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Writer on Middle Eastern politics, Farhang Morady, writes that Iran’s military response to Israel’s escalation of the war is driven both by the need to push back against Israel and the Western powers and by its aim to assert its dominance in the region. After a year of
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Farhang Morady explains the geopolitical context of the escalating Israel-Iran conflict against the background of the genocide in Gaza. He argues that Iran’s retaliation to Israel’s deadly attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus was also motivated by the Iranian regime’s own power dynamics. The relationship
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This week marks a year since the eruption of major protests in Iran in response to the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody. Farhang Morady explains the historical background to the protests and assesses the prospect of radical change. In 2022, Iran witnessed a major political upheaval as street