Dr. Christian Emery is a lecturer in International Relations at the University of Plymouth. He completed his PhD at the University of Birmingham and spent three years as a Fellow in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics. His latest book is <em>US Foreign Policy and the Iranian Revolution</em> (Palgrave Macmillan).

Rouhani Hangs Back on Syria

[caption id="attachment_55245104" align="alignnone" width="594"] Hassan Rouhani holds his first press conference on August 6, 2013 after taking…

From the Jaws of Syria

[caption id="attachment_55245506" align="alignnone" width="620"] An Iranian woman walks past an anti-US mural painted on the wall of the former US…

The Long Shadow of the Guards

[caption id="attachment_55247560" align="alignnone" width="620"] A member of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard stands under a national flag on the…

To Damascus, via Tehran

[caption id="attachment_55247897" align="alignnone" width="620"] Syrian PM Wael Nader Al-Halqi (L) meets with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) in…

Executing Iran's Political Compromise

[caption id="attachment_55248455" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iranian Kurds protest against the execution of Kurdish rebels in Iran in the…

What’s a Civil War between Friends?

[caption id="attachment_55249119" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) meets with Palestinian Islamist…

Same Struggle, New Decade?

[caption id="attachment_55249381" align="alignnone" width="620"] Posters are prepared of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Iranians…

Iran Nuclear Talks: More Hurdles to Come

[caption id="attachment_55249839" align="alignnone" width="620"] Catherine Ashton, the EU foreign policy chief, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad…

Pursuing Happiness

[caption id="attachment_55250172" align="alignnone" width="620"] A sign reads "Respecting Hijab is mandatory in City Center," dictating Islamic dress…