Ebrahim Raisi will be sworn in as Iran’s next president on August 5, marking a defining moment in the situation around the nuclear issue. Having weathered the brunt of Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’, Tehran is in a better situation today. The international situation works in its favour too. Iran has gained …

The Saudi state-owned oil company said reports it will engage in the process of creating cryptocurrency are “false.” Saudi Arabia’s state oil company has denied reports it will make more of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. Aramco called claims they would engage in Bitcoin mining “false and inaccurate” in a Monday press …

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States is confident that Iran carried out the attack on the Israeli-linked oil tanker. The United States is “confident” that Iran is responsible for an attack on an Israeli-linked oil tanker that killed two crew members off the coast of Oman last …