Posted on Tue, November 23, 2010 at 09:46 am CET
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Dispute About the Persian Gulf/Arabian Gulf Name

The historic dispute between Iran and the Arab world over the name of the Persian Gulf has once again stirred a controversy this week, after the term “Arabian Gulf” was used at the opening ceremony of the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. The term, which provoked… Continue reading

Topics: China • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran 
Posted on Wed, July 21, 2010 at 22:17 pm CEST
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The Survival of Traditional Regimes in the Persian Gulf

If you had told experts in the mid-1960s that a half-century later every king and emir then ruling in the Persian Gulf would still be there, most would have been astonished… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Bahrain • Global Islam • Islamic Fundamentalism • Kuwait • Oman • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • The Middle East • United Arab Emirates • Wahhabism 
Posted on Sun, May 2, 2010 at 16:41 pm CEST
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Tensions Escalate Once Again Between UAE And Iran

Political tensions between Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reached new levels this week following a statement made last week by Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE foreign minister, comparing the Iranian occupation of the three disputed islands… Continue reading

Topics: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • The Middle East • United Arab Emirates 
Posted on Mon, February 8, 2010 at 17:04 pm CET
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Revolutionary Guard Inc.

The secretive paramilitary group, according to the U.S., arms both violent Shiite militias in Iraq and Hezbollah. It runs feared prisons inside Iran. The Revolutionary Guard also has a big role that is less understood in the West: an active player in business… Continue reading

Topics: Iran