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Analysis / Motasim Agha Jan Detention: Restricting Influential Figure of Taliban
Since Yesterday, the news of detention of one of the most prominent leaders of the Taliban in Kandahar has sent a great shock to the supporters of this ruling group in Afghanistan, triggering rumors about the internal gaps and power struggle within the helm of rule in Kabul.
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Analysis: Why Islamabad negotiations ended without results?
The negotiations between high‑level diplomatic delegations from Iran and the United States in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, concluded without an agreement.
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Spain’s break with West: How Sánchez turned Madrid into a voice against war on Iran
The joint war the United States and Israel launched against Iran can be seen as one of the most complex and consequential geopolitical crises of the past decade. It not only reshaped the security landscape of the Middle East but also strained divisions within the Western bloc, challenged the future of the transatlantic alliance, and even placed the concept of the international order under significant pressure.
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Analysis: Can Trump Really Blockade Iran?
The dead end the US and Israel are facing because of their defeat in the 38-day aggression on Iran has pushed the White House leaders to a new idea to press Tehran. This idea is a blockade of all of the Iranian ports in the Persian Gulf, in effect since Saturday. However, many argue that this decision not only does not help the US President Donald Trump in his war on Iran, but also will push the fuel and energy prices even higher than the current surging levels, doubling the crisis for the US itself and the European countries.
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A return to Stone Age thinking in Washington
The war that the US and Israel jointly launched against Iran can be considered one of the most impactful conflicts since World War II in both economic and political spheres. The objectives of the United States shifted repeatedly — from regime change, to the destruction of nuclear and missile capabilities, and finally to an effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz through military pressure and diplomacy. A war that was presumed to be short-term and limited to military targets showed, in its very first hours, that civilians would inevitably be drawn in, as seen in the targeting of a school in Minab.
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Analysis / Corridors in Shadow of War: Iran Sees Its Geopolitical Position Redefined
The US-Israeli war on Iran has not been a simple military confrontation. This war has taken place against the backdrop of a global competition over trade and energy corridors becoming the key geopolitical battlegrounds. Now in a post-war condition, the main question is: How will this war influence Iran's position in the strategic energy and transit corridors at an international level?
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Analysis / Trump’s Hard Choices: Bending to Iran’s Rights or Receiving Fresh Battleground Blows
The Iranian-American negotiations ended as the two sides failed to agree on terms of a deal for a permanent ceasefire. These talks were brought to the spotlight by Hamidreza Gholamzadeh, an international affairs expert and head of international affairs of Tehran Municipality.
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Assassination of Dr. Kharrazi Represents Deliberate Criminal Pattern to Silence Peace Advocates - Iran envoy to UN
Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, in a letter addressed to the UN Secretary-General, strongly condemned the assassination of senior Iranian diplomat Dr. Kamal Kharrazi, stating that the act reflects a deliberate pattern of criminal conduct aimed at silencing advocates of peaceful engagement and systematically undermining diplomatic pathways.The full text of the letter is as follows
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Analysis / Iran’s ’Life Sacrificer’: From a Social Campaign to a National Deterrence Doctrine Analysis
The "Life Sacrificer" campaign as a socio-political phenomenon in the current Iranian developments is symbolizing a profound bond among the Iranians and defense doctrines.
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Analysis / Iran-US Ceasefire Under War of Narratives: Who Has the Upper Hand?
In early morning of Wednesday and after Iran's IRGC published a list of potential reciprocal targets in the US allies and the Israeli regime in reaction to Trump's threat of destruction of Iran's power infrastructure and bridges, the White House in the last moments of the deadline accepted a proposed ceasefire deal presented by Pakistani prime minister for a two-werk period.
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Analysis: China, the Big Winner of Trump’s War on Iran
Donald Trump entered the White House for the first time in 2016. Regardless of all of Trump's and MAGA's (Make America Great Again) characteristic aspects, in foreign policy aspect, he should be seen as a norm breaker. He openly lashed out at the foreign policy of his precedents, saying that the US and interests should be central to any foreign policy designed by the White House, or fruitless wars should be ended, and the focus should be on China.
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Analysis: Prolonged Iran War to Exact a Heavy Price on Saudi Economy
While these days the US and Israeli regime are seeking to put strains on Iran through massive attacks on its infrastructure to bring Tehran to the negotiating table for wresting concessions from it, the continuation of the aggression poses a serious threat to the Arab ally of Washington.
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Analysis: Trump and Black Day of Air Force
35th day of the Israeli-American war on Iran was a hellish day for the aggressors. It was the day several American aircraft and helicopters were shot down by the Iranian air defenses.
