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In other countries there are pre-election promises. In Iran there is new, barbaric legislation....

EFD Fellow Anna Borshchevskaya writes about Armenia's political future in Turkish Policy Quarterly....

Argentinian General Prosecutor Alberto Nisman presented a 500-page dossier providing evidence of the Iranian regime’s efforts at ‘infiltrating’ several South American countries ‘ New evidence of Iran's destabilising influence across South America By Albany Tribune -- (May 31, 2013) By Roberta Bonazzi EFD commends the work of Argentinian General Prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who this week presented a 500-page dossier, providing ev...

Iran's presidential candidate Saeed Jalili has not concealed his desire to confront Israel....

Over the past eight years President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has become one of the world's most talked-about leaders for his controversial statements and uncompromising views....

Iran's presidential elections are testing the country's power structures and many suspect that it is on its way to becoming a totalitarian state....

In Germany a Shi'a Islamic website has emerged which acts to recruit Hezbollah sympathisers. This article is only available in German. Das Shia-Forum.de tritt als eine religiöse Vereinigung auf und verbreitet alle religiösen und politischen Mythen der totalitären Herrscher im Iran in deutscher Sprache. Sie sind Anhänger von Ayatollah Khomeini, Gründer der islamistischen Diktatur im Iran. Sie gehorchen dem heutigen Revolutionsführer A...

Will the West install a political framework which secures peace and development in Syria, or will its people continue to suffer, much to the benefit of Iran's paranoid leadership?...

The Iranian government continues to carry out human rights violations on the basis of religious affiliation....

Senior EFD Policy Advisor, Magnus Norell, discusses how an EU agreement to proscribe the Shi'a militant group Hezbollah could benefit both the EU and Lebanon....

An Iranian website associated with the country's Supreme Leader is attempting to recruit individuals to attack Israel....

Iran's relationship with China has become a strategic lifeline, as the country bears the weight of international sanctions....

In the run-up to 2013 Iran’s presidential elections, EFD Fellow, Wahied Wahdat-Hagh discusses the prospects for democracy in a country where Islamists keep maintaining control....

Unemployment and labour unrest are on the rise in Iran, but the government is ignoring the issue....

There are growing discussions over who should become Iran's next president....

Claims that radicalisation occurs through a lack of integration are unfounded says EFD Senior Policy Advisor....

Iranian politicians say President Ahmadinejad wants to postpone upcoming elections....

Valentina Colombo examines EU policy towards Egypt in light of recent sectarian violence. The EU’s High Representative, Catherine Ashton, was visiting Cairo when, during the funeral service for four Egyptian Christians who were recently killed, violence broke out once again between Coptic Christians and Muslims around St Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, in the Abbasiyya quarter. Two people died and some 80 were wounded. Since the beginning...

Iranian cleric says reformist politicians Mir Hussein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi are not under house arrest....

The Iranian regime is using the help of Interpol to track Iranian actresses....

On the occasion of Iran's "national day of atomic technology", President Ahmadinejad warns that no state is capable of halting its nuclear programme. Are negotiations doomed to fail?...

During preparations for an attack on a synagogue, an Iranian al-Quds Brigade is arrested in Sofia....

EFD Programme Director Ahmad Mansour tells of how he turned his back on the allure of religious fundamentalism....

The tragic death of an 8 year-old girl sparks passing of Child Protection Law in the United Arab Emirates....

A leading Iranian newspaper claims the Jewish festival of Purim was a holocaust committed against the Persians....

In the below article, EFD Fellow, Wahied Wahdat-Hagh draws attention to Russian-Iranian relations, which could represent an alternative to the Iranian-American dialogue in solving the nuclear issue....

Today Iran enjoys the prospect of improved relations with Russia, yet hope for dialogue with the US looks set to remain bleak....

In the below article, EFD Senior Fellow, Bakary Sambe discusses how growing Turkish influence within West Africa is leaving regional powers such as Morocco looking further south for new opportunities....

Iranian scholar says that the West must accept Iran's nuclear programme if it wants to avoid war....

Harassment against Bahai schoolchildren is on the rise, as Iranian schoolteachers are given instructions from the state to pressure children to covert to Islam....

The historical narrative paints a clear picture that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons and shows no signs of being deterred. EFD Fellow, Wahied Wahdat-Hag deals with this issue showing the failure of UN nuclear negotiations with Iran....

The Bahai religious minority has been victimised for more than 30 years by the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Bahai International Community has published a new report entitled, “Violence with Impunity: Acts of Aggression Against Iran’s Bahai Community”....

In areas of Iran people are suffering from water scarcity. This recently sparked off a farmer rebellion in Ishafan, where insurgents burned down buses and attacked a police station to free arrested farmers....