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US Treasury chief says sanctions helped trigger Iran unrest
DAVOS (Realist English). US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has publicly acknowledged that American sanctions played a role in destabilising Iran’s...
Iran warns Trump against action targeting Supreme Leader as US carrier moves west
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran on Tuesday issued a sharp warning to US President Donald Trump, cautioning against any action targeting...
Israeli forces launch large-scale operation in Hebron, imposing sweeping lockdown
HEBRON (Realist English). The Israeli military has launched what it described as a “large-scale” operation in Hebron, deploying hundreds of...
Nearly 4,000 killed in Iran protests, rights group says
TEHRAN (Realist English). At least 3,919 people have been killed during the recent wave of protests in Iran and the...
Iran’s protests revive memories of 1979 as crackdown signals deeper risk to the theocracy
TEHRAN (Realist English). Nationwide protests challenging Iran’s theocratic system have, within days, spiralled into a violent crackdown whose reported death...
Iran warns it is ready for war as Trump weighs military options
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned that Tehran is ready for war if the United States...
Erdogan urges Turks to have more children, warns of looming demographic crisis
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has again stressed the need to boost the country’s population, warning that...
From voice of support to figurehead: Pahlavi seeks to steer Iran’s uprising
TEHRAN (Realist English). Protests across Iran entered their third week on Sunday amid a markedly harsher crackdown by the authorities,...
Khamenei says Iran will not retreat in face of foreign-backed unrest
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Friday that the Islamic Republic would stand firm...
Israel prepares strike on Iran: leak of uranium capture plan causes scandal in Knesset
TEHRAN (Realist English). The diplomatic process between the United States and Iran has entered its final stage, but military rhetoric on...
China and Kazakhstan launch grain hub
BEIJING (Realist English). China and Kazakhstan have agreed to establish a joint grain trading platform aimed at strengthening food security...
Putin and Xi Shape a New Architecture of Cooperation
BEIJING (Realist English). Russia and China have agreed to further strengthen their comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation, expand economic ties,...
“Restrictions Alone Are Not Enough — Children Need to Be Engaged”: Paata Amonashvili on Meaningful Alternatives to Gadgets
TBILISI (Realist English). Restrictions alone are not enough to overcome children’s dependence on gadgets — children must be offered meaningful...
Turkey and Israel on the verge of direct confrontation
MOSCOW (Realist English). Leading researcher at IMEMO RAS and Candidate of Historical Sciences Stanislav Ivanov analyzes the causes and consequences...
NATO Anchors at Hormuz? IRGC Warns of Retaliation
TEHRAN (Realist English). On May 20, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued an uncompromising statement: if the United States undertakes...
Replacing Baathists with Islamists: why Kurds and other minorities in Syria have not seen equality
HASAKAH (Realist English). The overthrow of Bashar al‑Assad and the rise to power in Damascus of radical Islamist groups has not...
Russia seeks its place in China’s new transport corridor
MOSCOW (Realist English). Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s official visit to Beijing, experts are increasingly discussing the hidden contradictions...
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