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Trump’s threat to Iranian cultural sites ‘especially cruel’

January 6, 2020

In the aftermath of Qasem Soleimani’s killing, President Trump on Twitter threatened to attack 52 Iranian sites that are important to “the Iranian culture,” a threat that has drawn criticism and condemnation as “cultural cleansing” and an action in violation of international law.

Arts & Humanities

Unpopular leader falls to Armenian velvet revolution

April 25, 2018

Lori Khatchadourian, comments on the political upheaval and street protests that have gripped Armenia over the last two weeks, prompting the resignation of the country’s prime minister, Serzh Sargsyan.

International
Law and Policy
Arts and Sciences
associate professor at the department of Near Eastern Studies and a scholar of the Soviet and post-Soviet Caucasus