Iran

Iran offers Arab states 'mafia deal' of security or punishment after Trump

Iran has sought to reach out to its Arab neighbors, with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif warning them that US President Donald Trump will be leaving in 70 days, but Iran’s regime will remain “forever.” He urged them to realize that “betting on outsiders to provide security is never a …

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How the IRGC overtook Iran’s Intelligence Ministry

Since 2009, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has completely eclipsed Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security, a new report from the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center says. In recent years, the IRGC’s seizure of power not only in a range of new political and economic areas, but …

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Trump's Iran czar: Talks with Tehran inevitable whoever is president

Sanctions will remain even under US President-elect Joe Biden’s administration, according to Elliott Abrams. “It does not really matter who is president on January 20 in the sense that there was going to be a negotiation with Iran anyway,” Elliott Abrams, the US special representative for Iran and Venezuela, said …

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War with Iran is possible if Joe Biden wins US presidential election, Israel claims

The drama surrounding the election of the 46th President of the United States is approaching its logical conclusion, and looking at the data from the census in the United States [the counting of votes is still going on] – the candidate of the Democratic Party and former Vice President of …

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Could Iran, Turkey and others take advantage of US post-election doubts?

Iranian and Turkish media are taking a “wait and see” approach to the US election. The usual shrill voices have been quiet for a few days, wondering like the rest of the world what might happen. Turkey’s media is infamous for transmitting the narrative of the increasingly aggressive regime in …

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From Ceasefire to Peace: The Necessity for a Russia, Iran and Turkey Partnership in the Karabakh Peace Talks

When in September 23, 1991 the Zheleznovodsk Declaration, as the first important mediation effort in the Karabakh conflict, was issued, an Azerbaijani journalist described it as “a light seen in a needle hole”. Now after three decades, the conditions dominating Karabakh conflict and the prospect for peace are still like …

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