Tag: Iran
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Trump Declares National Emergency Over Cuba’s Support for U.S. Adversaries
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday declaring a national emergency over Cuba’s support for what the administration calls “malign actors adverse to the United States.” The order names Russia, China, Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah. The language is blunt. “Cuba blatantly hosts dangerous adversaries of the United States,” the directive states. It says these actors…
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The New Sultan of Persia? Imagining an Iranian Re-Boot Under the Qajar Heir
For decades, Iran has been frozen between an ancient civilizational memory and a modern political reality that has delivered neither peace nor prosperity to its people. Yet history has a way of resurfacing—sometimes quietly, sometimes symbolically—before it becomes catalytic. A growing body of discussion among historians, royal-house enthusiasts, and diaspora commentators is now revisiting a…