Moderates are likely to be shut out of the race for the presidency, now seen as a stepping stone to Iran’s top job.
- Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Middle East Politics & International Relations at Keele University, Keele University
People are gearing up for a potential resurgence of protests, while the state is preparing to suppress any sign of dissent.
Iran’s savage use of executions and prisoner rape has failed to quell the “women, freedom, life” movement.
Girls’ schools have been at the centre of protests which are shaking the Islamic Republic to its core.
Attempts to build a nation out of Iraq have failed spectacularly. Why is everyone still so intent on keeping it together?
For the House of Saud, an aggressive foreign policy can help serve a repressive domestic agenda.
Yemen’s collapse into full-on chaos could take the Middle East into an all-consuming conflict the like of which we’ve never seen.
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