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The whole world is atwitter – with fear and loathing – over Iran electing hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi to succeed purported reformer Hassan Rouhani as president. I submit, however, that this reaction is much ado about nothing. Kudos to The New York Times for at least putting Raisi’s election into proper geopolitical context – as… Read more.
Iran called for calm on Sunday after protests in a southern city over water shortages turned violent overnight with reports of police shooting at demonstrators who attacked banks and public buildings. … A number of protests have broken out in Iran since the beginning of the year over water, a growing political concern due to… Read more.
The Islamic Republic of Iran elected a new president in a democratic election that would’ve made even George Washington, the father of American democracy, proud. But this did not please one of his presidential heirs and namesake, George W. Bush, in the least. After all, this curious George only likes democratic elections when the rulers… Read more.
