What can Avicenna teach us in time of Coronavirus?
Source: Al Jazeera By Hamid Dabashi, who is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Every day at 7pm in New York, we come […]
Sahar Esfandiari / Reclaiming Rumi: How Islam was erased from the Persian poet’s work
Sahar Esfandiari A new online campaign, Rumi Was Muslim, seeks to rectify the whitewashing and mistranslations of the renowned 13th-century Persian poet and Muslim scholar. Founded by researchers and translators Sharghzadeh and Zirrar, […]
Iran’s beautiful palaces and holy sites – in pictures
Ahead of new BBC series Art of Persia, starting on 15 June, Christopher Wilton-Steer looks up at the intricate ceilings of Iran’s mosques, mausoleums and palaces Mon 15 Jun 2020 more:
Neither Iraq, nor Syria can afford to allow Daesh to return as major challenge.
May 13,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHEL JANSEN Despite Covid-19, Iraqis have returned to the streets to demand an end to mismanagement, corruption and sectarianism as Mustafa Al Kadhimi […]
The Iraq War fifteen years on: “America destroyed my country”
Fifteen years ago, on 20 March 2003, the United States and its allies invaded Iraq. Iraqi novelist and poet Sinan Antoon describes the pain of watching his country disintegrate in […]
Can Iraq’s new PM, and the region, escape Suleimani’s long shadow?
Rise of spy chief to premier comes as Iran struggles to maintain momentum months after killing of powerful general Iraq’s prime minister-designate Mustafa al-Kadhimi gives a TV speech after his […]
Iraq Chooses New Prime Minister, an Ex-Security Chief Backed by U.S.
With the selection of Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Iraq has its first real government in more than five months. He will confront an array of daunting problems. By Alissa J. Rubin […]
Chomsky: Maintaining sanctions on Iran amid coronavirus is ‘sheer sadism’
“The sanctions are illegitimate in the first place, and maintaining them during the pandemic is sheer sadism,” Chomsky told IRNA in an interview published on Saturday. Speaking from his […]
The pandemic deepens the sectarian divide in the Middle East
Shahram Akbarzadeh Accusations of biological aggression is distracting the region from working together to defeat Covid-19. The Covid-19 pandemic calls for urgent regional and international coordination to tackle the spread […]
Joe Biden says he ‘doesn’t have enough information’ on Iran to have a view. How odd – he negotiated the nuclear deal
Robert Fisk @indyvoices 17 hours ago So, while we continue to be mesmerised by Covid-19, here are a few Middle East tales that should be going viral this week. Let’s […]
Prayers at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound suspended
Source: Swiss info JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Muslim prayers at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound will be suspended starting Monday and until further notice in an effort to prevent the spread of […]
U.S. imposes fresh Iran-related sanctions despite coronavirus
By Daphne Psaledakis and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States blacklisted five Iran- and Iraq-based companies and 15 individuals on Thursday for supporting terrorist groups, its third round […]
Iran’s supreme leader to pardon 10,000 prisoners, including political ones
Source: MSN By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will pardon 10,000 prisoners including political ones in honour of the Iranian new year on Friday, […]
Coronavirus: Ilhan Omar calls for lifting of sanctions on Iran amid outbreak
With more than 11,000 reported cases, the Islamic Republic is one of the worst affected by Covid-19 outside of China By Sheren Khalel in Washington By Sheren Khalel in Washington Published date: 13 March 2020 Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has renewed calls for the US to suspend sanctions against Iran, as […]
Iraqi religious authorities say U.S. air strike hit civilian airport
Mar 13, 2020 – swissinfo.ch KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) – A U.S air strike hit an Iraqi civilian airport under construction in the holy Shi’ite Muslim city of Kerbala and […]
Trump banning travel to Europe will do nothing to halt coronavirus. Lifting sanctions on Iran will
US sanctions even resulted in Google removing Iran’s coronavirus diagnosis app from its online store Negar Mortazavi Washington DC @NegarMortazavi 1 day ago The coronavirus outbreak in Iran has […]
Three killed in rocket attack on Iraq base
By Associated Press Reporters Three service personnel have been killed, including two Americans, and a dozen more injured when a barrage of rockets were fired at a military base […]
Iran’s coronavirus outbreak is bizarrely reminiscent of the Black Death
I doubt if the cruel story of Middle Eastern contagion counts for much in the White House, or among the Sunni monarchs of the Gulf. But its spread is of […]
Why is Iran’s reported mortality rate for coronavirus higher than in other countries?
Source: NBC By Dan De Luce Iran’s reported mortality rate for the illness — about 14 percent — surpasses the rate for other countries by a dramatic margin. WASHINGTON — […]
Trump’s pressure tactics on Iraq seek to preserve troop presence
Feb 19,2020 -JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN When will the Trump administration stop bullying Iraq? The latest examples of bullying involve delays in cash deliveries from an Iraqi account in […]