Middle East
Who Bears Responsibility for Nazi and Islamist Crimes?
A personal reflection on leadership, resistance, and moral responsibility - drawing parallels between Norway under Nazi occupation and Iran under the Islamist regime.
Arvin Khoshnood
Middle EastThe WestThe Mossadegh Myth: How the Left Dodges Iran’s Lessons
A critical reexamination of Mohammad Mossadegh, the 1953 coup narrative, and how leftist myth-making obscures the real causes of Iran’s 1979 revolution.Shalitha Bandara
Middle EastThe WestIran Is Killing Protesters. Europe Is Issuing Statements.
The EU has the tools to impose real costs on the IRGC’s repression and its operations in Europe. What’s missing is action.Dr. Aidin Panahi/Saeed Ghasseminejad
Middle EastConflict Zones Iran’s Digital Blackouts as State Violence
Silencing a nation online is the fastest way to make violence invisible.Raghu Kondori
Culture WarsMiddle EastJavid Shah Echoes
How a slogan fuels belief in transition and freedom.Raghu Kondori
Middle EastForeign InfluenceRestoration, Not Revolution: The West’s Unfinished Duty to Iran
For the first time in decades, Iranians roar - will the West answer?Nicole Sadighi
Middle EastForeign InfluenceWhy Are Iranians Chanting for Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi?
What sounds like nostalgia is actually a desperate demand for political legitimacy.Dr. Ardavan M. Khoshnood
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Iran’s Triple Threat: Drought, Debt, and Discontent
From drought to economic meltdown, Iran faces converging crises in 2025. Citizens increasingly see regime change as the only solution.
Raghu Kondori
- Middle EastConflict Zones
When Food Arrives, But Hunger Persists
V24 Exclusive: Convoys make it through but the most vulnerable still go hungry. Here’s why.
Adam Starzynski
- Conflict Zones Middle East
Can Donald Trump’s 20-Point Gaza Plan Actually Work?
Trump presents a daring strategy to reshape Gaza and bring an end to conflict.
Alexandra Tompson
- Middle EastThe West
Snapback Isn’t Enough: Europe Must Outlaw the IRGC
The UN’s snapback sanctions mean little if Europe keeps giving IRGC a legal loophole.
Saeed Ghasseminejad/Dr. Aidin Panahi
- Middle EastConflict Zones
When Assad Fled, Syria’s Minorities Paid the Price
After Assad’s fall, Syria faces a new tyranny under former al-Qaeda leader Ahmed al-Shara. Minorities are under siege.
Adam Starzynski
- Middle EastConflict Zones
The Qur’an, the Jews, and Israel
The conflict with Hamas is not just political but spiritual. Dr. David Wood warns that the roots of hatred toward Jews and Christians run deep in scripture.
Adam Starzynski
- Middle EastConflict Zones
Raising Martyrs: Gaza’s Generation of Children Taught to Die
A 2016 video resurfaces, exposing how Hamas molds children for war.
Stefan Tompson
- Middle EastThe West
When the New York Times Misuses ‘Genocide’
Examining claims of genocide in Gaza: separating legal definitions from rhetoric.
Adam Starzynski
- Conflict Zones Middle East
The Protesters’ Hearts Are in the Right Place – But Hamas’ Are Not
Why the Israeli hostage forum protests are well meaning but counter-productive.
Dan Feferman
- Middle EastCulture Wars
Syria’s Nightmare Is Becoming Europe’s
What if we were wrong to think we could separate people from the ideologies they flee, and are now paying the price?
Adam Starzynski
