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If anyone is still in doubt that the US war on Iran is hugely profitable to the United States, have a look at this chart. Qatar's LNG exports have dropped from 8.3% of the world's supply to almost nothing. The US, to a lower extent, Australia have filled the gap. Overall consumption has dropped...

You may not have seen the new yet as for some reason a lot of Western media chose not to report the revolution that has been taking place in Iran over the last two weeks. Even the BBC was silent about it until this morning. There have been protests, demonstrations, then outright attacks on...

A new paper about Iran/Persia. Nature: Ancient DNA indicates 3,000 years of genetic continuity in the Northern Iranian Plateau, from the Copper Age to the Sassanid Empire Abstract "In this study, we present new ancient DNA data from prehistoric and historic populations of the Iranian Plateau...

This is horrifying. 😧 Iranian women could face death penalty for defying new morality laws "Women in Iran could face the death sentence or up to 15 years in prison if they defy new compulsory morality laws due to come into effect this week. New laws promoting the “culture of chastity and...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-strikes-iran-personnel-facilities-in-iraq-syria-approved-jordan-drone-attack/ It seems like the USA is at war with Iran, much like the way Russia views it's war with Ukraine; "Special military operation". De facto war.

We know from various studies that Yamnaya/Corded ware and Eneolithic Steppe(Progress/Vonyuchka) have a significant amount of southern ancestry, right now called CHG or CHG/Iran but we still don't know where it is exactly from. There are many suggestions, I try to summarize the two main...

Archaeological excavations in a village in Isfahan province have led to the discovery of 12 graves, and remnants of the Bronze to Iron ages, grey pottery, and stone and agate beads. One of the excavation supervisors said the third stage of the explorations at Josheqan-e Estark village in the...

Article: http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/02/middleeast/saudi-arabia-executes-dozens-terror/index.html Saudi Arabia has just executed a Shi'ite cleric accused of terrorism by Saudi Arabia but hailed as a hero by Iran. Protesters in Iran have retaliated by setting fire to the Saudi embassy in Tehran...

To complete the series of main R1a subclades here is the map of Z93 in Eurasia. I have tried to avoid colouring uninhabited regions (high mountains and deserts), but it may not be 100% accurate. Click on the map to get to the Y-DNA maps page, and click again to see a larger version.

Which European language is closest in relation to Iranic language? Perhaps this can help us to find missing tribes of Sarmatians and Scythians among modern populations.

Thanks to this paper: http://www.nature.com/ejhg/journal/v23/n1/full/ejhg201450a.html and nice R1a maps: Can we see Z282 as Corded Ware culture and Z93 as Indo-Iranian? It could indicate Kazakhstan as Center of Iranic tribes before expansion to the South? South to Iran, Afghanistan...

Hello everyone, I'm a new member and I'm interested in learning more about both my paternal and maternal ancestry. I'm an Azerbaijani from Northwestern Iran (which borders the South Caucasus region = Armenia, Azerbaijan & Georgia). As far as I have heard in family discussions, it is probable...