Tensions have been mounting between Iran and Saudi Arabia in recent weeks. Saudi’s intervention this month into the long-running and long-underreported Yemeni civil war – attacking Shi’ah Houthi rebels fighting against the government of a predominantly Sunni country – has drawn sharp criticism from the other major power in the region. “Those who pour oil [...]
Walking through security at Portcullis House, the fabulously expensive building standing adjacent to the Houses of Parliament, is a bit like going through any airport anywhere in the world. But making your way through the spacious courtyard, past green trees and sun-dappled water features under the enormous sparkling glass dome towering overhead, you could be [...]
America will not prove its openness through hosting the Olympics, but by engaging in diplomacy It must be difficult for Barack Obama to hear the words ‘no you can’t’, but that was exactly what he had to face today as the IOC chose Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Olympics over his hometown of [...]
Hillary Clinton announced today that if Iran succeeds in developing nuclear weapons, America could look at arming its allies in the region to defend against the threat. “We want Iran to calculate what I think is a fair assessment: that if the United States extends a defence umbrella over the region, if we do even [...]
Saturday August 1st at 7:30pm Dalston Social Centre, 2a Belgrade Road On the first of August, Iran solidarity organisation HOPI are holding what looks like an excellent fund raising gig, featuring the legendary Attilla The Stockbroker and others. “Given the recent upsurge in Iran, there is an urgent need for principled direct solidarity with workers, [...]
Hugo Chavez has a long memory. Himself the victim of a right-wing coup backed by the country’s elite, it is hardly surprising that the Venezuelan leader has been amongst the most vocal supporters of protesters in Honduras struggling to restore Manuel Zelaya, the leftist president ousted in a military coup last week. As Zelaya attempted [...]
Just recieved this notification: The Iranian Government is now tracking Twitter and Facebook in Iran. Everyone please go to your setting and please change the location (Top right ‘settings’) and network to IRAN so the government will have a hard time tracking the facebookers and tweeters. If anyone is on Twitter, set your location to [...]
