The Fall of Beirut
Calling Hezbollah merely a terror group is too simplistic, and nothing in Lebanon is ever simple or easy to explain.
Art Keller
· 11 min read
Iran
A collection of 53 posts
How Iran’s Dictators Laid the Foundation for the Country's Coronavirus Crisis
While the disease itself is, of course, an apolitical phenomenon, Iran’s repressive, theocratic political system has played a role in the especially high toll that coronavirus is taking on the Iranian people.
Shay Khatiri
· 6 min read
How Long Before the Regime Falls in Iran?
Opposition to the regime is not just to be found in the clergy. It is wide and deep but also unfocused.
Art Keller
· 12 min read
Iran’s Fawning Western Apologists
Many Western leftists repeated the Ayatollahs’ talking points.
Kaveh Shahrooz
· 5 min read
PODCAST 66: Alireza Nader on the Political Unrest in Iran and the Regime's Brutal Crackdown
Alireza Nader, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, talks to Jonathan Kay about the recent political protests in Iran and the regime’s brutal response.
Quillette, Jonathan Kay
· 1 min read
Iran Protests: It's not about Gas Prices
The protests went on for a few weeks, until the regime successfully repressed them with a violent crackdown, but economic conditions only worsened.
Shay Khatiri
· 8 min read
The West's Betrayal of Iranian Dissidents
Iranians who yearn for democracy and an open, prosperous society at peace with the world are met with overwhelming indifference from the West’s media and political leaders.
Mariam Memarsadeghi
· 10 min read
Notes from the Eye of a State-Sponsored Social Media Storm
The deliberate downplaying of dissent for both Persian and English language audiences is indicative of an attempt to fool Iranians back into submission at a time when the regime has never been more anxious about its survival.
Mariam Memarsadeghi
· 9 min read