Earlier this week, the Taliban used live fire to disperse women from taking part in a protest in the city of Herat, reportedly killing two women. 🎧 What is it like being a woman living under Taliban rule? bbc.in/4oyzptN

RT @AliVaez: The bombings will continue until there is a deal finalized on opening a strait that was open before the bombings started and i…

Iran says 20,000 people left without water after US hits reservoir tanks ft.trib.al/tcGHSr4

WOW, Trump administration has launched a probe into Iran war critic Trita Parsi and is considering to cancel his Green Card and deport him out of the country, The Free Press reports

RT @farnazfassihi: Analysis of Satellite Image and Videos Suggest Precision U.S. Strikes on Iranian Water Facility. Visual investigation by…

RT @AliVaez: Simple truths: A country that dares shooting at US military assets isn’t defeated. A country that shoots down a highly soph…

RT @HamidRezaAz: #Iran’s shooting down of a U.S. Apache helicopter and the subsequent U.S. strikes in southern Iran are part of an evolving…

Taliban Forces Fire On Afghan Women Protesting New Restrictions rferl.org/a/taliban-women-af…

RT @HamidRezaAz: Why is #Iran escalating in support of Hezbollah? I wrote two days ago: "The internal case being made to both supporters…

In the last 12 hours, Iranian media have begun amplifying Israeli claims that Azerbaijani territory was used in military operations against Iran Watching closely for reactions from senior Iranian officials. During the war, there were reports that President Pezeshkian opposed strikes on Azerbaijan (if he in fact had such power, a big, huge if) This all may amount to little. But relations between Iran and Azerbaijan touch some of Tehran's deepest security anxieties, making this a story worth watching haaretz.com/israel-news/isra…

RT @HamidRezaAz: "Israel secretly deployed elite military and intelligence units to #Azerbaijan during the war with #Iran as part of a netw…

Ode to long books open.substack.com/pub/diplom…

RT @HamidRezaAz: In my latest on Iran Analytica I explain why #Iran increasingly sees the ceasefire as a trap, how it is trying to maintain…

Hidden in a smuggled KGB archive is an espionage mystery few have ever heard of. Frederick Flott was a former CIA officer, a US diplomat, and Robert F. Kennedy's interpreter on a Soviet road trip. But newly examined KGB archive files suggest Flott may have secretly passed classified information to Moscow during the Cold War. His family insists there's another explanation. Was he a KGB spy or a double agent? By @Mike_Eckel

RT @HamidRezaAz: Told @bbcpersian that there could be two explanations for why Donald Trump has reportedly not endorsed the text of the MOU…

One of the reasons oil prices didn't spike to $200 is because temporary supply buffers played a big role in plugging the shortfall in the global oil market. Those supply buffers are depleting fast. @econ_harris and I lay out a timeline in this blog post... brookings.edu/articles/the-t…

RT @HamidRezaAz: Eleven children have been killed or injured on average every 24 hours in #Lebanon ‌over the last week, the U.N.'s children…

In Sign Of Deepening Ties, Russia And Afghan Taliban Sign Military Deal. rferl.org/a/russia-taliban-a…

How China is dismantling Uyghur society FT analysis suggests that the Chinese state’s campaign of oppression against Uyghurs and their culture and identity has entered a new phase. Read the full visual investigation here: ft.trib.al/wjw9Yt4

Iran International is the most-watched Persian news channel in the world. It's lost £410mn in five years, just had £650mn of debt quietly erased — and won't say who funds it. We found some answers. w/ @cynthiao @DanielThomasLDN @EuanHealy as.ft.com/r/c871d548-8eb6-49…