Imperialism & War > Middle East
None of the above
07 Jun 2012
Calling on Egyptians to vote for the Muslim Brotherhood is insane, argues Paul Demarty
Electioneering without candidates
29 Apr 2021
Yassamine Mather attacks the sham presidential election and the imperialist-financed opposition alike
Moving to far right
22 Apr 2021
Moshé Machover looks at the dynamics and strange deals that might be done following the indecisive general election
Israeli nuclear terrorism
15 Apr 2021
Yassamine Mather looks at the ongoing low-intensity war and the latest attack on Natanz
Not in the room
08 Apr 2021
With the US still not directly involved in the negotiations, Yassamine Mather considers prospects for a revived nuclear deal
Erdoğan tries to cheat unpopularity
25 Mar 2021
Withdrawing from the Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence is part of a desperate attempt to stitch together a winning election bloc. Esen Uslu reports
Protecting death factories
25 Mar 2021
Tony Greenstein reports on his arrest and week-long detention over a planned direct‑action protest against Elbit, a notorious Israeli arms company
Regime change MI6-style
18 Mar 2021
Torab Saleth reviews the online documentary 'Coup 53' which was written, produced and directed by Taghi Amirani
Time is running out
11 Mar 2021
Yassamine Mather weighs up the state of play regarding attempts to revive the nuclear deal
A century of dependency
25 Feb 2021
Foreign intervention did not come to an end with the 1979 revolution. No, as shown by Yassamine Mather, Iran’s Islamic rulers are more than willing to do the bidding of US-controlled international institutions
Trying to reverse the irreversible
25 Feb 2021
‘We’re back!’ cries Biden. But, asks Daniel Lazare, will its allies welcome the US as the undisputed global hegemon once again?
From symbol to failure
11 Feb 2021
On February 8 1971, 50 years ago, the geurrillaist left began its armed struggle by attacking a gendamerie post at Siahkal. Three police were killed and two comrades rescued. Yassamine Mather spoke to Ardeshir Mehrdad. He was a member of the Organisation of Iranian People’s Fadai until 1980 and later became editor of Iran Bulletin
Principle, confusion and hope
11 Feb 2021
Having looked at the birth and early years of the guerrillaist left in her first article Yassamine Mather turns to the internal struggles within the Fedai
Handcuffed gates
11 Feb 2021
Students are resisting the academic cronies imposed on them by the Erdoğan regime. Esen Uslu reports
SUPPLEMENT: Three waves of protest
04 Feb 2021
Feelings of injustice, a lack of rights and a sense of betrayal have become universal and act as psychological and subjective drivers of protest, writes Ardeshir Mehrdad. But how can protest be forged into a movement than can topple the regime?
SUPPLEMENT: Limits of guerrillaism
04 Feb 2021
Mohamad Reza Shalgouni was a founder-member of the Organisation of Revolutionary Workers of Iran (Rahe Kargar). He spoke to Yassamine Mather about his strategic reassessment as a prisoner of the shah and experience of the revolutionary years of 1978-79