The present study examines how Trump’s unilateral withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on May 8, 2018 was framed in political cartoons published in the American and French media. The paper offers a thematic analysis of cartoons published from May 8 to June 8, 2018, the peak period for publication of cartoons on the Iran nuclear deal, and accessed via Google images. The...

İran İslam Cumhuriyeti’nde (İran) 2017 seçimleri ardından Hasan Ruhani ikinci kez Cumhurbaşkanı seçilmiştir. Ruhani’nin seçim süreci ve sonrasında İran-Amerika Birleşik Devletleri (ABD) ilişkilerinde uzlaşmacı söylemlerin sürdürülmesinin zorlaştığı bir döneme girilmiştir. İran-ABD yükselen gerilim bölgesel politikalara yansımış başta Suriye, Irak, Lübnan, Yemen olmak üzere aktörler arasında rek...

Since the first days of Russia's special operation in Ukraine leadership Islamic Republic Iran has demonstrated a benevolently neutral stance. Stressing unacceptability military action as means solving conflicts, Iranian side blames United States and European countries for unleashing war. They provoked Russia by bringing NATO forces closer to its borders, which led Showing correct understanding...

Abstract Invisible and seemingly technical financial infrastructures have become the site of high geopolitics. Crucially, security sanctions are being leveraged through global messaging network SWIFT. This article offers term “infrastructural geopolitics” to draw attention ways in which hegemonic contestation fracturing play out payment infrastructures. Infrastructures not passive sites be used...

The article identifies Washington's priorities on the way of its policy implementation towards Iran in context Ukrainian crisis. An analysis US approaches to regarding events Ukraine is given, reasons for increased interest this country from both and EU are identified. Currently, Tehran, despite extremely tough sanctions West - has significantly strengthened position global arena growi...

The article analyzes Iran-Iraq relations in the context of regional security. It has been studied that eight-year war became most bloody and destructive armed conflict second half XX century. is worth noting beginning caused rivalry: ethnic religious, political economic, ideological personal. Also, struggle for leadership region played a special role. established USA intervention Iraq 2003 chan...

Iran’s ‘resistance economy’ is sometimes presented as defensive strategy. Despite Washington’s ‘New Middle East’ wars and the rapid evaporation of expected benefits from the long JCPOA (nuclear deal) process, a certain illusion remains that a general ‘normalisation’ with the outside powers might still bring economic benefits to the country. Nevertheless, it remains true that, while Iran is a la...

With the growth in sociality and interaction around touching national and international topics, news sites are increasingly becoming places for communities to discuss and address issues spurred by news articles. Proponents of cyberspace promise that online discourse will increase political participation and pave the road for a democratic utopia (Papacharissi, 2004). Comment writers, according t...

Richard Stone wrote a report regarding selling theses and research articles in Iran. There are noteworthy points in this report which truly disturb the Iranian scientific community, but the present report is not the whole truth about the Iranian scientific community. Iran's scientific infrastructure was destroyed in the eight-year imposed war by Saddam Hossein in a way that production of Irania...