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Considering Lebanon’s [decision to] abstain from the [UN Security Council] vote, it seems that it was [simultaneously] trying to keep both its Arab allies and its old friend Iran happy. But the question is: Did Iranians expect more from Lebanon? To answer this question, we should review some of the actions that led to Lebanon’s position.

Lebanon and the Iran-Turkey-Brazil Agreement

After the Tehran agreement, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman expressed optimism...

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Considering Lebanon’s [decision to] abstain from the [UN Security Council] vote, it seems that it was [simultaneously] trying to keep both its Arab allies and its old friend Iran happy. But the question is: Did Iranians expect more from Lebanon?...

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10 weeks 4 days ago

Khordad [the month from May 22 – June 21] is here again and full of events. Decisive and fateful events have always belonged to this month [including the 1963 protests against the Shah following Khomeini’s arrest, and last year’s disputed...

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13 weeks 6 days ago

In the past five years, the Ahmadinejad administration has closed 17 newspapers, the last of which was [the reformist] Bahar Newspaper. The Majlis Political Parties Committee [known as the Article 10 Commission] has recently submitted the...

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18 weeks 5 days ago