Iran
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Xi, Putin and Pezeshkian Walk Into Delhi
X.T.M reads the BRICS summit in Delhi, with Xi, Putin and Pezeshkian present during a US blockade of Iran, as the West’s non-Western partners rerouting around it. He sees BRICS…
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Parsis, DNA and steppe incursions
Indosaurus announces his long-promised article on Parsi matrilineal DNA and steppe ancestry, published on his Substack, and hopes Zoroastrians and Hindus can reclaim the name Aryan from racists.
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Open Thread – Iran & CJP
Open thread from X.T.M on the war in Iran and the continuing CJP protests in India, asking about Sonam Wangchuk and why the Education Minister has not resigned, with praise…
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Open Trade: Peace Deal Reached
A one-line note on the oil price falling after Pakistan announced a US-Iran deal, asking who won, lost or drew, with peace reached on Trump’s 80th birthday.
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Open Thread: India, Israel, US & Iran
An open thread asking what has happened in the Middle East over the past six weeks, and whether India-US relations have become shakier.
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The Diaspora Saved The Mullahs. Pahlavi Helped.
X.T.M reports a BP live call with an Iranian guest, Farhad, who argues Reza Pahlavi’s 2022 intervention saved the Islamic Republic. The post says it does not endorse this and…
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Sanam Saeed at Cannes, Alia Bhatt Out of Frame?
The post reads Sanam Saeed’s Hussain Rehar couture at Cannes 2026, set against Alia Bhatt’s L’Oréal appearance, as an apparent civilisational reversal that is not one: Pakistan and Iran inherit…
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Islamicate Civilisation is a Supreme Culture: But Who Stands to Inherit It?
The post argues that Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal high culture is a supreme achievement, yet Islamicate civilisation has no custodian state among some sixty Muslim-majority countries, unlike the West, China…
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The Bahá’í Position on Palestine: A Note for the Record
The author sets out what the Bahá’í position on Palestine is, quoting Shoghi Effendi’s 1947 reply to the UN. The World Centre in Haifa and Akka is there for theological,…