaged with are terrorism and nuclear proliferation. Iran, in particular, is negatively involved in both fields, being known as the central banker of international terrorism, and suspicious for its own controversial nuclear program at … [Read more...] about New Light On Iran’s Human Rights Violations
Iran And The Nuclear Deal’s Future
It has been over a week since a new round of tension has initiated over the Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). This string of developments were kick-started with a meeting between Nikki Haley, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, and Yukio Amano, … [Read more...] about Iran And The Nuclear Deal’s Future
Iran: Plight Of Political Prisoners Signals Regime Turmoil
Iran is currently striving to manage a number of increasingly painstaking dilemmas. International spotlight is again on Tehran’s nuclear program, with the United States demanding United Nations inspectors be granted access to its military sites. Equally troubling is Iran’s collaboration with North … [Read more...] about Iran: Plight Of Political Prisoners Signals Regime Turmoil
ANALYSIS: How the tide is turning against Iran
As ISIS is losing ground in its two last enclaves of Raqqa and Deir el-Zor, there are many rightfully concerning reports of Iran seeking to chip further control in Syria. All the while, there are also signs of contradictory remarks heard from senior Iranian officials, parallel to indications on the … [Read more...] about ANALYSIS: How the tide is turning against Iran
Iran’s Challenges in Rouhani’s Second Term
The second term of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has officially begun. His first four years were experienced by the people of Iran, the region and the international community. It is necessary to discuss the challenges his second term will pose. The most important matter in Iranian politics is the … [Read more...] about Iran’s Challenges in Rouhani’s Second Term
How Trump Can Correctly Approach Iran’s Nuclear Deal
In line with the ongoing evaluation of Iran’s compliance or non-compliance with a pact aimed at curbing its nuclear ambitions, and as the administration of US President Donald Trump continues to weigh its comprehensive Iran policy, Nikki Haley, US Ambassador to the United Nations visited Vienna on … [Read more...] about How Trump Can Correctly Approach Iran’s Nuclear Deal