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Iran’s security chief calls Pakistan a ‘pillar of regional stability’
ISLAMABAD (Realist English). Iran’s top security official Ali Larijani said on Tuesday that expanded cooperation between Tehran and Islamabad is...
Iran’s army chief says military is expanding defenses amid “continuous threats”
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Army Chief Major General Amir Hatami says the country is accelerating efforts to strengthen its defensive...
IRGC dismantles ‘Backdoor’ cyber-espionage network linked to Mossad and Iran International
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Organization has announced the arrest of the leader of the...
Iran calls for stronger coordination with China and Russia to counter U.S. unilateralism
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has emphasized the importance of strategic cooperation between Iran, China, and Russia...
Construction of Rasht–Astara railway in northern Iran to begin in early 2026
TEHRAN (Realist English). Construction of the Rasht–Astara railway line — a critical segment of the International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC)...
Iran condemns US decision to resume nuclear weapons testing as “regressive and dangerous”
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Thursday strongly condemned Washington’s decision to resume nuclear weapons testing,...
Khamenei’s top military adviser calls “corridors war” new front of global competition and Iran’s strategic opportunity
TEHRAN (Realist English). A senior military adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has described the...
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...
Iran accelerates solar push amid crippling power shortages and sanctions
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran is accelerating the rollout of solar energy projects in an effort to curb severe electricity shortages...
Putin and Xi reaffirm strategic partnership in New Year video talks
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping on February 4, marking...
Pompeo hints at US involvement in unrest and attacks in Iran
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Former US secretary of state and ex-CIA director Mike Pompeo has made a rare public statement...
Khamenei warns of regional war amid US military build-up in the Gulf
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned on Sunday that any US attack on the Islamic Republic would...
Trump warns Iran as US carrier group moves closer, raising fears of imminent military clash
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The risk of open conflict between the United States and Iran intensified after US President Donald Trump...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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