Full Text of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran
The United States and Iran signed a 14-point Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding on June 17, 2026. The deal was first announced on June 15 by Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whose country has served as the mediator between the two warring sides, and was slated for a physical signing on June 19 at Geneva, Switzerland.…
Negotiating Multipolarity: India’s Position in BRICS Transformation
Fareed Zakaria, in his book, ‘The Post-American World’, argues that we are not entering an era of American decline, but rather one defined by the ‘Rise of the Rest’. His central argument is that the world is transitioning from a period of American unipolar dominance, followed by the Cold War era, to one in which…
“I Will One Day Live in Iran”: Exile and the Politics of Longing in Marjane Satrapi’s Work
Marjane Satrapi, the French-Iranian graphic novelist, filmmaker, and artist best known for Persepolis, has died at the age of 56. Her family told AFP that she “died of sadness” following the death of her husband, Swedish producer Mattias Ripa, in April last year. Later that month, messages posted on her Instagram account included the words:…
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