Iran

6th of June, 2023 at the Nippon Gaishi Hall, Nagoya, Japan It’s the 1st game day of the Volleyball Nations League (VNL) 2023 Week 1. Team Japan will be facing their Asian rivals, Iran, for their 1st game of the season. Iran will be missing some key players like their…

This essay is not an argument for some religion other than Islam. There is something of the Randian in me, and I believe that religious faith, with its rejection of reason, is inherently harmful. In an ideal world, there would be no religious faith, but only religion in the form…

In a move that could have significant geopolitical implications, the President of Iran has announced plans to visit three Latin American countries that are currently under US sanctions. This visit aims to bolster ties and expand cooperation between Iran and these nations. The development highlights the complex dynamics of international…

As the tension between Israel and Iran intensifies, and while Iran has just unveiled its first hypersonic missile, rumors about advancement in the Iranian nuclear program are growing even more distressing. While Israel threatens Iran not to try to attack it, Iran threatens back that it will demolish Israel if…

According to NPR, Iran’s Guidance Patrol, or “morality police” is who enforces the country’s conservative rules regarding dress and behavior. The country started to protest against the morality police after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini who died in custody of the officials. Mahsa Amini was allegedly in violation of…

There are a lot of things that we will never know about that’s still buried by the CIA and all these other intelligence agencies. Some of the stories are beyond fiction and we’d probably see these stories in Netflix sooner or later. Studio execs picked up Argo some time ago…

By James M. Dorsey To watch a video version of this story on YouTube please click here. A podcast version is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, and Spreaker. When jailed Turkish politician Selahattin Demirtas apologized for his pro-Kurdish party’s poor performance in recent Turkish elections, he did more than take…

Here are the key facts of this story, as agreed upon by ¹2 News, ²New York Post, ³Dvids, ⁴Al Jazeera, and ⁵Associated Press. The US Navy and the UK’s Royal Navy said their sailors came to the aid of a ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday afternoon, after…

Israel has lodged serious accusations against the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), claiming that it has “capitulated” to Iran. The accusations stem from concerns over the Iranian nuclear program and the recent negotiations surrounding the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). …