Twenty-four years ago, on 11 September 2001, I sat on the veranda of a picturesque seafront restaurant in the Gaza Strip.

Ismail Azerinejad took up teaching years ago not as a profession but as an egalitarian mission — to contribute to society, and in particular, the less fortunate.

Twenty years ago — on May 1, 2023 — then-US President George Bush triumphantly made a now-infamous "Mission Accomplished" speech onboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, announcing the end of "combat operations" in Iraq.

The Persian Gulf, a strategic waterway and the world’s largest reservoir of oil and gas, is surrounded by eight oil-rich countries. Iran borders the entire northern shores of the water body, and its territory also forms the northern side of the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most importan...

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