9 Best Articles in 2022
The Atlantic
Iran Would Destroy Syria to Get Vengeance on Israel
The Atlantic
20+ min read · From 2018 · Iran has played a pivotal role in helping Bashar al-Assad’s regime regain the upper hand in Syria’s civil war. At first glance, the alliance between a revolutionary Shia theocracy and a staunch champion of secular Arab nationalism seems baffling. Some analysts have emphasized the common strategic interests the two countries share. For Iranian-American foreign policy analyst Karim Sadjadpour, however, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s decision to back Syria’s brutal dictator stems from a much more elemental place: his deep-seated hatred of the state of Israel. getAbstract recommends this article to readers with an interest in Middle East politics.
Summary · Shared by 83, including getAbstract
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Israel’s military is thinking hard about how to win a potential war with Hezbollah and Iran
gisreportsonline.com
1 min read · From 2018 · Tensions between Israel and Iran have reached an all-time high. Although the two states have engaged in a shadow war in Syria and Lebanon for decades, Israel’s recent attack on an Iranian drone base in Syria and Iran’s threat to retaliate have put stakeholders and international observers on high alert. Writing for Geopolitical Intelligence Services, Dr. Amatzia Baram of the University of Haifa outlines the risks and dilemmas Israel faces in regard to Iran’s expanding influence along Israel’s northern border. getAbstract recommends her assessment to anyone with a keen interest in the Middle East.
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Foreign Affairs
Confronting Iran
Foreign Affairs
1 min read · From 2020 · Donald Trump has come under criticism for meeting with Kim Jong-un and withdrawing America from the Iran nuclear deal. But, in this essay for Foreign Affairs, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo explains how Trump’s strategy of “disruptive boldness” will put “maximum pressure” on these rogue nations. Though Pompeo fails to address some key criticisms of Trump’s approach, he persuasively argues why the president’s policy will succeed in bringing Iran and North Korea to heel. getAbstract recommends this article to those looking for a deeper understanding of Trump’s approach toward Iran and North Korea.
The New Yorker
The Shadow Commander
The New Yorker
20+ min read · From 2015 · Qassem Suleimani is the Iranian operative who has been reshaping the Middle East. Now he’s directing Assad’s war in Syria.
Reader View · Shared by 157, including Ginny Marvin, Christopher Lauer, W. Blake Gray, Chris Messina, Mathew Ingram, Dan Primack, Ryan Selkis 📖 🖊🔑, Sam Sifton, David McCandless, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Kelsey D. Atherton, Richard Deitsch, wil shipley, Cathy B 🌻
The Guardian
How did Spain get its coronavirus response so wrong?
The Guardian
5 min read · From 2020 · Spain saw what happened in Iran and Italy – and yet it just overtook China’s death toll in one of the darkest moments in recent Spanish history
Reader View · Shared by 108, including 艾未未 Ai Weiwei, Alex Barrera, Marylin Delgado, Daniel Lacalle, Carl Zimmer, Thomas Power, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛
The New York Times
Opinion | Biden Could Make the World Safer, but He’s Too Afraid of the Politics
The New York Times
5 min read · May 9th · The administration knows how to get the Iran nuclear deal back. It’s just afraid of Republicans.
Reader View · Shared by 95
TechCrunch
The State of Digital In Iran
TechCrunch
5 min read · From 2016 · I don’t think anyone really understands the depth of digital upheaval Iran has experienced in the past few years. Social media and e-commerce consumption have both gone topsy-turvy in…
Shared by 16, including Mo Schuster, Sara Usinger, Nico Luchsinger
The Economist
Trapped in Iran
The Economist
20+ min read · From 2020 · In July 2019 Nicolas Pelham, The Economist’s Middle East correspondent, received a rare journalist’s visa to Iran. On the day he was due to fly home, he was detained
Shared by 15, including Merkstatt, Gerd Leonhard
The New York Times
On North Korea and Iran, Intelligence Chiefs Contradict Trump
The New York Times
1 min read · From 2019 · North Korea is “unlikely to give up” its nuclear stockpiles and Iran is not developing nuclear weapons, an intelligence assessment says, challenging the president’s assertions.
Reader View · Shared by 15, including Carly, The Indian Express, Charles Baldwin
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The New York Times
Opinion | Biden Could Make the World Safer, but He’s Too Afraid of the Politics
The New York Times
5 min read · May 9th · The administration knows how to get the Iran nuclear deal back. It’s just afraid of Republicans.
Reader View · Shared by 95
The Guardian
Canada’s feel-good World Cup melody hits sour note with Iran debacle
The Guardian
4 min read · Jun 4th · With an aborted friendly against Iran, Canada Soccer have managed to sour some of the feel-good factor that the Qatar-bound team had worked so hard to build up
Reader View · Shared by 13, including Sandy Darity, Retweets do not mean endorsement.
