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Faith Under Fire: The Case of the Baha’i Religious…
The Baha’is are among the world’s most persecuted religious minorities. As Iran continues to discriminate a repress…
MIR Meets: Matthew Rosenberg
Host Theo Shouse sits down with Matthew Rosenberg, a Pulitzer Prize–winning correspondent at the New York Times.…
MIR Meets: Nadim Houry
Host Theo Shouse sits down with Nadim Houry, the executive director of the Arab Reform Initiative, a think tank…
The Beginning of a New Era in the Middle East?
On March 10, Iran and Saudi Arabia surprised many by announcing the re-establishment of their diplomatic ties. The…
Winds of Change: Is Iran’s Islamic Republic on the Brink…
The Iranian regime has faced various protests over the years, all of which have eventually fizzled out. Could this…
Mon hijab, mon choix
En 1979, l’Iran est devenue une République islamique.
En 1983, le port obligatoire du voile a été imposé aux…
“Women, Life, Freedom”: The Significance of Iran’s…
The backlash from women burning their hijabs and cutting their hair threatens the foundation of the Islamic regime.
L’espoir irakien, victime de la pandémie?
En 2019, un sursaut populaire avait fait fleurir une lueur d’espoir en Irak. Comment ces sentiments ont-ils évolué?…
Hostage Diplomacy: The Canada-China Prisoner’s…
Over two years later, the Huawei executive and the two Michaels remain stranded in ongoing legal proceedings in one…
Could Banning Nuclear Weapons Threaten World Peace?
"On October 24th, 2020, the international community reached a landmark treaty which triumphs over all predecessors…
The Fire Behind the Smoke: How Lebanon’s Corrupt…
Current leadership makes it all the easier for interested parties to gain power in Lebanon as the government is not…
Once Power, Now Peril? The Legacy of Protests in Iran
The current regime would do well to remember that ignoring the needs of the citizens in favour of ideological…