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Iranian diplomats suspect Trump using talks as instrument of sabotage
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Iranian diplomats suspect Trump using talks as instrument of sabotage
May 23, 2025

In Tehran, bewildered diplomats told me they suspect the Trump administration is exploiting nuclear negotiations as a instrument for generating instability to weaken Iran’s economy and foment social strife

Trump y Putin comienzan a abordar los escombros geoestratégicos acumulados… en medio del ultimátum de Trump a Irán
March 30, 2025

¿Acaso Trump ve a Irán a través de una óptica distorsionada, creyendo que al destruirla, está logrando la paz mediante la fuerza?

Trump y Putin comienzan a abordar los escombros geoestratégicos acumulados… en medio del ultimátum de Trump a Irán
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Trump and Putin begin addressing cumulated geo-strategic debris… amidst Trump’s ultimatum to Iran
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Trump and Putin begin addressing cumulated geo-strategic debris… amidst Trump’s ultimatum to Iran
March 24, 2025

Does Trump see Iran through some disturbed optic – that in destroying Iran, he is bringing about peace through strength?

Six achievements of the Putin – Khamenei meeting
July 24, 2022

We are potentially looking at a pivotal military, political, and economic alliance that could shift the balance of power in West and Central Asia, a matter of significant concern to Europe, and the US, in particular.

Six achievements of the Putin – Khamenei meeting
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Vienna Talks Are Folly, Iran Supreme Leader Wants New Hardliner President to Do the Hard Talking
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Vienna Talks Are Folly, Iran Supreme Leader Wants New Hardliner President to Do the Hard Talking
June 2, 2021

It makes no sense to hurry the talks through in Vienna when Khamenei has made it clear that he has allowed for the Judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi, to be the main candidate for the hardliners, Martin Jay writes.

The Dead Don’t Die: They March to War
May 17, 2019

If President Trump had ever read Mackinder – and there’s no evidence he did – one might assume that he’s aiming at a new anti-Eurasia integration pivot centered on the Persian Gulf. And energy would be at the heart of the pivot.

The Dead Don’t Die: They March to War
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Be Careful What You Wish for: A ‘Persian Spring’ Would Be a Disaster
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Be Careful What You Wish for: A ‘Persian Spring’ Would Be a Disaster
January 21, 2018

After a week of violent demonstrations in several large cities and small towns, Maj. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), announced that the “sedition” has been defeated. It will take some time to accurately understand the roots of this violence and how it will impact Tehran’s domestic and foreign policies.

Iran and Myths of Revolution
January 5, 2018

Certainly there are many people in Iran who would like to see the restoration of the socially liberal state that existed under the Shah – and maybe restoration of the monarchy itself. But no one should imagine such a restoration would be particularly democratic.

Iran and Myths of Revolution
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