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Future Generator
Middle East/North Africa
Future Generator: An auspicious August for Iran
Iran will continue to get positive media coverage in the short term, indicating an improving political environment. These four reasons explain why.
Middle East/North Africa
Politics
Iran’s pilgrimage boycott threatens more than Saudi tourism revenues
Iran’s cancellation of pilgrimage flights to Saudi Arabia is an indication of deteriorating relations, using lucrative religious tourism as a foreign policy tool. The moves by Tehran come in wake of
Politics
South and Central Asia
Ramadan shows religious freedom deficit in Central Asia
The holy month of Ramadan puts in sharp relief the challenges to religious freedom by secular governments in the former Soviet Central Asian republics. Most notably, this year in Uzbekistan,