Author: Mareike Forchheim

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German Professor Georg Pegels with German and Iranian students during a cooperation project on earthquake-proof buildings in Iran (photo: private copyright)

German-Iranian Relations

Mutual Understanding

More exchange in academia, the arts and sports would contribute to improving Germany's relations with Iran, experts say. Such exchange would strengthen civil society in Iran and boost mutual understanding. By Mareike ForchheimMore

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Left on their own: the Kurds in Syria opted to side neither with the regime nor the opposition after the civil war broke out in 2011. Now they stand alone, besieged and with no one to back them since their American allies withdrew

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