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Iran’s Foreign Policy
Iran hails ‘strategic solidarity’ with Russia and China over UN letter rejecting European sanctions bid
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf praised a recent joint letter from Iran, Russia, and China to...
Khamenei rules out U.S. nuclear talks under threat, vows Iran will not abandon enrichment
TEHRAN (Realist English). Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has categorically rejected U.S. calls for renewed nuclear...
Iran says E3 have ‘no authority’ to trigger snapback sanctions under nuclear deal
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has rejected what he called any legal, political, or moral right for...
‘A disgrace to the American people’: Iran’s Supreme Leader slams Trump’s Gulf tour remarks
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered a sharp rebuke to U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday,...
Strikes on Iran would be a disaster for the Caucasus and Middle East
YEREVAN (Realist English). U.S. and Israeli plans to launch airstrikes against Iran are a “foolish move akin to attacking a...
What caused the growing tensions in relations between Iran and Taliban Afghanistan?
TEHRAN (Realist English). Several sources in Iran and Afghanistan at once claim that the real reason for the increase in...
Iranian diplomat calls for forming an alliance with Armenia
TEHRAN (Realist English). The creation of a strategic economic and political alliance with Armenia meets the interests of Iran. This...
China has been Iran’s leading trading partner for 10 years in a row
BEIJING (Realist English). For 10 consecutive years, including in 2022, China has remained Iran's largest trading partner. This is reported...
Iran has thwarted a bigger Azerbaijani attack on Armenia: Armenian Foreign Ministry
YEREVAN (Realist English). This was stated by Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Vahan Kostanyan in an interview with Al Monitor....
Sheaito Moussallam: Iran is the main obstacle to Greater Israel
BEIRUT (Realist English). The Middle East today is an echo of exploding bombs, diplomatic dead ends, and dozens of contradictory interpretations...
‘Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy’: Larry Fink on inequality, AI and the evolution of markets
NEW YORK (Realist English). Larry Fink, founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company with $14 trillion in assets...
Maria Nikiforova: Young people of the liberated territories are waiting for peace and justice
MOSCOW (Realist English). Maria Nikiforova, an expert on youth policy at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian...
155 billionaires vs. 150 million people: Zyuganov on the social catastrophe in Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov presented the pre-election program "Victory...
Is Iran’s survival not a victory? Tehran under US and Israeli pressure
TEL AVIV (Realist English). For decades, Iran defined victory in expansive terms: exporting revolution, rolling back US influence, and ultimately eliminating...
UAE boosts production bypassing OPEC, but oil prices rise
MOSCOW (Realist English). Leading researcher at IMEMO RAS, Candidate of Historical Sciences Stanislav Ivanov has analysed for Realist English the possible consequences of...
Kurdish Genocide: From the Ottoman Empire to Erdoğan — a Chronicle of a Century of Terror
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Crimes against the Kurdish people have not been isolated episodes but have been carried out by successive Turkish...
Will Trump and Xi Agree on a New World Order?
BEIJING (Realist English). Relations between the United States and China in May 2026 can best be described as an “armed...
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