iran and us relationship has always been significantly important to both sides and its ups and downs and the reasons behind have constantly attracted the attention of the researchers and thinkers on international relations. despite the existence of some opportunities to improve common regional relations and interests, the intellectuals in both countries have been mainly concerned about the chan...

and recovery, less of asylum. To-day, psychological medicine has a place in social service which few of us could have imagined possible twenty-five years ago; the question of reconditioning the patient, so that after recovery and discharge there shall be no recurrence of the trouble, is becoming increasingly vital as a nursing problem. It is a most heartening development. Let us seek an analogy...

In 2003, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in cooperation with the T.M.C. Asser Institute, launched a major research effort to explore the concept of “direct participation by civilians in hostilities” (DPH Project).1 The goal was to provide greater clarity regarding the international humanitarian law (IHL) governing the loss of protection from attack when civilians involve th...