Mon Jan 08 2018
Iran: What Lies Beneath
By Sohrab Mobasheri
Since 1997 and the coming to power of reformists in Iran, Western countries have refused to see anything else in Iran other than the symbiosis of the so-called reformers and hardliners within the regime. Sohrab Mobasheri, an Iranian political activist and journalist in exile explains: "The writings on the wall were present...Anybody who was willing to do so could see the signs..."
Sun Jan 07 2018
The Question of Iranian Power-Sharing
By Loosineh Markarian
Iran was rocked by a number of protests last week that caught many by surprise. Loosineh Markarian writes that while many have been focused on the interrelation of the elite and the protestors, recent developments in inter-elite relations could be the significant factor informing the recent outburst.
Fri Dec 01 2017
The Cost of Justice: ECtHR and Cases Against Armenia
By Lusine Sargsyan
Since joining the Council of Europe and ratifying the European Convention on Human Rights, Armenia’s government has been obligated to pay over 900,000 Euros as compensation to Armenian nationals.
