Middle East

Dots on Letters newsletter. (Photo: Susanne Fischer)

Dots on Letters Newsletters and Workshops

First issue distributed in Tripoli, Sour, Baakline, Bikfaya, and Beirut suburbs.

19 Oct 10

Sanctions Pull Rug From Under Iran

United States bar on Persian carpets will hit Iranian weavers and traders hard.

18 Oct 10

Harassment of Iranian Opposition Leaders

Green Movement down but definitely not out.

15 Oct 10

Ma'dan boatsmen guide their slender wooden boat past a submerged Iraqi army tank in the Hor Saleel marshland area in Iraq's southern Basra province. (Photo: Ali Abu Iraq)

Ancient Way of Life Threatened

Ma’dan tribal leaders say they will resist impact of oil boom and urbanisation on their traditional culture.

15 Oct 10

Herat Poll Row Exposes Iran Tensions

Some candidates claim Iranians backed election hopefuls who would support Tehran’s interests.

14 Oct 10

Iranian Blogger Sentenced to Justify Regime's Coup Plot Claims

Hossein Derakhshan had hoped to return Iran safely, but hardliners arrested him and made him centrepiece of “coup plot” case.

13 Oct 10

Iran's Hardliners Fall Out

President Ahmadinejad appears determined to ride roughshod over conservative politicians and clerics who should be his allies, but aren’t.

8 Oct 10

Tehran Defiant After Failed Russian Missile Deal

Although Iran says it can make its own hi-tech weapons, experts are not convinced.

8 Oct 10

Sahera Ibrahim and her family watch a recording of a news broadcast that she says shows her missing son in an Iraqi prison. Like thousands of other Iraqi families, Ibrahim believes her son is languishing in one of Iraq's notoriously secretive prisons. (Photo: Ibraheim Saleh)

Iraq's Disappeared

Whereabouts of thousands who went missing during dark days of sectarian conflict still unknown.

7 Oct 10

Iranian Oilmen Reflect on Mexico Gulf Spill

As Tehran officials offer to help clear spill, oil industry officials are worried about Iran’s ability to deal with similar offshore accidents closer to home.