In the dusty suburbs of the Kyrghyz capital, Bishkek, hordes of shoppers are swarming over the wholesale market of Dordoy. To the outsider, this – the largest such market in Central Asia – may look like a chaotic maze of containers and shanties. Narrow alleys are hectic and bustling; access …

Dissatisfaction with reformists and mass disqualification of candidates could reduce voter turnout in February 21 vote.  Iranians protest to show their sympathy to victims of Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 in front of the Amir Kabir University in Tehran, Iran, January 11, 2020 [Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA] On February 21, Iranians will …

Student movement: Iranian Taekwondo athlete Kimia Alizadeh speaks to the media at a press conference in Luenen, Germany, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. Iran’s only female Olympic medalist fled from the Islamic Republic and said she wants to compete for Germany. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) Iran’s only female Olympic medalist said Friday …

  President Trump’s strategy to confront Iran is easy to understand: impose maximum pressure to gain maximum leverage ahead of negotiations to dismantle its nuclear program and address its malign activities — all while avoiding a military entanglement or pursuing a policy of regime change. Iran’s leaders, for their part, …

Europe says it wants to save the Iran nuclear deal but has set a mechanism in motion that could destroy it – or worse.  When President Donald Trump decided to unilaterally withdraw the United States from the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, and use sanctions to economically squeeze …

Aggressive ‘non-cooperation’ can be effective but only if used carefully The US president Donald Trump’s authorisation of the targeted killing of the Iranian al-Quds force commander, Qassem Suleimani, is, in many ways, similar to his administration’s approach to trade. In both cases, the administration has demonstrated a willingness to surprise …

Öyrənci: Iran Supreme Leader delivers first Friday sermon in eight years as Tehran faces pressure at home and abroad. In his first Friday sermon delivery since 2012, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has defended the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) amid a growing backlash after it mistakenly shot down …

According to the Minister of Roads and City Planning, Mohammad Islami, the recent floods have damaged “roads, bridges, roads and infrastructures in Sistan and Baluchistan province” to the amount of 700 billion tomans. It was also announced that the agriculture sector in the provinces of Sistan and Baluchistan, Kerman, and …

Öyrənci (Student movement): President Trump tweeted support to protesters in Iran, warning the country’s leaders not to kill demonstrators who took to the streets after the government admitted it had “unintentionally” shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet earlier this week. The British ambassador to Iran was also briefly arrested on …