The forty-day war that the United States launched against Iran on February 28, regardless of whether it reignites in the near future, has ushered in a new era in the regional security architecture of West Asia. The principal facts demonstrated by the recent war were, first, that Iran is not a country that can easily be eliminated or absorbed. Over ...
By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist It is now impossible to define the current state of the U.S.-Iran conflict as, in the classical sense, “a war between Iran and the U.S.” The geography of the war has expanded from the Strait of Hormuz to Bab el-Mandeb, from the Red Sea to the Eastern Mediterranean following the attacks in Egypt, and finally ...
By Azar Mahdavan, from Tehran / Iran Following the two recent wars imposed on Iran and Washington’s latest breach of commitment by withdrawing from the “Islamabad Understanding,” Iranian public opinion on negotiations has become more closely tied than ever to questions of trust, security and national interests. In an interview with Mohammad Sarfi, editor-in-chief of the Tehran Times, we examined ...
No permanent agreement can be reached between West and East… War continues in Eurasia. The conflict between Russia and the West in Ukraine is intensifying. The purported understanding reached between Trump and Putin at their August 2025 meeting in Alaska turned out to be nothing but a scrap of paper. There is talk of the possibility of Russia’s military operation ...
By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist The initial justification for the war launched by Israel and the U.S. against Iran was Iran’s nuclear program, its uranium enrichment capacity, and the goal of limiting Iran’s strategic deterrence. However, at this stage, the issues determining the war’s fate are no longer these; the focus has shifted to who will establish hegemony over the ...
By Mustafa Ilker Yücel, from Tehran / Iran For Iran’s martyred leader Ali Khamenei and members of his family, who lost their lives in the US and Israeli attacks, the funeral prayer was held on July 5 at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Mosque in Tehran. After the religious ceremony at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Mosque was completed, another official farewell ...
By Mohammad Reza Moradi, General Director of Mehr News Agency’s Foreign Languages and International News Department, from Tehran / Iran Following the end of the forty-day war between Iran, the United States, and Israel, many believed that the region was entering a new phase in which diplomacy would replace military confrontation. Several months after the ceasefire took effect, Tehran and ...
How will the balance between hegemonic military power and asymmetric deterrence play out? By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist U.S. President Donald Trump’s political rhetoric—such as “mission accomplished,” “Iran has backed down,” and “victory has been achieved”—which he has been using since the early days of the war, has increasingly come into conflict with the military reality on the ground over ...
A National State Growing Stronger and Undergoing Transformation By Mehmet Enes Beşer, from Tehran / Iran Together with Patriotic Party (Vatan Partisi) Secretary-General Özgür Bursalı, we were in Tehran, the capital of Iran, from 2 to 4 July to attend the funeral of Martyr Ali Khamenei. In addition to the Patriotic Party, the Turkish delegation included senior representatives from several ...
Interview with Dr. Abed Akbari, an expert in international relations. By Azar Mahdavan from Tehran / Iran In the early hours of Monday, June 15, it was announced that Iran and the United States had reached a preliminary agreement. Yesterday, Masoud Pezeshkian, the President of Iran, and Donald Trump, the President of the United States, also finalized the signing of ...