By Sajad Abedi* The most stable element in Iran’s national security in the past ages has been the geography of this border, which, on the one hand, places Iran on its periphery, and on the other hand, virtually none of the peripheral areas geographically are attached to it. Like …
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Authorities in Germany arrested former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont on Sunday after he crossed into the country from Denmark, setting up a possible extradition of the separatist leader to Spain. Puigdemont’s attorney announced the arrest on Twitter and said his client had been taken to a police station. German police …
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Spain cut its economic growth forecast for 2018, acknowledging the impact of an escalating political crisis that led the National Court in Madrid to jail two leading Catalan separatists. The Spanish economy will grow 2.3 percent next year instead of the 2.6 percent previously projected, the economy ministry said in …
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