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Iran: Can Rouhani Deliver?

Iran: Can Rouhani Deliver?

  by Nir Boms and Shayan Arya July 30, 2013 at 3:00 am The Gatestone Institute Rouhani's campaign symbol was a giant golden key, which he waved at rallies to symbolize his ability to open locked doors. To an Iranian electorate all too familiar with locked doors in every aspect...

By Nir Boms
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July 30, 2013
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Syria and Libya: Can Iran be next?

Syria and Libya: Can Iran be next?

Nir Boms & Ehud Eilam Academic Views, May 2013 Some parallels exist between the rebels’ situation in Syria and Libya – but also a difference that create two models for an uprising. Can Iran follow one of them too? The effect of the Arab earthquake It began in the squares:...

By Nir Boms
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June 2, 2013
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Strange Alliances: A Rumination on Islam, Iran, and the Left

Strange Alliances: A Rumination on Islam, Iran, and the Left

Dante Magazine, Published on April 2013 by Nir Boms and Shayan Arya Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu has asserted that there is a threat from the “strange union” of Islam and the political Left in the West, particularly in Europe. Nir Boms and Shayan Arya tend to agree. Here they explore...

By Nir Boms
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May 9, 2013
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New Hostage Crisis in Iran

New Hostage Crisis in Iran

Mullahs make women prisoners in their own land Washington Times At the end of her 49-day hunger strike, Iranian activist Nasrin Sotoudeh smuggled a letter from her Evin prison cell letting the world know about the 36 other female political prisoners incarcerated with her in Evin. This number is a...

By Nir Boms
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January 1, 2013
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Old wars in a new Middle East

Old wars in a new Middle East

Strategic Outlook/ the Commentator For the first time since the Gulf War, sirens were heard this past weekend in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. News stations broadcasted scenes of confused residents running for shelter along with instruction on what do when you hear a siren.  Fortunately, people here adapt quickly.  All...

By Nir Boms
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November 21, 2012
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Treasure in the Midst of Syrian Chaos

Treasure in the Midst of Syrian Chaos

As intense battles continue in Aleppo and Damascus and as the future of Syria remains uncertain, it is becoming clear who will ultimately lose this round in the Middle East Spring. Aside from the Assad Regime and his Alawite clan, if Syria falls into the hands of the opposition, the...

By Nir Boms
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August 4, 2012
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Crippling U.S. Sanctions on Iran Bring Year of Economic Jihad

Crippling U.S. Sanctions on Iran Bring Year of Economic Jihad

PolicyMic “This is the Year of Economic Jihad” declared Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei last spring at the beginning of the Persian year. The New Year’s announcement was meant to encourage the Iranian people to increase their efforts and jumpstart an economic boom, but with the year not yet over,...

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February 15, 2012
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“Rise up Ali”

“Rise up Ali”

While the Iranian standoff continues with European oil sanctions and American vessels crossing the Straits of Hormuz, time is left in Iran to deal with more significant threats. Just last week, Iranian officials sentenced Aria Aramnejad, a singer, to 10 months in prison. His crime was a song, "Ali Barkhiz" ("Rise up Ali"), written following...

By Nir Boms
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February 1, 2012
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La lógica de un complot

La lógica de un complot

ElDiarioExterior Cuando se conoció la noticia del complot iraní para asesinar al embajador saudí en Estados Unidos Adel al-Jubeir, muchos reaccionaron con escepticismo. Para algunos observadores occidentales, el hecho de que un régimen islámico cooperase con traficantes mexicanos de drogas, y la naturaleza aparentemente torpe de la operación entera, arrojan...

By Nir Boms
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January 31, 2012
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The Logic of a Plot

The Logic of a Plot

Strategic Outlook When word of the Iranian plot to assassinate Saudi Ambassador to the United States Adel al-Jubeir hit the news, many reacted with skepticism. For some western observers, the fact that an Islamic regime cooperated with Mexican drug traffickers, and the seemingly clumsy nature of the whole operation, cast...

By Nir Boms
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November 30, 2011
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