U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to displace Palestinians from Gaza and have the United States take control of the territory has drawn strong reaction worldwide, potentially upending Washington’s longstanding Israeli-Palestinian policy. www.rferl.org/a/trump-gaza...

I was quoted in this RFE-RL piece by @kiansharifi.bsky.social on the election of #Lebanon‘s president and its implications for #Iran & #Hezbollah 👇 www.rferl.org/a/joseph-aou...

Iran spent decades building the axis of resistance. Syria was key to that; a top Iranian figure once described it as the "golden ring" of the resistance chain. But the ring is broken & the axis is unraveling. www.rferl.org/a/iran-syria...

Hezbollah tied its attacks on northern Israel to the Gaza war. Israel succeeded in decoupling those fronts. Hezbollah is left militarily and politically weakened -- but don't write it off yet.

What do the Kremlin and the Houthis have in common? Both harbor a deep dislike for the West, and Putin has a knack for befriending anyone who becomes a nuisance to Russia's rivals. www.rferl.org/a/russia-hut...

Autocratic states have decades used punitive psychiatry -- the misuse of psychiatric diagnoses, treatments, and institutions to punish, control, or repress individuals -- to target critics. In Iran, it's being used against women who defy the mandatory hijab. www.rferl.org/a/iran-women...

Since Trump's election win, the Saudis have sent their top general to Tehran, accused Israel of committing "collective genocide" in Gaza, and condemned it for attacking Iran. Are they cozying up to Iran or hedging?

When Amir-Abdollahian became Iran's foreign minister in 2021, he put up a pic of Qasem Soleimani behind the lectern where a visiting FM would stand in a presser. That caused trouble last month when the Saudi FM visited. They've now moved the pic behind the Iranian FM's lectern.

Iran's President Raisi will travel to Africa on Tuesday. Iranian media say he'll visit three countries but haven't named them.

Iran's foreign ministry has summoned Britain's charge d'affaires to "strongly condemn" the UK's "illegal" decision to sanction Iranian officials. The UK gov't today announced plans to sanction officials behind what it called hostile activities in Britain.

So, some Iran news. The foreign ministry has issued a travel warning for France, urging against all non-essential travel. Iranian hardliners are really enjoying this because Macron met Iranian opposition figures during last year's anti-establishment unrest & condemned the crackdown on protests.

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