In the aftermath of the horrific terrorist attacks of June 26 in Sousse, Lyon and Kuwait, David Cameron said: “We must be more intolerant of intolerance.” He called for a rejection of “anyone whose views condone the Islamist extremist narrative”. This was in line with comments made a week earlier when he condemned those British …
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Iran negotiations with P5+1 Daricheh TV
Videos from HOPI day school 30-5-2015
Yassamine Mather: The current situation in the Middle East – Iraq, Syria, Yemen, IS, Iran Mike Macnair: US strategy in the region, inconsistencies and chaos. A sign of the decline or a deliberate policy? Responding to the Debate Moshe Machover : Israel’s future in the Middle East in view of changing US-Iran relations . Responding …
Saudi Arabia: King promotes his favourites
What is the significance of the power struggle within the Saudi dynasty? Last week, in the middle of a war in Yemen, where Saudi troops are engaged in major battles, we witnessed a quiet but significant, not to say unprecedented, coup within the Saudi royal family. On April 29, king Salman bin Abdulaziz dismissed his …
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Children of ayatollahs flaunt their wealth
Three deadly road accidents in one week, involving expensive cars driven by super-rich young Iranians, have dominated this week’s news in Iran – especially after the country’s supreme leader, ayatollah Ali Khamenei, used a meeting with police chiefs to criticise fast-driving, wealthy youngsters. Khamenei said: “I hear that young people from the generation of wealth, …
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Will the deal bring peace?
Finally, after eight days of intensive negotiations, on April 2 Iran and the P5+1 powers agreed a statement of intent, which will become the framework for the final deal to be signed in June 2015. This does not mean the US administration has decided on a strategy of rapprochement with Iran – the proposed ‘framework’ …
May 30: Hopi day school with Moshé Machover , Mike Macnair and Yassamine Mather
Saturday May 30, 11am-5pm The Cock Tavern, 23 Phoenix Rd, London NW1 1HB
پرگار: آینده دمکراسی BBC Persian
آیا جوامع دمکراتیک دچار بحران دمکراسی نشده اند؟ به این معنا که کیفیت شاخص های دمکراسی در آنها افول نکرده است؟ ولی چرا این موضوع برای کسانی که در جوامع غیردمکراتیک زندگی می کنند باید مهم باشد؟
36th Anniversary of the Iranian Revolution
BBC Persian: 36th Anniversary of the Iranian Revolution
CIA roots of Islamist fundamentalism
Did outrage caused by the provocations of an irreverent magazine provoke the Paris attacks? Yassamine Mather looks beyond this simplistic myth Afghan mujahedin: paid for by Washington first published in the Weekly Worker On Sunday January 11, according to France’s ministry of interior, at least 3.7 million people marched across France to support the freedom …