What’s really going on with the US and Iran?
Q&A with Reese Erlich at the beginning of the 2020 crisis What’s really going on with the US and Iran? Reese Erlich, who has reported from the region for 20 years, sorts out the impact of Trump’s drone attack that killed a popular Iranian general. By Reese Erlich – January 3, 2020 On Jan. 2 … Continue reading
Foreign Correspondent: A New Arab Spring in Lebanon and Iraq?
Once again, people in the Middle East want democratic reforms and an end to corruption and foreign domination By Reese Erlich 48 Hills, November 16, 2019 Foreign Correspondent: A New Arab Spring in Lebanon and Iraq Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and Lebanese have been demonstrating in the streets against corruption and for democratic rights. … Continue reading
Foreign Correspondent: Trump’s Piracy Against Iran
The United States has become a high-tech Blackbeard. https://progressive.org/dispatches/trumps-missteps-on-iran-erlich-190917/by Reese Erlich September 17, 2019, The Progressive ISTANBUL — The drone attack on Saudi Arabia oil facilities on September 14 is jolting the entire Middle East, the latest incident in a months-long battle between the Trump Administration and Iran. Yemen’s Houthi movement claimed credit for the … Continue reading
Foreign Correspondent: Russia sees through Trump’s Iran bluster, but has Middle East problems of its own
By trying to isolate Russia and Iran, the US is only isolating itself. Russia sees through Trump’s Iran bluster, but has Middle East problems of its own By Reese Erlich June 14, 2019, 48Hills.org MOSCOW — President Donald Trump won’t go to war with Iran. That was the prediction of Russian experts I interviewed in … Continue reading
Foreign Correspondent: Murder of Saudi journalist builds opposition to Yemen war
Congress considering War Powers Act vote https://48hills.org/2018/11/murder-of-saudi-journalist-builds-opposition-to-yemen-war/ By Reese Erlich November 1, 2018 The murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has backfired on the Saudi royal family by focusing new attention on its vicious war on Yemen. The last few weeks have seen startling new reports on civilian atrocities and growing support for a … Continue reading
Foreign Correspondent: Who is the bigger terrorist – Saudi Arabia or Iran?
Violence is only a big issue when it’s done by our enemies https://48hills.org/2018/10/what-the-khashoggi-case-tells-us-about-terrorism/ By Reese Erich, October 19, 2018 ISTANBUL — In 2013, an Iranian national living in Texas was sentenced to 25 years in prison for planning to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington, D.C. The State Department alleged that Iran’s Al Quds force … Continue reading
What will Iran do now?
Foreign Correspondent Column May 21, 2018 Foad Izadi, an assistant professor at the University of Tehran, predicts that President Donald Trump’s recent decision to pull the United States out of the Iran nuclear accord will have sobering consequences. “If the Europeans are not able or not willing to oppose Trump,” Izadi told me in an … Continue reading
Reese interview in American Herald Tribune
Mohsen Abdelmoumen: What is your analysis of the American withdrawal of the Iranian nuclear agreement? Reese Erlich: The US has been violating the agreement for some time by pressuring other countries not to do business with Iran. It started under Obama and intensified under Trump. Trump’s decision to reimpose harsh sanctions sends a message around … Continue reading
The Truth About Iran
What really happened earlier this year when young workers rebelled in Iran? by Reese Erlich The Progressive – April 1, 2018 Whenever I’m in Tehran, I like to visit Friday prayers. The weekly event, which can draw 10,000 or more people, attracts deeply religious Iranians who often support hardline policies. And on my most recent … Continue reading
Even an Ayatollah has a hard time convincing Iranians to stop smoking
Iran Is Losing Its Jihad on Tobacco The Islamic Republic’s anti-smoking campaign is yet another example of the government’s shaky control over its population. By Reese Erlich | January 29, 2018, 1:39 PM Foreign Policy TEHRAN — Ayatollah Sayed Hassan Moin Shirazi entered the room wearing a clerical brown robe and a black turban, … Continue reading
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