Last week, an event took place for the first time in the 40 years following the Cold War. Three American destroyers, an offshore supply vessel and a Royal Navy frigate conducted a drill in the Barents Sea, Russia’s front yard. American maritime patrol aircraft also participated in the drill. What the Gulf of Mexico for the US, the Barents Sea ...
Visiting the World Expo Paris in 1900, The Shah of Iran Muzaffar ad-Din was so impressed by a screening of a film he had watched in a pavilion, that he immediately bought a camera and thus took the first step towards the art in his country. The first themed movie was shot in 1929 while national cinema began to take ...
At a time when the number of Coronavirus cases has exceeded 500,000 worldwide and when all the countries of the world are needing to cooperate against the pandemic, the United States has announced new sanctions on Iran and Venezuela, while extending sanctions against Cuba. The US, meanwhile, has become the new center of the pandemic and now exceeds China and ...
The New York Times reports that, against the backdrop of the novel coronavirus pandemic in Iran, a number of officials in the Trump administration are insisting on the need to take advantage of the country’s weakening and strike. In the meantime, a systematic policy of pressure on the Iranian authorities to reduce the role of Hashd Shaabi units, as well ...
This will be my last article for Uwidata before the Persian new year arrives. As always, I deeply trust almighty God’s grace and that Imam Mahdi (MGHHR) will reappear to save human beings. The reappearance of Imam Mahdi is the Shia Muslim belief that the twelfth Imam will return at an unspecified time and establish an Islamic state of peace ...
Relations between Iran and Arab countries have had ups and downs throughout history. Since Muslims conquered the Iranian empire and turned the Iranians to Islam, the Iranians have excerted their influence on the Caliphate system. As a result, Muslim countries have witnessed constant quarrels between the Persians, Turks and Arabs in the sphere of geopolitical influence. https://uwidata.com/7178-revisionism-and-neo-ottomanism-in-the-eastern-mediterranean/ The debate was ...
Professor Ishak Rasuli, Rector of Ardabil Azadi University in Iran, answered our questions on the coronavirus outbreak. Rasuli says that Turkey has taken the necessary measures on the Iranian border but has not spared any support for Iran. He also noted that the US medical embargo threatens not only the Iranian State, but the health of its people. There are ...
Less than 24 hours after implementing the Russian-Turkish ceasefire agreement in Aleppo, while Iranian officials have not stated any reaction to the deal, it has been significantly considered by Persian media. Initial assessment on how the media have covered the issue suggests that Iran pessimistically looks at the continuity of ceasefire. While some media evaluated the agreement as a positive ...
The assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Quds force, was a powerful blow against Iran’s foreign operations. While the incident led to passivity among the shocked Iranian public at first, it soon became a motive for national unity and cohesion. The incident also paved the way for the release of previously unknown records regarding ...
BACKGROUND Iranian officials have announced the preliminary parliamentary election results, which showed major gains for conservative forces. The Islamic Consultative Assembly (also known as the Majles) is Iran’s unicameral parliament, consisting of 290 deputies. All representatives of Iranian Parliament are elected by a direct secret ballot every four years. According to Iranian electoral law, any Iranian citizen between the ages ...