With US sanctions intact, China emerges as Iran’s lifeline
The Covid-19 pandemic has become a political testing ground for Iran and the US. Whether or not US should lift sanctions on Iran, is...
Iran’s Corona Virus Crisis: A Clustered Issue
Iran’s state of affairs worsened with the outbreak of Covid-19 in the country during the first week of February 2020. For the time being,...
Hurdles to Afghan Peace: Pak still has foremost role to play
Since the US-Taliban peace deal many fearsome incidents took place on Afghan soil. Oath-taking of two presidents in one state, the deadlock over the...
How the Saudi-led coalition forces devastated Yemen? 5 years of misery
Impoverished Yemen is mired in a devastating conflict between Iran-backed rebels and government forces that intensified after Saudi Arabia led a military intervention five...
Coronavirus removes concept of religious superiority
Civilizationalist leaders, who seek religious legitimacy, cater to a religious support base or initially discarded scientific advice for expedient political reasons. They may have...
Iran appeals IMF for emergency loan request to combat coronavirus
President Hassan Rouhani of Iran appealed to the International Monetary Fund Wednesday to approve a $5 billion emergency loan request to combat its novel...
Has Iran won the fight against Covid-19? As it is set to help Turkey
In a telephone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu on Tuesday, Zarif expressed sympathy with the Turkish government and people over the outbreak...
Crisis over? Iran decides to resume economic activities
Iran said Sunday it will allow "low-risk" economic activities to resume from April 11 as its daily coronavirus infection rates slowed for a fifth...
US-Iran rift: Trump warns Iran of ‘heavy price’ in case of attack on US troops
President Donald Trump warned Iran on Wednesday of a "heavy price" if it or its allies in Iraq attack US troops stationed there. "We don't...
US is responsible for disaster in the middle east: Claims Iran
Iran warned the US Wednesday that it was leading the Middle East to disaster in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic after it deployed...
COVID-19 will alter the geopolitics in the region
In its wake, COVID-19 crippled economies made states dysfunctional, disintegrated social bonds by isolation, social distancing overwhelmed health and safety infrastructure the world over....
Bypassing US sanctions: Europe sends medical goods to Iran
European nations have delivered medical goods to Iran in the first transaction under the Instex mechanism set up to bypass American sanctions on Tehran,...