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The flags of the U.S. and Iran fusing together as stone.
Causes of the U.S. Hostage Crisis in Iran: The Untold Account of the Communist Threat
Drawing upon primary documents from various Iranian communists and Islamists, this research paper questions the conventional wisdom that the Islamists' takeover of the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979 was a grassroots reaction to American policies. The author argues that competition between the Islamists and leftists instead may have been a key driver of the hostage crisis.
Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar July 7, 2017
Drought in Iran marked by reduced vegetation.
Iran's Looming Water Bankruptcy
Iran is on the brink of “water bankruptcy” in large part because the Iranian government’s aspirations for wheat self-sufficiency are driving high agricultural water use, fellow Gabriel Collins writes in this research paper. The paper analyzes Iran’s water situation and proposes policy solutions to slow the rapid depletion of the country’s groundwater.
Gabriel Collins April 4, 2017