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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The recently held parliamentary elections in Iran may have far-reaching consequences for the future political landscape of the Middle East. The elections for Iran’s tenth Islamic Consultative Assembly held in 2016 had
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If we follow events of a few recent weeks in the Middle East, it will definitely provide us with compelling reasons to believe that clouds of World War III, God forbid, are
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In bygone days, I happened to lay my hands on “A Lost Opportunity,” a magnum opus of an eminent Russian writer, Leo Tolstoy. The allegory teaches a lifetime lesson and should be
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war,” warned John Adams, one of the founding fathers and subsequently, the second president of the US. But, long gone are the days when the
By Mobeen Jafar Mir The Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F) managed to secure only 3.2 per cent of the popular vote during the general elections of 2013, the last election where its head,
By Mobeen Jafar Mir The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow sea channel situated between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, is one of the most important maritime chokepoints in the
There are scores of recent developments in the Middle East each of which could threaten the peace and prosperity of the Gulf region. On June 16, Israel inaugurated a new settlement named
