* * * SPECIAL ISSUE: IRAN'S PETROLEUM PROTESTS * * *
Iranian authorities blame foreign interference;
Calls for official force...;
...beget a mounting death toll;
The battle over the Iranian internet...;
...and its real world costs
Indonesia's radicals get bolder;
Islamists sow unrest in Africa;
More militancy in Mali;
Turkey's harsh justice;
ISIS: Resurgent already
Suddenly, Russia has emerged as the Middle East's indispensable nation.
Just how durable is the Iranian economy, really? As the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran marks its one-year anniversary, that’s the question many policymakers in Washington are asking.
On November 5th, Iranian president Hassan Rouhani announced that his government was planning to restart sensitive nuclear work prohibited under the 2015 nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).