Iranian Minister of Energy Ali Akbar Mehrabian said the Islamic Republic has signed a long-term strategic electricity contract with Iraq to provide its Arab neighbor with sustainable energy supplies. Iran is already a key energy provider to Iraq which faces chronic electricity shortages despite sitting on the world’s fourth largest …
Read More »Iran: End Of Regime In Sight
US Vice President Mike Pence’s meeting with Iranian opposition leader Maryam Radjavi at the Mojahedin’s headquarters in Albania and his strong support for the Democratic Alternative (National Council of Resistance of Iran) signal the prospect of the end of the regime in power in Iran. Lessons from history This is …
Read More »President Biden and Iran: the Cost of a Missed Opportunity
President Joe Biden initially picked much of the low-hanging fruit from the misery of the Trump years. He revived the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and returned the United States to the Paris climate accords; the World Health Organization; and the Human Rights Council of the United Nations. But Biden …
Read More »Biden’s Israel, Saudi Arabia Trip Draws Attention To Looming Threat Of A Nuclear Iran
When Arab leaders sit down with US President Joe Biden in Riyadh this week, one topic they will no doubt be eager to raise is the threat posed by Iran and how Tehran’s nuclear ambitions can be thwarted or contained. During his campaign for the presidential nomination in 2020, Biden …
Read More »The Rise of Multimodal Transportation Among Russia, Iran and India
As the Ukraine war has entered its fifth month, and two decades after Iran, Russia and India signed the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) in 2002, Dariush Jamali, head of the Iranian-Russian Port of Solyanka in Astrakhan Oblast, announced that the first transit shipment from Russia to India had been …
Read More »US Intel Report Says Iran May Try To Kill US Official To Avenge Soleimani Murder
An intelligence assessment prepared by the US government reports that Iran may try to assassinate current or former senior American officials in revenge for the assassination more than two years ago of top Iranian general Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, leader of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, …
Read More »US Intel: Iran Set to Supply Hundreds of Drones to Russia
Iran is expected to supply Russia with “hundreds” of drones, some of which will be able to carry weapons for use in the conflict in Ukraine. Iran is also preparing to train Russian forces on operating these drones as early as July. The Iranian government is preparing to supply Russia …
Read More »US would use force against Iran ‘as a last resort’: President Biden
The US would use force “as a last resort” to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, US President Joe Biden said this week. In an interview with Channel 12 News that aired soon after he arrived in Israel on Wednesday, Biden said: “The only thing worse than Iran now …
Read More »Iran’s Raisi links regional dust storms to Western hegemony
Tehran recently hosted a regional summit on addressing the dust storms that have ravaged the area over the past two years. Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi accused Western powers of playing into the destruction of environment by tapping into the Middle East’s natural resources. Raisi was addressing a regional summit in …
Read More »Iran weighs benefits of BRICS membership
While joining the bloc has its upsides, it will be extremely difficult for Tehran to get full benefits from BRICS without the complete lifting of Western sanctions. Recently, Iran applied to join BRICS, a group consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. On a global level, this forum …
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