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War crushes Iran’s economy: 23,000 enterprises destroyed, millions unemployed, inflation at 72%
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran's economy, already in dire straits before the war with the United States and Israel, has now completely...
IDF Chief of Staff criticizes soldiers for looting, desecration of Jesus statue and breach of regulations
TEL AVIV (Realist English). The Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, told a senior command...
Rubio rejects Iran’s new proposal on Hormuz: ‘They say — we’ll blow you up, and you pay us’
WASHINGTON (Realist English). US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has rejected Iran's recent proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz under...
Russia reaffirmed alliance with Iran, Araghchi accused US of derailing talks: outcomes of St. Petersburg meeting
ST. PETERSBURG (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting in St. Petersburg on 27 April with Iranian Foreign Minister...
A century of violence from the Jeddah massacre to the killings in Kobani: how Turkey exterminated Arabs
ISTANBUL (Realist English). The long and bloody history of the Turkish state's relations with the Arab population — both Muslim and...
Araghchi heads to Moscow: Putin to host Iran’s foreign minister after US talks collapse
MOSCOW (Realist English). Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is continuing his regional tour despite US President Donald Trump cancelling the trip of his...
Diplomatic collapse: US-Iran talks fail, Lebanon ceasefire frayed
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The tense week in US-Iranian relations has ended in a complete failure of diplomatic efforts. The second round...
US-Iran talks collapse, Netanyahu orders strikes on Hezbollah
TEHRAN (Realist English). The outgoing week saw the complete breakdown of US-Iranian peace talks mediated by Pakistan, alongside a parallel escalation...
Ankara and Baku’s double standards — denial of genocide and a bloody orgy against the peoples of the region
BAKU / ANKARA (Realist English). While the entire civilised world bowed its head on 24 April in memory of one and...
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...
“The fire of World War III is flaring up”: Gennady Zyuganov calls on leftist forces to unite and rise up against capitalism
MOSCOW (Realist English). On May 24, the 3rd International Anti‑Fascist Forum began its work in Moscow. Gennady Zyuganov, leader of the...
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...
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