By Elisa Garfagna Yesterday, Italy celebrated with relief and joy the news of journalist and podcaster Cecilia Sala’s release. Detained unjustly by the Iranian regime in Tehran, her liberation marked a victory for press freedom and human rights. However, this triumph was overshadowed by a wave of antisemitic comments on social media, particularly on the […]
by Giovanni Giacalone On January 3rd, 2025, Cecilia Sala’s family requested media silence regarding the case because the current stage is sensitive and the public debate on what should be done (or not) could extend the time and make a solution more complicated and distant. The 29-years-old Italian reporter Cecilia Sala was kidnapped by the […]
by Giovanni Giacalone On December 19th, 2024, at around noon, Italian journalist and reporter, Cecilia Sala was apprehended from her hotel in Teheran and placed under arrest, without any clear reason, by the Iranian authorities. Sala left Rome for Iran on December 12th, with a regular visa, to conduct interviews and record some episodes for […]
by Rustam Taghizade The collapse of the Assad regime would represent a profound transformation in Syrian politics, marking the end of over half a century of centralized Alawite dominance. Nevertheless, this transition would probably result in the country entering a new period of uncertainty and challenges, with implications for governance, sectarian dynamics, Kurdish aspirations, and […]
by Scott Morgan The Events that have taken place in Syria since November 30th have proven to be both stunning and rapid paced and have the potential to change the Political landscape of the Middle East. The whirlwind events began when Hayat Tahir Al Sham (HTS) a Sunni Militant Group which is considered to be […]
by Stefano Piazza Germany’s intelligence agencies are investigating some 700 individuals linked to the Berlin-based “Mustafa Institute” for possible espionage and terrorist recruitment on behalf of Iran, according to German media. The institute, a branch of Iran’s Mustafa University, serves as a recruitment platform for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Quds Force, which supports terrorist groups such […]
by Giovanni Giacalone The recent incidents involving UNIFIL compounds in southern Lebanon caused a series of protests from the UN and those European governments with peacekeeping troops in the area; specifically, Italy, Spain and France. UNIFIL said the Israeli military “deliberately” hit several of their posts, including the headquarters at Naqoura. At least five UNIFIL […]
by Rustam Taghizade The ongoing political situation in the Middle East is currently entering a more tense phase. Iran, a garrison state, aspires to leverage its regional influence to launch further attacks against Israel through proxy forces, while simultaneously maintaining a state of conflict with the Jewish state. It is the deployment of proxy forces […]
by Stefano Piazza According to some sources within the European Union there is a legal basis for declaring the Iranian Pasdaran a “terrorist organization.” It all starts with the sentence handed down on December 19, 2023, by the Sixth Criminal Senate of the Higher Regional Court in Düsseldorf, under the direction of Higher Regional Court […]
Kamil Alboshoka Abstract Since the establishment of the current regime in 1979 after the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty, Iran has been facing a myriad of challenges in its pursuit of internal stability. This study, therefore, delves deeply into Iran’s most critical challenges, which are social and economic. These challenges profoundly impact integration, national solidarity, […]