Articles tagged with: Iran
Iran Tourism Booming Despite Sanctions—Or Perhaps Because of Them?
International efforts to isolate Iran and force it to halt its uranium enrichment program have seriously damaged the country’s economy: entire industries have been paralyzed, food and fuel prices are skyrocketing, and the local currency is collapsing. But by causing a plunge of the rial, the sanctions have had an unintended and, for Iran, very welcome consequence: a jump in tourism.
Increased Cooperation between Turkey, Azerbaijan
Recently, there has been a shift in diplomatic priorities of Azerbaijan. As has been reported in a previous GeoCurrents news post, tensions have been growing between Azerbaijan and Iran, with the latter accusing its northern neighbor of growing pro-Israeli leanings.
Days of Iranian culture… in Novosibirsk, Siberia
Novosibirsk, Russia’s third largest city, is now hosting the “Days of Iranian culture”, the first exposition of its kind. But this cultural festival is by no means a purely local affair: under its auspices, the city of Novosibirsk was visited by an official delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Iran’s Territorial Disputes with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates
As explained in last Friday’s post, tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia run deep. Iran’s relations with several other Arab countries of the region are also strained, due in part to active and potential territorial disputes in the Gulf region. The small island country of Bahrain, where a Sunni Muslim political establishment rules a Shiite
Saudi-Iranian Tensions and Shia Islam in Saudi Arabia
After the United States accused Iran of hatching an elaborate and ill-conceived plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, a number of commentators expressed incredulity, some wondering why the Saudi diplomat would be so targeted. The most common response to such questioning was to outline the history of Saudi-Iranian regional rivalry
Why Iran’s Azeris Are Iranian
The weakness of Azeri nationalism in Iran (discussed last week) seems surprising at first glance. Iranian Azeris form a large, distinctive, and relatively cohesive ethnic group that has been deprived of basic educational rights in its own language. Similar situations in neighboring countries have resulted in serious unrest if not prolonged insurgency – think of
Azerbaijan: Warming to Iran, Cooling to the U.S.
Relations between Iran and Azerbaijan are rapidly warming. In early May 2010, the two countries signed a security memorandum, promising to cooperate on issues ranging from drug smuggling to human trafficking to terrorism. Iran’s foreign minister framed the bilateral relationship as one between “friendly, fraternal and neighboring countries.” On May 5, Azerbaijan’s defense minister pledged
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