As protests and celebrations marked the anniversary of the 1979 Revolution in Iran, international pressure on the world’s newest nuclear state is increasing, writes Mustafa Qadri
Thirty-one years ago this week a coalition of religious and secular Iranians ousted the pro-US Shah. The move from the Shah’s superficially modern, Western-centric monarchy to an independent Islamic theocracy in 1979 marked one of the biggest geopolitical shifts in the Middle East in recent history.
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Tags: Ayatollah Khomeini · democracy · double standards · International Atomic Energy Agency · Iran · Israel · Mahmoud Ahmedinejad · Middle East · Middle East Quartet · nuclear weapons · United States
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has cancelled interviews with the BBC over its decision not to broadcast a charity appeal for Gaza.
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Tags: BBC · double standards · Gaza · International Atomic Energy Agency · justice · Mohammad El Baradei