Inspired by the French and American Revolutions, the Haitian Revolution led to the overthrow of not only the French colonial government but also the unfair rule of the wealthy plantation owners on the island that would become known as Haiti. Although the revolution was successful, it took many ...
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And when the time comes, my father will lead it. Said Sayrafiezadeh's Iranian-born father and American Jewish mother who had one thing in common: their unshakable conviction that the workers' revolution was coming. Separated since their son was nine months old, they each pursue... (展开...
One of these was the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906–11. British perceptions of this "brave new world" in Iran were more nuanced and diverse than one would expect for this era, commonly portrayed as a time of jingoism and rampant "Orientalist" racism. This study identifies four ...
The comparison was not lost on Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who said in an interview with Sky News Tuesday that “Palestine cannot be deleted and Palestinians cannot be expelled. My suggestion: Instead of Palestinians, try to expel Israelis to Greenland. Take them to Greenland so ...
He also omits the detail that, under the nuclear agreement, there must be grounds or evidence for a violation by Iran before access to military sites must be granted to the IAEA. In fact, no proof was ever offered to justify an inspection of Iranian military sites. Moreover, the actual ...
But set against the backdrop of the war in Iraq, they also have direct implications for the political future of the Shiites and that of the Middle East itself.THE IRANIAN CONNECTIONSince 2003, Iran has officially played a constructive role in Iraq. It was the first country in the region ...
During the Iranian Green Movement, the protesters used the internet and good old-fashioned word of mouth to coordinate their marches. And some of the most oppressive restrictions in Iran were lifted as a result. But what if the Iranian government had used brain surveillance to detect and preven...
The primary reason for the invasion was to secure Iran's oil fields and the Trans-Iranian Railway in order to deliver supplies to the USSR. Reza Shah was arrested, deposed, and exiled by the British, and some other prominent officials were jailed as well. ...
The exchange has been lodged in my mind ever since, though, due to my visceral, real-time reaction to that video. It was an emphatic inner voice saying, “Yes. I could be that person but no thank you.” There was a time in my not-too-distant past when I might have received that...