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Iran’s Maritime Power Play: Strategic Patterns and the 2024 Strait of Hormuz Crisis
As global geopolitical attention is fixated on the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, Iran has chosen to optimize its strategic position in the most...
The Paradox of Powerlessness: Why Middle East Oil No Longer Commands Global Panic
In June 2025, when Israel launched a major air strike against Iranian nuclear facilities and Iran retaliated with missile strikes on Israeli cities, the...
US Gains Influence in Iraq After Pipeline Battle Amid Iranian Drone Attacks
In mid-July, Iranian-backed drones struck multiple oilfields in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, targeting facilities operated by U.S. companies including HKN Energy and Hunt Oil. The...
Iran’s Energy Crisis and Tehran’s Strategic Turn to Russia and China
Following a summer of widespread blackouts and record heat, and in the wake of June military strikes by Israel and the U.S. on its...
Iran’s Balancing Act: Loosening the Veil, Tightening the Noose
In Tehran’s cafés and crowded streets, unveiled women and mixed gatherings signal visible social relaxation a striking shift from the rigid moral codes that...
IAEA: Iran Uranium Stockpile Verification ‘Long Overdue’
Iran has not allowed inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to access nuclear sites that were bombed in June, according to a...
Iran Seeks ‘Peaceful Nuclear Deal’ with U.S., Stresses Security
Iran says it wants a “peaceful” nuclear agreement with the United States to resolve a decades-long dispute, but will not compromise its national security,...
Saudi Arabia’s Pre-Trump Gambit: Defining the Price for Ties with Israel
U. S. President Donald Trump has been optimistic about Saudi Arabia potentially normalizing relations with Israel, but this is unlikely to happen during Crown...
Trump Says Iran Seeking Sanctions Relief, Signals Openness to Talks
U.S. President Donald Trump revealed that Iran has asked whether U.S. sanctions could be lifted, signaling a potential diplomatic opening between the longtime rivals....
How U.S. Is Turning Iran into China’s Trojan Horse in the Middle East
In recent years, the sanctions regime that the United States and its allies have imposed on Iran and a handful of other countries has...