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The Road to Beijing Runs Through Tehran
Read the full story: The Road to Beijing Runs Through TehranWashington wants to pivot towards China, but Middle Eastern energy, Gulf capital and Iran’s regional power make disengagement far more difficult than US policymakers acknowledge.
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What Do We Know About the Escalating Armed Clashes in Balochistan?
From Saravan to Taftan, intensifying clashes raise questions about emerging armed alliances, reported Fatemiyoun deployments and the consequences of Iran’s wider war for Baloch…
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Protecting Nature with Bare Hands
More than 1,000 environmental NGOs operate in Iran. Three activists describe how security pressures, government obstruction and a lack of funding undermine their efforts…
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Trump and the Temptation of a Third War: Will the Bombs Wait for the Ballot Box?
With Republicans facing electoral defeat, could Trump turn another war with Iran into a final political gamble, with Iranian lives as the stakes?
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No School Is Free: A Field Report from Iran
Three mothers in three Iranian cities describe how school fees, supplies, transport and other costs are turning supposedly free education into a growing financial…
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War on Nature: The Environmental Toll of Two U.S.-Israeli Wars on Iran
Two recent wars have damaged Iran’s forests, waters, coastlines and wildlife, leaving environmental consequences whose full scale may take years to emerge.
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From a Photograph to a Death Sentence: Iran’s Expanding Espionage Law
The case of 20-year-old twins Hassan and Hossein Amiri raises urgent questions about disputed evidence, coerced confessions and the widening reach of Iran’s espionage…
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