Fatemeh Aman

A new quiet resistance is emerging, one that honors lives over slogans and truth over heroism, as Iranians increasingly refuse to participate in the state’s staged remembrance.

Iran’s geographic advantage has been offset by sanctions, regulatory instability, and logistics concerns, leading Central Asian states to quietly pivot toward more predictable trade networks.

Afghanistan’s upstream control of critical river systems gives the Taliban rare geopolitical leverage over Pakistan and Iran, despite lacking international recognition or economic strength.

The article states that Iran, founded on a revolution against monarchy in 1979, has evolved into a system dominated by interlinked elite families, a reality underscored by the leaked wedding video of Ali Shamkhani’s daughter—seen as a display of privilege amid growing public hardship.

Most Iranians once gave little thought to the peripheral ethnic minority areas of their country, but that has changed since the killing of Mahsa Amini

Unregistered Afghan refugees have been one of Iran's most significant challenges since the Taliban takeover. There are no migrant camps in Iran like those in other countries, such as the Syrian camps in Turkey.

Fatemah Awan, a non-resident senior fellow at the Middle East Institute argues as the Taliban secured control of the border, many of those who entered Iran have been detained and returned to Afghanistan so why Iran is not willing to help the Afghan refugees?

The Pentagon has talked about establishing some sort of military base in the region to monitor terrorist activity within Afghanistan. It says this presence...