The fact that legitimacy, perceived or real, matters in Iran’s political system, makes its leaders to some degree responsive to pressures from below. In this case, streets protests, and ...
The following is the Sept. 8, 2024, Congressional Research Service report, Iran: Background and U.S. Policy. From the report ...
The scale of the protest movement that erupted after the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini and the brutal repression of those ...
Lebanon's political system is deeply entrenched in sectarian divisions. The country is a confessional democracy, meaning that ...
As attempted foreign interference in elections continues to evolve, so does the response to it. Officials are grappling with ...
In the initial weeks of his presidency, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has demonstrated a cautious approach to foreign ...
Iran will be hit with new sanctions Tuesday for supplying ballistic missiles to Russia, Secretary of State Antony Blinken ...
Iran will be hit with new sanctions Tuesday for supplying ballistic missiles to Russia, Secretary of State Antony Blinken ...
The New York Fed’s process to move Baghdad’s oil earnings lacked key money-laundering safeguards, resulting in illicit ...
Lebanon was hit with a fresh wave of exploding telecommunications devices including walkie-talkies a day after 12 people were killed and thousands injured in a series of similar blasts.