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2026-04-07 20:35
Negotiations are ‘theatre’ as Trump seeks exit from war, says Ashish Prashar
London— Ashish Prashar, political strategist, former advisor to the Middle East peace envoy, and director of the “Game Over Israel” campaign, has dismissed ongoing U.S. calls for negotiations with Iran as political theater, arguing that Washington is seeking a face-saving exit amid escalating military pressure.
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2026-04-02 01:09
By Batool Subeiti
Persian Gulf pulse: Activation of the Strait of Hormuz
LONDON - The world is facing a major crisis that cannot wait, or it will escalate to a level that disrupts all international relations. Therefore, Trump does not have the luxury of time to make a decision to end the war as quickly as possible, if it were in his hands.
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2026-03-28 00:07
By Batool Subeiti
Iran’s strategic calculus and the changing balance of power
LONDON - Ayatollah Seyed Ali, the leader of the Islamic Revolution who was martyred in a U.S.-Israeli airstrike on February 28, had issued a fatwa banning the production of nuclear weapons.
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2026-03-04 22:19
By Abbas Akhoundi
Israel–US war on Iran and position of Persian Gulf states
TEHRAN- At dawn on Saturday, February 28, 2026, Israel and the United States officially and jointly attacked Iran and, at the very outset, assassinated the Leader of the Islamic Republic. This occurred while negotiations between Iran and the United States were ongoing.
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2026-01-05 18:14
By Dr. Jin Liangxiang
Iran and AsiaEuro continent: Underestimated connection and underrecognized role
SHANGHAI - The last decades have witnessed that Iran’s engagement with AsiaEuro continent has become more and more intensive, and this trend has become even more prominent since the 12-day war in 2025. Historically, Iran has always been a part of AsiaEuro continent though the connections between the two have been underestimated.
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2025-12-21 21:14
By Martin Love
The Unites States of extreme folly is a fact?
Giving the Zionists $33 billion in the past two years has been insane
NORTH CAROLINA - I write from the realm of average Americans of conscience. I write from the world of Americans who live in what is recognizably a grotesque and a widening dystopia that week by week just seems to get worse as the USA under President Donald J. Trump and most of the US Congress inch (if not plunge) the country towards a "failed state" status that seems already to exist in many ways.
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2025/12/02
By Ranjan Solomon
US–Maduro head-on: oil, hegemony, and the future of sovereignty
GOA, India - The confrontation between the United States and Nicolás Maduro is one of the most revealing geopolitical conflicts of our time. It is not a clash of democratic ideals versus authoritarianism, as Washington tirelessly claims. It is not a moral crusade to rescue Venezuela from misrule, nor a humanitarian duty to “restore democracy.”
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2025-10-27 19:27
By Batool Subeiti
The illusion of peace in defeat
LONDON - The war fronts backing Gaza have decided to stand against the Israeli attempt to eliminate the Gazan resistance. The resistance was in a state of defense and not in a state of attack throughout Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. There is a difference between one who holds a rightful position and moves within that circle, and one who practices tyranny to achieve illegitimate goals.
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2025/08/04
By Dr. Jin Liangxiang
China-Iran relations see new momentums
SHANGHAI – China-Iran relations have seen robust development in terms of high-level engagement, economic cooperation and strategic consultation in the last couple of years. The region and the world are seeing new dynamics, and the two are seeing new momentums in consolidating Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
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2025/07/21
By Xavier Villar
What the Persian Gulf countries learned from Iran’s war with Israel
MADRID – The recently concluded conflict between Iran and Israel—with twelve days of open hostilities—was not merely a battle between two historical antagonists.
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2025-05-18 17:13
By Kourosh Ahmadi
President Trump and the name Persian Gulf
TEHRAN - As we noted during his stay in the region, President Trump forwent wisely tinkering with geographical names and discarded the ostensible preliminary idea of using a different name for the Persian Gulf. A report by the AP pointing to this eventuality has stirred emotional reactions among the Iranians from all different walks of life.