Iran

  The war in Iran is affecting India beyond the global oil shock and trade disruptions. New Delhi has long viewed the Middle East as part of its extended neighborhood and maintains ties with all key actors in the conflict – Iran, the United States, Israel and the Arab Gulf states. As in the Cold […]

  Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, met with President Vladimir Putin and other Russian leaders in St. Petersburg recently. Iran is a strategically important neighbor for Russia. Moscow’s main interest in Iran is access to the Indian Ocean. A railway line extends from Russia through Azerbaijan to Iran’s coastline ports. There is additional mutual interest in the […]

  When it comes to China’s role in the war in Iran, there are two diametrically opposed viewpoints. One view holds that China and Iran, with Russia and North Korea, form an “axis of evil,” and that it is only natural for China to assist Iran. There is even a view within the United States […]

  The world’s primary sponsor of terrorism is the regime in Tehran. Not only is it the force behind terrorism, it also seeks the total annihilation of Israel and its people, creates civil wars all over the Middle East, develops missiles and nuclear weapons for these purposes and brutally oppresses its own population. Just two […]

  The United States and Israel have struck the regime in Tehran, eliminating the supreme leader and several key figures responsible for oppressing Iran. For more than 45 years, the Iranian people have suffered under a brutal authoritarian and terrorist system. These strikes are necessary and justified. They represent an opportunity. The Middle East has long been plagued […]