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Iran’s nuclear weapons threats are actually a sign of weakness
In a nutshell Talks between Iran and the...
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the 7th summit in Astana format for talks on the Syrian war at a three-way summit overshadowed by fallout from his country's war on Ukraine. Tehran, Iran, July 19, 2022. (Image: SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM/AAP)
Countering the emerging Russia-Turkey-Iran alliance 
Less than a week after US President Joe...
The two terrorist founders of al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden (L) and his successor Ayman al-Zawahiri, both now brought to justice by the US
Afghanistan and Iran after the assassination of Zawahiri
On August 2, US President Joe Biden announced...
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Deconstruction Zone: Forget the JCPOA, what about the NPT?
Iran has not only irreversibly shredded the 2015...
Putin in Teheran with Iranian President Raisi: Building ties between two authoritarian, revisionist regimes (Image: Abbasi Mohammadreza/ATP/SPP/Alamy Live News)
Mr. Putin goes to Teheran
Despite spending five months baiting Ukraine’s leaders as...
Signing the Jerusalem Declaration: Non-binding, yet consequential (Image: IGPO/Flickr)
Why Biden’s Jerusalem Declaration matters
During his visit to Israel on July 14,...
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Behind the News – August 2022
ROCKET AND TERROR REPORT On July 16, four...
Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro meets Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei in 2016
Iran riding the tide of Latin America’s “Pink Wave”
With the 28th anniversary of the bombing of...
Annual Revolution Day march in Isfahan, Iran (Image: Shutterstock)
We chanted ‘death to Israel’
But Iranians know who their real enemy is...
(Top) L-R: Oman’s Deputy Prime Minister for International Relations Asaad bin Tariq al-Said, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa, US President Joe Biden, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Kuwait’s Crown Prince Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, and Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the ‘Security and Development Summit’ in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on July 16 (Image: Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM/AAP); (Bottom) L-R: Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a three-way summit in Teheran, Iran, July 19 (Image: SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM/AAP).
Editorial: Two Mideast Visits
In mid-July, US President Joe Biden visited Israel...
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) receiving US President Joe Biden, at al-Salman Palace in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on Friday, July 15, 2022. (Image: Saudi press Agency/UPI/Alamy Live News)
Assessing Biden’s Mideast trip
07/22 #03 This Update follows up on last...
Ali Khamenei And Vladimir Putin
Be wary of Iran, silent partner in the anti-West club
The Australian – 21 July 2022   Vladimir...