Fox News
Iran to supply Russia with car parts, fuel turbines amid gas crisis in Ukraine
Fox News
3 min read · May 27th · Iran will begin negotiating with Russia on bartering spare car parts and fuel turbines for raw metal materials as both nations struggle under heavy sanctions.
Reader View · Shared by 9
The New York Times
Sensitive Iranian Military Site Was Targeted in Attack
The New York Times
4 min read · May 27th · A drone exploded at a structure in the Parchin military technology complex on Wednesday. The attack fit a pattern of past Israeli strikes on Iran.
Reader View · Shared by 70
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Middle East Battle Lines
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20+ min read · From 2018 · Iran has taken advantage of developments like the Syrian civil war to form new alliances and expand its influence in the Middle East. Iran’s growing political power has shifted the region’s battle lines, pitting the Islamic theocracy against Western-allied Gulf states and Israel. Compared with the belligerent US response, European policy has remained less resolute. In this policy brief, experts of the European Council on Foreign Relations explain why Europe is uniquely positioned to help prevent a wider regional war. getAbstract recommends their insights to anyone following the international diplomatic – and, at times, less diplomatic – dance with Iran.
Vox
How the US stacks up to other countries in confirmed coronavirus cases
Vox
2 min read · From 2020 · The United States is more in line with Italy and Iran than Singapore and Hong Kong.
Reader View · Shared by 71, including Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Gui Schmitt, Ezra Klein, Carl T. Bergstrom, Matthias Lampe, Thomas Power, Mathew Ingram, Paul Krugman, Barbra Streisand, Carl Zimmer, marco iacoboni, Kainaz Amaria, Howard Getson, 🌻 Laura Fitton (she/her) 🌻, Frederic Filloux, Brendan Nyhan
The New Yorker
Donald Trump’s Worst Deal
The New Yorker
20+ min read · From 2017 · The President helped build a hotel in Azerbaijan that appears to be a corrupt operation engineered by oligarchs tied to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
Reader View · Shared by 113, including 👨🏻💻☕️, Chris Messina, Bill Slawski ⚓ 🇺🇦, Carly, Adam Davidson, Graham Marshall, Bjorn Larsen, Anne Applebaum, Hrag, Thomas Power, APKYP, Maja Grolimund-Kurth, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Jane, Dave Nussbaum, Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis
heated.world
The climate cost of war
heated.world
5 min read · From 2020 · A declared war with Iran would almost certainly doom the effort to prevent climate catastrophe.
Reader View · Shared by 68, including Emily Atkin, Eric Holthaus, Katja Evertz
BBC Breaking News
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on way home to UK
BBC Breaking News
3 min read · Mar 16th · The British-Iranian woman had been detained by the authorities in Iran for nearly six years.
Reader View · Shared by 69, including Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Nick Anstead, Ian M Calvert, Thomas Power, Microphilosophy | Philosopher 🧠
The New York Times
Israel and Iran Broaden Cyberwar to Attack Civilian Targets
The New York Times
7 min read · 2021-11-27 · Iranians couldn’t buy gas. Israelis found their intimate dating details posted online. The Iran-Israel shadow war is now hitting ordinary citizens.
Reader View · Shared by 32, including Pippa Malmgren, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Andrzej Jóźwik, Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦, Alex Tabarrok
The New York Times
A Daughter Is Beheaded, and Iran Asks if Women Have a Right to Safety
The New York Times
7 min read · From 2020 · The so-called honor killing of a 14-year-old girl in Iran has shaken the country and forced an examination of its failure to protect women and children.
Reader View · Shared by 30, including John Koetsier, Melissa Silverstein, Martin Varsavsky 🇺🇦, Scott Galloway
The Telegraph
British 15-year-old gained access to intelligence operations in Afghanistan and Iran by pretending to be head of…
The Telegraph
~14 min read · From 2018 · A 15-year-old gained access to plans for intelligence operations in Afghanistan and Iran by pretending to be the head of the CIA to gain access to his computers, a court has heard.
Reader View · Shared by 31, including Esther Schindler, Stephen C Sanders, Martin Howard, Thomas Power
The Guardian
The science of spying: how the CIA secretly recruits academics
The Guardian
~17 min read · From 2017 · The long read: In order to tempt nuclear scientists from countries such as Iran or North Korea to defect, US spy agencies routinely send agents to academic conferences – or even host their own fake ones
Reader View · Shared by 64, including Hugo Corbucci, jean marc manach, Alejandro Vidal, Thomas Wong, Liv 😷, Jane, Mathew Ingram
