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- Mecca Agreement Could Suggest US-designed Regional Order a Failure Story
- Khatam Headquarters Merged with Armed Forces General Staff in Major Iranian Military Reform
- US Aggression Against Iran Behind Hormuz Insecurity
- Austrian Journalist Highlights Freedom Flotilla’s Bid to Break Gaza Blockade
- Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End
- Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?
- Restructuring Iran’s Military Command: Show of Stability amid War
- Hormuz Uncertainty Pushes Oil Prices Higher
- Iran FM Spox: Israel Is Region’s ‘Greatest Security Threat’
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Austrian Journalist Highlights Freedom Flotilla’s Bid to Break Gaza Blockade Austrian journalist and university lecturer Dieter Reinisch has joined the Handala 2 as a participant
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Iran FM Spox: Israel Is Region’s ‘Greatest Security Threat’ Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said the Israeli regime poses the greatest threat to regional stability
Sen. Murphy Declares Trump Has ‘Lost’ Iran War Democratic Senator Chris Murphy says the US president has “lost the war” against Iran
Pezeshkian: Enemy Intelligence and AI-Based Plans Defeated President Masoud Pezeshkian said the enemies had expected to destabilize and ultimately undermine the Islamic Republic
Pezeshkian Says Supreme Leader Is in Good Health Pointing to his recent meeting with the Supreme Leader and highlighting his good health, the President said the Leader is in complete health
Iranian President Meets Leader to Discuss Major National Issues President Masoud Pezeshkian has met with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei
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Iran Vows Never to Give Up Control of Strait of Hormuz Iran’s Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani says the Strait of Hormuz will not return to its pre-war status
Araghchi Reaffirms Iran’s Commitment to Resistance Amid Pressure Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran remains firmly committed to the path of resistance despite mounting pressure
Iran’s Foreign Minister Demands Justice for Mazar-i-Sharif Diplomats Iran’s Foreign Ministry vowed to bring to justice those responsible for the 1998 terrorist attack on the country’s Consulate General in Mazar-i-Sharif
Yemen Targets Saudi Military Site, Signals New Equation Yemen’s armed forces said they had targeted a Saudi military gathering center in Sah al-Jinn with a large number of missiles and drones
Agreement with Oman Does Not Entail Reopening Hormuz Ongoing talks in Oman concerning transit through the Strait of Hormuz do not amount to a full reopening of the strategic waterway
Journalists Play Key Role in Strengthening National Unity Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has stressed that journalists and media professionals play a vital role in strengthening national unity
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In Focus
Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance
Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
Wahhabism & Extremism
Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds
Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Saudi Arabia’s Vicious Circle of Coalition-Making: What Does Past Experience Tell Riyadh?
Sunday 2 August 2026
Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council have grown more fractured under King Salman's reign than ever before, Qanad-Bashi said. The old bonds among(P) GCC members have eroded, and we are now seeing the highest level of divergence among them.
Return of Riyadh-Tel Aviv cooperation in Yemen
Given ...
Analysis
Why Hasn’t Oil Friendship with China Worked for Saudis?
Sunday 2 August 2026
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Persian Gulf state backing, aimed at compelling Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. This is not new behavior. According to a Reuters report from January 2024, during the first Red Sea crisis, when Washington asked Beijing to lean on Iran to contain the Houthis, Chinese officials offered little more ...
Analysis
Sixth Retreat: Why’s Trump Called Off latest Iran Bombing?
Sunday 2 August 2026
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Persian Gulf energy infrastructure. According to Reuters, the Saudi mediation this time was not a mere phone call and was driven by security and economic calculations. According to reports, the Saudi ruler warned Trump that any US escalation against Iran could sink the whole region into a comprehens ...
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Iran FM Holds New Diplomatic Talks with Saudi, Pakistani Counterparts
Monday 3 August 2026
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Persian Gulf tensions following renewed US-Israeli actions against Iran and subsequent Iranian retaliatory strikes.
Paper
From Oil to Development Road: Obstacles Ahead of Major Iraq-Turkey Agreements
Tuesday 4 August 2026
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Persian Gulf, does not wind down, the new deal is unlikely to fully yield the economic benefits expected by the two sides.
Development Road, a challenging agreement
Ankara and Baghdad have been actively expanding their economic partnership in recent months, zeroing in on boosting trade volumes and ...
Analysis
Competition of Corridors Amid Hormuz Crisis: Moscow and Tehran’s Winning Card
Friday 7 August 2026
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Persian Gulf energy exports, and it remains perpetually vulnerable to regional security flare-ups. Moscow, therefore, is pushing to develop an overland alternative, one that would minimize its dependence on these two geopolitical bottlenecks.
Obstacles still standing
Despite the advances made, the ...
Report
Mecca Agreement: Seeking Security in Mirage of a Sunni Bloc
Saturday 8 August 2026
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Persian Gulf monarchies, particularly Saudi Arabia, are among Ankara's most critical sources of funding.
But Erdogan has a broader ambition, which is anchoring Turkey as a decisive force in shaping the region's emerging order. By positioning Ankara as a security patron to Riyadh, a capital ...
Analysis
Big Absentee of Mecca Agreement: Why Did Egypt not Join Saudi Defense Pact?
Saturday 8 August 2026
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Persian Gulf security, countering regional threats, and backing Arab governments. Yet the strategic closeness between Cairo and Riyadh does not mean their geopolitical calculations are identical.
And that, precisely, is where the real story lies: in the divergence of interests. On major files like ...
Analysis
Strait of Hormuz Stalemate: Geography Logic Beats Military Power
Monday 10 August 2026
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Persian Gulf require dozens of warships, surveillance aircraft, anti-missile systems, and support personnel. On top of that, many military analysts argue that fully securing the key waterway is nearly impossible without ground forces inside Iranian territory. Such a move would not just impose crippl ...
Paper
Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?
Tuesday 11 August 2026
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Persian Gulf Arab states are likely to view disarmament as a sign of growing Iraqi stability; with reduced security risks, the runway for increased investment and deeper economic cooperation would grow considerably longer.
But there is an essential danger: If disarming goes without economic and pol ...
