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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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2025/07/16
By Xavier Villar
The 'post-Iranian Middle East' proposed by Israel
The Israeli outlook requires demolition of regional sovereignty
MADRID – At a time when stability and sovereignty have become almost existential issues countries in West Asia, Amos Yadlin’s article “The Post-Iranian Middle East,” published in Foreign Affairs, perfectly encapsulates a kind of political arrogance masked as academic analysis. Far from offering a roadmap to peace, the piece by the former Israeli general reads more like an obituary for regional autonomy.
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2025-07-07 22:44
By Xavier Villar
A look at Israel’s strategy to Balkanize Iran and why it will fail
MADRID - In West Asia’s geopolitical landscape, security rarely boils down to a purely defensive matter; above all, it is a narrative of power. Israel, shaped by a history of regional isolation and an identity forged in exceptionalism, has turned security into the lens through which it interprets every opportunity and threat. But what happens when security becomes an obsession and the central justification for all foreign policy?
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2025-06-25 19:55
Tourism in West Asia reels from fallout of 12-Day Iran-Israel War
TEHRAN - The recent 12-day military confrontation between Iran and Israel has sent shockwaves through the tourism industry of West Asia, disrupting flight routes, stranding tens of thousands of travelers, and casting uncertainty over one of the world’s most dynamic travel regions.
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2025-06-17 23:49
Condition for ending the war is destruction of Israel, not cessation of attacks
Kayhan discussed the full-scale war between Iran and Israel in an article and wrote: The war that has been started in West Asia these days is more than just a normal military conflict. A battle that will not end with a ceasefire, but only with the complete collapse of the sinister and fake structure of the Zionist regime.
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2025-06-16 22:04
Najah Mohammed Ali
The resilience of the Axis of Resistance against Zionist-American aggression
LONDON – The ongoing escalation between Iran and the child-killing occupying entity and its backers highlights Iran as a central pillar of the Axis of Resistance, leading an existential battle against Zionist and Western-American aggression. This confrontation is not merely a military conflict but a struggle for dignity and independence, embodying the will of the Islamic nation to defend its sovereignty and sacred values.
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2025-05-30 14:17
Groundbreaking discovery in northern Persian Gulf sheds new light on early human migration
TEHRAN - A major archaeological discovery in the northern hinterlands of the Persian Gulf is transforming our understanding of early human migration into Asia.
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2025-05-27 21:33
By Seyed Mehrdad BaniHashemi Kahangi
The Persian Gulf is on edge—regional powers must fix it themselves
TEHRAN – In recent months, tensions in the Persian Gulf have reentered the global spotlight—not through official declarations, but via a silent escalation playing out beneath the waves and between the straits.
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2025-05-17 21:49
Ayatollah Khamenei expounds on US president's West Asia trip
'You might not be there without US'; This is Trump's model for Arab states
TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, met with a number of teachers and educators from across the country on May 17, 2025, in the Imam Khomeini (ra) Hussainiyah.
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2025-05-14 21:03
Trump’s West Asia tour spurs more distrust with Iran after ‘deceptive’ comments
TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald Trump’s pronouncements on Iran during his ongoing West Asia tour have so far done little to help him advance a nuclear deal with the country, with Iran’s foreign minister taking to the public stage on Tuesday to call out the president’s “deception” and dishonesty.
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2025-05-05 22:58
By Jafar Yaghoubi
Pre-mortem vs. post-mortem
How US foreign policy keeps repeating its mistakes with Iran
TEHRAN – There is a fine line between intelligence and wisdom. Smart people solve problems; wise people, however, steer clear of them. While nation-states, like the U.S., are deemed to be smart in pursuit of their interests, civilization-states, such as Iran, can better be understood as wise.
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2025-04-14 21:33
By Minoo Khaleghi
West Asia is a stage for Iranian diplomacy; Muscat is the first stop
TEHRAN – In a tense regional atmosphere where diplomacy often takes a backseat to power politics, the recent indirect talks between Iran and the United States in Muscat signal a return to rationality in global equations.
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2025-04-08 22:09
Resistance Journalism course to be held in Tehran
TEHRAN- A course on Resistance Journalism will be held in Tehran in May to explore the role of colonialism in altering the borders of West Asia following World War I.
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2025-04-05 22:09
Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Uzbekistan border agreement will boost regional stability, says Iran
TEHRAN – Iran has praised a landmark agreement between Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan to officially establish the junction point of their shared borders—a move hailed as a milestone for regional cooperation and stability.
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2025/03/17
By Faramarz Kouhpayeh
Iran’s nuclear program: double standards of Western pressure
TEHRAN – The discussion regarding Iran’s nuclear program is once more at the forefront of U.S. foreign policy talks, with a recent article from the Wall Street Journal advocating for the total nuclear disarmament of Iran.
