Iran
Dr. Salem Alketbi’s analysis of Iran: the regime’s regional policies, its nuclear and missile programmes, its proxies, and what they mean for Gulf and Arab security.
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Opinion & Analysis
Are the Vienna negotiations going to fail?
Since Iranian President-elect Ibrahim Raisi won last month’s elections, hopes for a deal on the Iran nuclear deal crisis have…
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Afghanistan and the worst-case scenarios
Experts and observers have raised several rightful questions since the official announcement of the upcoming completion of the withdrawal of…
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Has the US ‘deterrent message’ failed?
US Secretary of State Tony Blinken, after the recent bombing of pro-Iranian militants in Iraq and Syria, said it was…
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Biden and Khamenei’s nail-biting game
It has become clear from the stated evidence that the nailbiting game between Iran and US sides in Vienna is…
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Behind the escalation between the mullahs and the US
Why has the military escalation between pro-Iranian militias and the US come back to the forefront in this time? Why…
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How does a more radical Iran think?
At certain stages of its political development, the mullahs’ regime has allowed latitude in what is called the equation between…
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The Gulf and Israel: Tough regional options
Many observers and analysts are talking these days about the impact of the Iranian political situation, dominated by figures of…
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Raisi and reshuffling Iranian politics
Since the official announcement of Ebrahim Raisi’s victory in the recent Iranian elections, regional and international political circles have been…
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“Hezbollah” and the hijacking of the Lebanese State
The dialectical relationship between “Hezbollah”, the Iranian mullahs’ regime and the Lebanese State does not need much explanation or interpretation.…
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Opinion & Analysis
When the Guide has a “nuclear button”
I have recently read many articles and analyses dealing with the issue of arranging priorities in the Middle East in…
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