Idlib and the Chess Game in the Region
The agenda has already changed, but I want to write about the Tehran Summit and the Idlib issue. To begin with, let’s recall what happened at the Tehran Summit, which was attended by the presidents [ More … ]
The agenda has already changed, but I want to write about the Tehran Summit and the Idlib issue. To begin with, let’s recall what happened at the Tehran Summit, which was attended by the presidents [ More … ]
The Saudi-led coalition has enforced a new embargo on Yemen, closing land, sea and air links to the war-torn country. Yemen’s air, sea and land borders were shut down by the Saudi-led coalition on Monday, [ More … ]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived Wednesday in the Iranian capital Tehran for an official visit. He was welcomed at Mehrabad airport by Iranian Minister of Industry, Minerals and Trade Mohammad Shariat Madar, along with [ More … ]
Iraq’s Interior Minister, Qassim al-Araji revealed on Sunday that he had been assigned by Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to mediate between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Iraq’s Interior Minister revealed that he had been assigned [ More … ]
Representatives from Turkey, Russia and Iran – guarantor powers in the Astana talks – kicked off the sixth round of a high-level trilateral meeting in Tehran, in a bid to reach a consensus on de-escalation zones in Syria, on [ More … ]
A Hamas delegation traveled to Iran on Monday and met with the country’s foreign minister, Muhammad Javad Zarif, in Tehran, Hamas’ public information office in Gaza said. The delegation reportedly included Hamas officials Izzat al-Rishq, [ More … ]
Iran has slammed new sanctions imposed by the US, claiming its “hostile” actions seek to weaken the historic nuclear deal, and vowed to carry on with its missile programme regardless. Iran on Saturday condemned new [ More … ]
Sudan has announced it will begin this week a joint air force drill with Saudi Arabia, the first such maneuvers since Khartoum allied with Riyadh after breaking ties with Tehran in 2015. The exercises will [ More … ]
At present, Iran has both an official exchange rate and an unofficial market rate that is used in exchange houses. The rial trades at above 35,000 per US dollar on the open market, compared to [ More … ]
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians have staged anti-Israel rallies across Iran to mark al-Quds day, the country’s annual Palestinian solidarity day, which falls on the last Friday of Ramadan. Footage from Iranian state television showed massive [ More … ]
Under King Salman, Saudi Arabia is expanding its confrontation with Iran well beyond the Middle East, no longer relying heavily on Western allies to smother Tehran’s ambitions outside the Arab world. Since Salman came to [ More … ]
Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Friday Tehran had no intention of cooperating on regional issues with its main enemies, the United States and “evil” Britain. Khamenei also accused Washington of not being committed [ More … ]
On June 1, 2014, a leading Syrian activist became a high-profile figure to confirm reports of an “Iranian blueprint” to change the demographic and sectarian make-up of Syria. Iran In an interview published by Lebanon’s [ More … ]
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