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2025-03-17 22:16
By Batool Subeiti
Power and persistence: The shifting dynamics of West Asia in the Trump era
LONDON - The future direction of West Asia remains uncertain, but one fundamental principle holds: power determines survival. Those who lack strength—whoever they may be—will not endure, including the Israeli occupation. Meanwhile, the strong will consolidate their position.
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2025-03-12 21:08
West Asia can ensure its own security, foreigners should stay out: Iran Navy commander
TEHRAN – Iran's Navy Commander, Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, stated that countries in West Asia are capable of handling their own security and urged external actors to rethink their involvement in the region.
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2025-03-08 15:40
Lake Urmia’s water volume increases by 80 mcm
TEHRAN –According to the CEO of West Azarbaijan regional water company, the volume of water in Lake Urmia has risen by 80 million cubic meters compared to the same time last year, reaching 1,630 billion cubic meters.
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2025/02/15
By Habib Ahmadzadeh
Mr. Trump, earn the Nobel Prize for a genuine step
TEHRAN – The ever-humorous President of the United States has expressed a fascinating ambition: to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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2025-02-10 16:27
West Asia’s largest tourism park inaugurated in southern Iran
TEHRAN – Gohar Park, a tourism and entertainment complex, reportedly named the largest of its kind in West Asia, was inaugurated in Sirjan of Kerman province, southern Iran.
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2025-01-20 20:01
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Russia-Iran strategic partnership’s effects on the resistance front
BEIRUT — The comprehensive strategic partnership agreement between Tehran and Moscow constitutes a remarkable geopolitical step, as it coincides with the resounding defeat of the US-led Israeli aggression on people in certain nations in West Asia.
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2025-01-11 22:39
Who’s afraid of America first?
To many countries in Europe, the return of Donald Trump to the White House is seen as a momentous, almost apocalyptic, shift that is likely to disrupt alliances and upend economic relations. Meanwhile, American adversaries such as China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia anticipate that the incoming administration will mark an opportunity to advance their anti-Western agendas. Yet there is another region of the world, one that includes many U.S. allies, partners, and friends, that views Trump’s return more calmly.
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2025-01-01 22:46
By Xavier Villar
General Qassem Soleimani: master of soft power in Iran's strategic culture
MADRID – In the global competition for influence, soft power has become a key indicator of national strength. In contrast to direct confrontations involving hard power, an increasing number of countries are opting for less costly yet equally effective strategies, using resources that attract and persuade rather than impose.
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2024-12-30 22:49
By Ehsan Karami
Iran’s post-Assad scenarios
Tehran should target the roots of terrorism, not its branches
TEHRAN – After years of stagnation in northern and southern Syria, marked by the inaction against terrorists backed by a coalition of Hebrew, Arab, Turkish, and Western powers, we are witnessing a renewed wave of attacks by these groups. These actions have led to the destabilization of Syria, casting a shadow of uncertainty over the country's future and the broader region.
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2024-12-29 22:29
By Soheila Zarfam
Why Resistance groups are not Iran's proxies
TEHRAN – "Iran's proxies," "Iran-backed groups," "the Iran Axis"—these are the convenient labels the Western media slaps on the Axis of Resistance, the forces in West Asia that are pushing back against U.S. presence and Israeli occupation.
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2024-12-24 22:51
Zarif's 'MWADA' vision: a new era of peace and prosperity in West Asia
TEHRAN – In an op-ed in The Economist on Monday, Iran's Vice President for Strategic Affairs and former Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, outlined a novel approach to regional security and economic development through the creation of the Muslim West Asian Dialogue Association (MWADA).
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2024-12-22 22:37
Courageous Syrian youth will expel Zionists from Syria: Leader
TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei discussed the situation in Syria, Iran’s regional strategy, and the future of West Asia during a meeting with religious eulogists on the occasion of the birthday anniversary of Hazrat Fatemeh Zahra (SA), the beloved daughter of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) on Sunday.
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2024-12-21 22:25
Growing radical influence in Syria threatens regional stability, Leader’s advisor warns
TEHRAN – In a statement released through the Mehr News Agency, an advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution warned that the rise of radical groups in Syria will have grave consequences for the entire region.
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2024-12-21 15:37
Collegiate programming contest for West Asia held
TEHRAN –Sharif University of Technology students have claimed the first top three positions in a programming contest known as the 25th International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) for the West Asia region.
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2024-12-18 21:54
By Soheila Zarfam
Funding war with taxes: $27K per U.S. citizen
U.S. continues to complain about Iran as its military budget outpaces Tehran's alleged spending by 54 times
TEHRAN – The criticism pointed at Iran in recent years for the country’s financial commitment to supporting its allies in West Asia has been substantial.