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Iran War
Iranian Shahed drones reshape battlefield as Gulf states face mass attacks
DUBAI (Realist English). The ongoing confrontation involving Iran, the United States and Israel has brought a weapon long familiar to...
Lavrov warns of global consequences from Middle East escalation
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned that the escalating conflict in the Middle East could have serious...
Baku threatens retaliation after drone strike in Nakhchivan
BAKU (Realist English). Authorities in Azerbaijan threatened retaliation after two drones struck the Nakhchivan exclave on March 5, injuring two...
Iran’s security chief accuses Trump of dragging U.S. into war
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s top security official accused US President Donald Trump of leading the United States into an unjust...
Trump says US-Israeli strikes have crippled Iran’s military
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump said Tuesday that joint US-Israeli strikes had severely weakened Iran’s military capabilities, claiming the...
Vance says Iran nuclear talks collapsed before launch of Operation Epic Fury
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Vice President JD Vance said Monday that negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program broke down after...
Saudi Arabia urges Gulf restraint after US-Israeli strikes on Iran
RIYADH (Realist English). Senior Saudi officials have expressed frustration over the scale and timing of US and Israeli strikes on...
European gas prices jump after Qatar halts LNG output amid Middle East escalation
AMSTERDAM (Realist English). European natural gas prices surged on Monday as intensifying conflict in the Middle East and a halt...
Trump signals possible four-week military campaign in Iran
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump indicated on Sunday that the United States anticipates a military campaign in Iran could...
«The Kurdish card is a weapon of major powers»: Yaşar Yakış on why Turkey missed its chance to solve the Kurdish issue
ANKARA (Realist English). Yaşar Yakış — a Turkish diplomat and statesman who served as Turkey's Minister of Foreign Affairs, ambassador to Saudi...
Dmitry Novikov on his path to politics, the intelligentsia, the left movement, and why US aggression against Iran is a threat to Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Dmitry Novikov, Deputy Chairman of the CPRF Central Committee and First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma...
“We Are Witnessing the Messianic Footsteps”: Avigdor Eskin on Israel’s War with Iran
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Israeli public figure and publicist Avigdor Eskin argues that we live in an era of “incredible acceleration,” when...
“Israel is not fighting the Iranian people, but the regime”: Alexander Tsinker on the goals of the operation against Iran
TEL AVIV (Realist English). The war in the Middle East, which began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran, has entered its fifth...
Venezuela after Maduro: oil instead of democracy?
CARACAS (Realist English). When U.S. forces swooped into Caracas in January 2026 and seized President Nicolás Maduro, many Venezuelans inside and outside...
The deal was close, but Trump blew it up with social media posts
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Toward the end of last week, the US and Iran appeared to be closing in on a deal...
The story of Russian girl Kristina Romanova: a Mexican thriller with a terrible ending
MEXICO CITY (Realist English). Tatyana Poloskova, Doctor of Political Science, First Class State Advisor of the Russian Federation, based on her...
From Ayatollahs to Generals: Has Iran Shifted Under the Rule of Security Forces?
TEHRAN (Realist English). The Islamic Republic of Iran was built to be governed by clerics. It is now widely acknowledged as...
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