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Analysis: From Economy to Security, Strait of Hormuz Will not Return to Pre-war Status
The continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz to the invading US and its allies, along with Trump’s inability to rein in skyrocketing global energy and commodity prices caused by a severe shortage of oil supply, has pushed White House leaders to a breaking point. The US president, seen by critics as delusional and dishonest, has backed away from his earlier stance on using military force to open the strait and destroy infrastructure. Seeking to justify this retreat and frame it as something other than a setback, he now claims that American energy security is not dependent on the Strait of Hormuz and has flatly denied ever making such wartime commitments.
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45-day ceasefire proposal and strategic consideration
The 45-day ceasefire proposal isn't a path to peace for Iran—it's an unbalanced, unenforceable pause that gives the aggressors time to rebuild while offering Iran no real guarantees.
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45-day ceasefire plan drawn by Western states to deceive Iran
A proposal for temporary 45-day ceasefire brokered by Pakistan is a hoax designed by Western states to buy time for Washington and Tel Aviv amid their failure in their aggression against Iran.
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"Stone Age": Donald Trump's public admission of a war crime
Donald Trump's threat to "return a country to the Stone Age" constitutes a public admission of intent to commit war crimes by systematically destroying civilian infrastructure, in clear violation of international law.
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The Hegseth doctrine: Colonial blindness and suppression of truth on road to Tehran
When Pete Hegseth took office as Secretary of Defense in January 2025, the Pentagon did not receive a strategist. It received a television personality whose relationship to military affairs had been mediated entirely by the camera, the script, and the ideological requirements of a media ecosystem that rewards certainty and punishes complexity.
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Domicide and a half-century blueprint for civilian destruction
As the twisted steel of the B1 Bridge smoldered, Iranians recognized the stench of an old, recurring crime.
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Attacks on Iranian universities signal assault on science
Iranian academics condemn recent strikes on universities and research centers, calling on international institutions to denounce attacks against scientific progress and knowledge-based development.
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Analysis / Two Sides of War: Iranians in Streets, Israelis in Shelters
War has always been one of the toughest and most influential factors in the daily life of people. In Iran and the Israeli regime, this factor has shown itself in whole different ways.
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Insecure path of borrowed security in Persian Gulf states
Recent developments in the Persian Gulf reveal the fragile nature of “borrowed security”: reliance on foreign powers, once seen as a guarantee, has exposed Persian Gulf states to new threats and strategic vulnerabilities.
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What lesson in diplomacy should Persian Gulf Cooperation Council learn from Oman?
Western imperialism has once again ignited the flames of war in the West Asia region, yet Oman—just as in all previous conflicts over the past 50 years—has remained untouched by the fires of war.
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Why China-Pakistan ceasefire proposal cannot be a solution?
China and Pakistan have put forward a five-point proposal aiming to end the ongoing war in the region. Still, the plan fails to address the main cause of the conflict.
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Arrested for empathy: The hidden toll of Iran war protests
It has been a month since what has been described as an aggressive attack by a U.S.–Israeli coalition against Iran, an event that has not only reshaped the region’s geopolitical landscape but also triggered clear social and political reactions across Arab countries.
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Analysis: Boots on the Ground? Trump and His Last Gamble in Iran War
About a month after start of the Israeli-American military aggression against Iran with the aspiration of establishing “Greater Israel” through toppling the Islamic Republic and partitioning Iran to smaller states, the evil plan has began to backfire and the aggressors, desperate in words and actions, are seeking a way out of the quagmire with less humiliation and costs to their image.
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Trump and cognitive traps in confronting Iran
In analyzing foreign policy, the focus is usually on instruments: military power, economic levers, alliances, and diplomatic pressure. However, a less visible yet decisive variable is the “mind of the decision-maker.”
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Manufacturing consent: How US media distort the truth about the war on Iran
One month after the United States and Israel launched their military attack on Iran, the conflict continues to rage across the region. This war has caused widespread destruction, civilian deaths, and deep instability throughout the Middle East.
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Analysis: New Iranian Military Surprises: What are the Messages and Implications?
As the dimensions of the Israeli-American war on Iran broaden at all levels, Iranian armed forces, according to the preplanned strategies and trainings that are aimed at making the ongoing conflict a war of attrition to increase the human and financial costs of war for the enemies, in each stage exponentially unveil a new surprise to the enemies on the battleground.
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Analysis: Trump’s Failure Story: Tangible Retreat, Unusual Claims
On Monday, the US President Donald Trump in a post on his social media site said that he suspended a 48-hour ultimatum for bombing Iranian energy facilities and power plants for 5 days after alleged talks with Iran. The news made a splash on the media outlets, pushing down the rallying oil prices to $102 per barrel from $114. The way of dealing with this Trump’s message by the observers was different, with each providing analysis of their own.