Global IssuesNews headlines for “Iran”, page 15
Friends or Foes, Syria's Neighbours Wary of Assad's Ouster
- Inter Press Service
As Syria accelerates a violent crackdown on opposition demonstrators, the country's rising instability and uncertain future are already reverberating beyond its borders in Iran, Israel, Lebanon and the Arab states of the Persian Gulf.
Arab Spring Stalls as U.S. Defers to Saudi 'Counter-revolution'
- Inter Press Service
As the so-called Arab Spring enters its sixth month, it appears to have run into seriously wintry headwinds.
Smart Planning for the Global Family
- Inter Press Service
When it comes to population growth, the United Nations has three primary projections. The medium projection, the one most commonly used, has world population reaching 9.2 billion by 2050. The high one reaches 10.5 billion. The low projection, which assumes that the world will quickly move below replacement-level fertility, has population peaking at eight billion in 2042 and then declining.
OP-ED: Misunderstanding Bahrain's Shia Protesters
- Inter Press Service
Listening to the rhetoric coming out of Tehran, one might assume that Bahrain's Shia opposition is relying on help from its co-religionists next door. But, in fact, the opposite is true: the Shia opposition wants nothing more than for Tehran to stay out of the sectarian dispute unfolding in the tiny kingdom.
Iran Battles U.S. At UN Human Rights Council
- Inter Press Service
Forty-nine United Nations member-states have co-sponsored a resolution asking for a special mechanism to monitor Iran's human rights situation, which is expected to be voted later this week at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC).
BAHRAIN: Saudi Intervention Likely to Bring Regional Blowback
- Inter Press Service
Saudi Arabia's incursion into neighbouring Bahrain is a risky move that could further inflame domestic unrest in both countries and give a propaganda boost to Tehran's campaign to cultivate the Arab street.
MIDEAST: Obama Besieged by Policy Challenges
- Inter Press Service
Rarely, if ever, has a post-World War II U.S. president been beset by so many foreign policy challenges and uncertainties in one key geo-strategic region at the same time.
Views of U.S. Influence Steadily Climb Under Obama
- Inter Press Service
For the third straight year, views of the United States continued to improve during 2010, according to the annual BBC World Service Country Rating Poll released Monday.
WOMEN'S DAY: Rallies Planned in Iran Despite Crackdown
- Inter Press Service
Women's rights campaigners are hoping for a strong turnout to public rallies set to be staged across the Islamic Republic of Iran next Tuesday, despite a government crackdown on opposition demonstrators in recent weeks.
US: Iranian 'Terrorist' Group Courts Friends in High Places
- Inter Press Service
For years now, supporters of the Iranian opposition group the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) have lobbied in vain to have the organisation taken off the U.S. State Department's terrorism list.
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