Maysam Behravesh
Maysam Behravesh is a senior political analyst at Persis Media and a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Lund University, Sweden.
Items by Maysam Behravesh
Although neither the United States nor Iran want war, tensions and along with them the likelihood of conflict-triggering miscalculations and accidents, have been running high since the Trump administration...
April 5, 2019
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Maysam Behravesh Brexit has evidently opened a Pandora’s Box in British politics and created a high level of uncertainty in many policy areas. While its implications for Britain’s economy and trade...
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US March 5, 2019
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Maysam Behravesh An Iranian construction official recently announced that Iran has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Syrian government to build “200,000 housing units” in Damascus. The agreement was made...
February 22, 2019
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Maysam Behravesh Tensions between Pakistan and its neighbours Iran and India are running high in the wake of deadly suicide attacks in the Iranian border province of Sistan-Baluchestan and Indian-controlled Kashmir....
December 28, 2018
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Maysam Behravesh US President Donald Trump’s abrupt announcement last week of the withdrawal of American troops from Syria caught many people off guard, including his own administration officials. It actually prompted...
November 9, 2018
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Maysam Behravesh Having won back control of the House of Representatives after eight years, Democrats seem determined to take a closer look into President Donald Trump’s “America First” foreign policy. “The...
October 26, 2017
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Maysam Behravesh Daesh has been routed in Iraq. On 5 October, the militant group lost the northern town of Hawija – its last urban stronghold after Iraqi forces recaptured Mosul and...
July 27, 2017
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Maysam Behravesh US Navy ship fires warning shots near Iranian vesselOnce again, the US Navy has opened fire on an Iranian vessel in the Gulf. US sailors fired warning shots Tuesday...
![Image of US President Donald Trump (L) with the Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Muhammad Bin Salman (R) [file photo]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/trump-and-bin-salman.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Although neither the United States nor Iran want war, tensions and along with them the likelihood of conflict-triggering miscalculations and accidents, have been running high since the Trump administration...![European Union diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini speaks during a debate on the consequences and EUs response to US Presidents withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal at the European Parliament on 12 June 2018 in Strasbourg. [FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP/Getty Images]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/GettyImages-972224698.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Brexit has evidently opened a Pandora’s Box in British politics and created a high level of uncertainty in many policy areas. While its implications for Britain’s economy and trade...![Smoke rises after Assad Regime carried out an airstrike at Duma town of Eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria on April 07, 2018 [Mouneb Taim / Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180407_2_29694917_32493238.gif?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
An Iranian construction official recently announced that Iran has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Syrian government to build “200,000 housing units” in Damascus. The agreement was made...![Relatives touch the coffin of a member of Revolutionary Guards, who was killed in a suicide attack, in Iran on 16 February 2019 [ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2019_2-15-iranGettyImages-1125195108.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Tensions between Pakistan and its neighbours Iran and India are running high in the wake of deadly suicide attacks in the Iranian border province of Sistan-Baluchestan and Indian-controlled Kashmir....![Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mevlut Cavusoglu (R), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Sergei Lavrov (C) and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (R) pose for a photo during a meeting to discuss setting up a committee to draft a new constitution as part of talks on Syrian crisis at United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland on 18 December 2018. [Fatih Aktaş - Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/20181218_2_33995544_40009448-e1545164582348.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
US President Donald Trump’s abrupt announcement last week of the withdrawal of American troops from Syria caught many people off guard, including his own administration officials. It actually prompted...![Police set up barricade in front of Saudi consulate as the waiting continues on the disappearance of Prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul, Turkey on 11 October 2018 [Ahmet Bolat/Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Disappearance-of-Prominent-Saudi-journalist-Jamal-Khashoggi20181011_2_32808478_37992391.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Having won back control of the House of Representatives after eight years, Democrats seem determined to take a closer look into President Donald Trump’s “America First” foreign policy. “The...![Iraqis start reconstruction of their buildings after Mosul completely freed from Daesh in Mosul on 10 July, 2017 [Yunus Keleş/ Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170710_2_24653831_23921430.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Daesh has been routed in Iraq. On 5 October, the militant group lost the northern town of Hawija – its last urban stronghold after Iraqi forces recaptured Mosul and...![Iranian Revolutionary Guard officers [File photo]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/images/article_images/middle-east/iranian-revolutionary-guards.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
US Navy ship fires warning shots near Iranian vesselOnce again, the US Navy has opened fire on an Iranian vessel in the Gulf. US sailors fired warning shots Tuesday...