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Weekly News Roundup: 18-25 May 2014

Politics Russia And China Strike Multi-Billion Gas Deal This week Gazprom signed a deal with China, which will see the company sell 38 billion cubic meters of gas to the energy-devouring Asian powerhouse. Although details have ...
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An Artistic Glimpse Into Exiled Iranians’ Nostalgia For The Homeland

Many Iranians living in the diaspora are faced with nostalgia for a home country that they cannot return to because of the threat of persecution. Recent comments by moderate President Hassan Rouhani suggest that he believes Ir...
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9 Murals That Paint A Very Different Picture Of Life Inside Iran

It takes a great artist to change a largely skewed view of what most perceive to be what Iranian’s think and feel. Social and economic oppression tend to be what first come to mind, Mehdi Ghadyanloo‘s street art uses a de...
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Was The US justified In Denying A Visa To Iran’s Ambassador To The UN?

The United States and Iran have had a very difficult relationship since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, but things appeared to be improving when a deal was made between world powers over Iran’s nuclear program in November 201...
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Regional Reactions To The Iran Nuclear Deal

As Iran’s long standing sworn “nemesis”, the Israeli reaction, voiced through Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, denouncing the P5+1 Iran nuclear deal, claiming that the “agreement has made the world more dangerous...
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Why Assad Will Not Lose: The Unspoken Consensus On Syria

Commentary on the situation in Syria generally revolves around a handful of well worn subjects; the regime’s use of chemical weapons, how the West finds the regime abhorrent, the fact that Russia and China are supporting such...
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Iran’s Race for Survival

With the unraveling of the second most important negotiations in Geneva, the perennial question remains the sincerity of Iranian intentions. This political milestone is shrouded by public scrutiny, tilted either towards a distr...
by Arianna Talaie
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Impending Water Crisis In The Gulf?

Economic development, rapidly increasing populations and global warming are making the supply of fresh water one of the greatest challenges facing the states of the Arabian Gulf. The countries of the Arabian Gulf are famed for ...
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Unfinished Exodus? The Jewish Community of Iran

The Middle East has always been home to vibrant Jewish communities, whose history in the region dates back more than 3,000 years. Despite occasional bouts of tension, Jews were generally permitted to practice their religion pea...
by Miriam Puttick
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