Tag: Elections
US freaking out as Iran elects next president
Hardliner Reisi won at Iran’s recent presidential election, which saw a record-low turnout and murmurs of electioneering in his favor. Is Iran’s new president a “brutal hangman” or a “defender of human rights?” And what does his election portend for relations between Tehran and Washington? RT America’s John Huddy (in for Rick Sanchez) sets the scene. Then RT America’s Faran Fronczak joins with details about the election and its implications before former naval intelligence officer John Jordan and Prof. Mohammed Marandi of the University of Tehran share their insights. …
Is the Palestinian struggle moving back to armed resistance? (Yasser Arafat’s nephew Dr. Nasser Al-Kidwa & Daniel Levy)
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dr. Yasser Al-Kidwa, the nephew of the late leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation Yasser Arafat. He discusses the presidential election next door in Syria which saw Bashar Al-Assad re-elected for another 7-year term, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Ramallah to meet with Mahmoud Abbas, perceptions that the Palestinian Authority and ruling elite are out of touch for still pursuing negotiations with the United States …