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Borzou Daragahi

Borzou Daragahi is a correspondent with long experience in the Middle East.

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DESTABILIZING GENIUS

Is the Iranian General Taunting Trump on a U.S. Hit List?

Qasem Suleimani, the head of the fearsome Quds Force, is the incarnation of evil in Washington’s view. But many experts say it would be a mistake to try to take him out.

Borzou Daragahi

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MURDER INC.

Iranian Assassins Are Back With a Vengeance

In the 1980s and ’90s, the Tehran regime set out systematically to eliminate or intimidate enemies. After a long hiatus, it looks like those hit teams are back in action.

Borzou Daragahi

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Brave

Police Beat, Arrest Protesters Defying Istanbul Pride Ban

Protesters took to the streets of Istanbul, defying the authorities' banning of the city's LGBT Pride Parade. The police fired teargas and rubber bullets, beat, and arrested them.

Borzou Daragahi

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POWER MOVE

Strongman Erdogan Claims Victory In Turkish Elections

Erdogan’s Islamist-rooted political party and a nationalist ally appear set to keep control of parliament.

Borzou Daragahi

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SIGNING LANGUAGE

The Art of the Deal? Obama’s Was Better Than Trump’s

The Singapore statement pales even in comparison with the interim, preliminary Iran deal signed by the U.S. and other world powers in 2013.

Borzou Daragahi

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THE KURD CONUNDRUM

Can Voters Bring Down Turkey’s Erdogan?

When Turkey’s increasingly authoritarian president called snap elections, many people thought he’d steamroll his opponents. But they’ve drawn together, and he just might lose.

Borzou Daragahi

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COMEBACK KILLERS

ISIS Resurrection: Libya Attacks Foreshadow Terror to Come

The so-called Islamic State operating in Libya is smaller and controls much less territory than in the past. But it’s more mobile and deadly and still has big ambitions.

Borzou Daragahi

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RUSSIAN ROULETTE

In the Middle East, Putin Talks, BS Walks

Moscow’s opportunistic approach to Middle East diplomacy won’t stop a cataclysmic war, and might make it more likely. Meanwhile the Americans look belligerent—and clueless.

Borzou Daragahi

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GROPED AND GRABBED

Sexually Harassed—and Cruelly Arrested—in Egypt

President al-Sisi’s security forces may have wanted to send a message to Fathy’s husband to stop investigating the death of an Italian researcher.

Borzou Daragahi

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‘Psychological Warfare’

Trump Withdrawal Leaves Iran’s Moderates in a Tight Corner

The move ‘is a huge blow’ to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and ‘discredits him in Iranian politics,’ said a journalist based in Tehran.

Borzou Daragahi

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