On January 3, 2020, Iran’s most powerful military commander, General Qasem Soleimani was confirmed dead. He was killed by a US air strike in Iraq. The 62-year old…
The Shadow Commander: Soleimani, the U.S., and Iran s Global Ambitions. By Arash Azizi. London: Oneworld Publications, 2020. $27.95 ($16.95, paper). The Caravan: Abdallah Azzam and the Rise of Global Jihad. By Thomas Hegghammer. Cambridge: Cambridge
IRBIL, Iraqi Kurdistan: Iran’s currency has been hitting record lows against the US dollar, which observers say is a reflection of the regime’s increasing isolation on the international stage and the seriousness of the new EU sanctions against its paramilitary enforcer, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.