More: Iran
Calling Out ‘Bluff Diplomacy’: Russo-Persian Maneuvers to Outwit Obama
According to the Obama administration, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a deal struck with the Islamic Republic of Iran over its nuclear...
Competing Cold Wars: Trying to Predict Iranian Strategies
The end of the Cold War brought about drastic changes in global relations between states as well as a dramatic change in international politics....
21 March: Navroz, The Recurrent Renewal
May the soul flourish;May youth be as the new-grown grain Navroz, usually celebrated on 21 March in Iran and Central Asia, is the “New...
An analysis of Iran’s elections
First and foremost, it is worth clarifying that in Iran the division between "reformists" and "liberals" on one side and "conservatives" or even "fundamentalists"...
Iran’s elections of February 26, 2016
On February 26, 2016 elections will be held in Iran both for Parliament (Majlis) and for the Assembly of Experts, the Council created by...
Additional considerations on the Iranian nuclear issue
We all know that the Russian Federation has been one of the true resolver of the Iranian nuclear issue, also within the negotiations that...
President Xi Jinping’s travel to the Middle East
Historically, the Silk Road was established during the Han dynasty, between 206 B.C and 220 A.D., after the long Chinese exploration of Southern and...
Millennial Iran: Change or status quo?
Domestically, nationalism in Iran is high as it has produced some of the greatest artists, physicians, poets, and mathematicians that history has ever seen...
Hard and Soft Power in the Caspian: Russian and Iranian Objectives
Two of the five states that border the Caspian Sea can be considered hegemonic in the region: Russia and Iran. Although this is beneficial...
The nuclear power in the Middle East: Its strategic and economic significance
If we look at the latest data, the OPEC countries – or anyway the Middle East countries - are those which are investing more...