Iran Democracy Monitor: No. 161
Iran's campaign against the Baha'i continues;
Bahrain in the crosshairs...again;
Iranian attitudes, post-JCPOA;
Tehran's foreign legion;
Iran makes new nuclear plans
Iran's campaign against the Baha'i continues;
Bahrain in the crosshairs...again;
Iranian attitudes, post-JCPOA;
Tehran's foreign legion;
Iran makes new nuclear plans
Wary in Minsk;
Gaming Russia's designs on the Baltics
 
No religion for Party members-even after retirement;
Eye on abandoned children of migrant workers
Henry Kissinger famously remarked some time ago that Iran must decide whether it wants to be "a nation or a cause." For decades, U.S. presidents of both parties have been trying to coax Tehran toward the former and away from the latter.
Most recently, the U.S.-led global nuclear agreement with Iran - with its scores of billions in sanctions relief that President Obama hoped Iran would invest to improve the living standards of its people - was designed to convince Tehran to abandon its revolutionary ways and become a nation in good standing.
The Islamic State's growing strategic capabilities;
Has the Islamic State come to Pakistan?;
Targeting ISIS finances...with bombs;
Iraq's Sunnis start to push back