Iran’s parliament impeached science minister Reza Faraji-Dana this week over allegations of extremism stemming from the country’s 2009 “Green Movement” protests. The sharply divided vote shows how the protests are still a powerful issue in Iranian politics.
A long winter of heightened tensions between Israel, Iran, and the United States seems to finally have thawed, on this first day of May. Our partner The New York Times has reported that economic sanctions have taken their toll on the Iranian government, and direct negotiations seem to have calmed Israeli nerves. But while Iran’s international relations may […]