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Category: International Relations
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Workers March in Asaluyeh, the Beating Heart of Iran’s Energy Economy
For 18 weeks, precarious South Pars workers in Asaluyeh have marched against broken promises—exposing how Iran’s “energy heart” runs on exploited labour at the…
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Anxious Neighbours: Are Riyadh and Ankara Warning Tehran – or Shielding Themselves from the Next War?
Saudi and Turkish envoys rush to Tehran as Israel prepares for a new war paradigm, seeking to contain fallout from a possible confrontation with…
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Waiting for War, Fearing Revolt: The Islamic Republic’s Paralysis in Crisis
Tehran wavers between war readiness and revolt control, pushing “Cold War” narratives as scarce resources and fracturing proxies deepen paralysis—shifting budgets from social needs…
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Between Surrender and Collapse: The Islamic Republic’s Search for a “Third Way”
Amid renewed sanctions and regional isolation, Tehran seeks a “third way” of survival through China and Russia—but without real integration, it risks only delaying…
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“Life Out of Control”: Iranians Confront Sanctions’ Daily Toll
As snapback sanctions bite, Iranians describe rising prices, shrinking wages, and a loss of control over their lives—“working hard when nothing happens,” one says,…
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The Shadow of Civil War Over Iran
Amid fears of a renewed Israel-Iran conflict, another danger is quietly looming: the risk of Iran sliding into civil war. Such wars rarely erupt…
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Cautious Speculation & Combative Rhetoric: The Looming Threat of an Iranian Strike Against Israel
While speaking with Radio Zamaneh Farsi, Acting Editor of Critique: Journal of Socialist Theory and Oxford University Researcher, Yassamine Mather, noted that “it is…
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Opinion: Between Equal Rights, Force Decides
Even if the enforcement of ICJ decisions ultimately depend on the currently existing political will (or lack thereof) within the UN Security Council, “decisions…
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The Costs and Advantages of Labor-Brokerage: Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) in the Middle East
On May 1st, 1974 — two years into Ferdinand Marcos’ twenty one year US-backed military dictatorship, Ferdinand E. Marcos “signed Presidential Decree no.442 into…