Expert warns crisis in West Asia will worsen in 2026 without policy shifts

‘2025 has exposed dangers of unilateralism, militarized regional strategies and maximalist ideological projects’

TEHRAN - A Princeton University researcher says 2026 may bring “deeper instability” at a great cost to the Middle East and United States if UN resolutions are not enacted, a regional security mechanism is not established, and the US and Iran don’t enter comprehensive dialogue.

Netanyahu’s claim Iran funding protests means failure of 17 US intelligence agencies: analysis

TEHRAN - A senior analyst says the claim by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that protests in the United States against Israel’s war on Gaza are funded by Iran would mean that 17 American intelligence agencies have failed to prevent Iran’s influence in the country.

Israel willing to use nuclear bombs whenever is in danger: security and nuclear policy specialist

‘NPT signatories should push UN Security Council to act fast to denuclearize Israel’

TEHRAN - A Middle East security and nuclear policy specialist at Princeton University says countries in the Middle East region should realize that Israel is willing to nuclear weapons whenever it feels it “is in danger”.