Oil & Gas Industry in Iran
Most oil-rich Third World economies have had difficulty in evolving into true economically liberal societies. By owning or con-trolling twenties generated by oil, the state is able to dominate society snaking all classes and groups economically dependent on their ‘Black Gold’. Oil tends to centralize state power in the Middle East, as this commodity contributes […]
Interview with ITV television
A former Durham University professor has alleged that a research project was used by America to gather intelligence on an enemy country.
Interview with BBC WORLD NEWS Channel
Interview with BBC WORLD NEWS Channel
Interview with BBC Radio 5
Interview with BBC Radio 4
Academic: ‘I saw jail as a fact-finding mission’
A FORMER North-East academic jailed as a political prisoner in his native Iran has been freed and returned to the UK, The Northern Echo can reveal. Reza Molavi, a former head of Durham University’s Centre for Iranian Studies, has revealed how he had his passport seized on trying to return to the UK in June 2010, was arrested at his Tehran home the next morning and detained at the […]
Oil and Gas Privatisation in Iran
iran is the fourth biggest producer of oil in the world, and its coastline stretches the entire length of the Persian Gulf, one of the world’s most strategic waterways in terms of energy security. The establishment of the Islamic Republic after the 1979 Revolution paved the way for religious clerics to gain ultimate political control […]
Iran judge sentences American to death for spying
A former US Marine, who also holds Iranian citizenship, has been sentenced to death by an Iranian judge for spying for the CIA, the Fars news agency reported on Monday.
WikiLeaks reveals how Durham got US funding for Iran project
Durham University received £300,000 from the US State Department for a series of projects that the US hoped would help it gather information on Iran, it has emerged. A diplomatic cable sent to Washington by the US Embassy in London in 2008, recently released by WikiLeaks, details a string of proposals for which Durham sought […]