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A Brief History of Iran’s Hostage Swapping
New York Times· 9 hours agoSince the 1979 revolution, Iran has made detaining foreigners and dual nationals a centerpiece of its foreign policy, trading them for money and people.
EU envoy released in swap | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette· 9 hours agoIslamic Republic. The arrest of Hamid Nouri by Sweden in 2019 as he traveled there as a tourist likely sparked the detentions of the two Swedes, part of a long-running strategy ...
Iran Frees Two Swedish Citizens for Iranian Jailed in Sweden
The Wall Street Journal· 1 day agoIran has released several European prisoners in recent months, somewhat cooling tensions with the EU...
Iran’s elections could give rise to another military coup
The Hill· 5 days agoDespite the veneer of control, there has been an unexpected shuffle in the Islamic Republic as...
What's changed 15 years after Iran's Green Movement
Newsweek· 23 hours agoExperts like Alex Vatanka, director of the Middle East Institute's Iran program, told Newsweek via email that the "Iran of today is very different than...
Why Iranian hard-liners are allowing a reformist candidate for president
The Christian Science Monitor· 2 days agoAll are high-profile and hard-line or conservative devotees of Iran’s ruling system. For three...
Farah Pahlavi, Empress Of Iran, Is Taking Her Story To Hollywood
Deadline via Yahoo News· 5 days agoEXCLUSIVE: Farah Pahlavi, Empress of Iran, is ready to tell her story in a big way. Under a newly...
The Fundamentalist, the Technocrat, and the Reformist
The Atlantic· 3 days agoThe Soviet despot Joseph Stalin once said that it is not the voters who matter most in elections but...
Who are the main contenders to be Iran’s next president?
The Economist· 6 days agoTHREE years of ruthless hardline government under Ebrahim Raisi,Iran’s 61m voters once again have a...