Melkulangara Bhadrakumar
The common thread running through the two major ‘hot spots’ in the Middle East today – the conflicts in Syria and Libya – is undoubtedly the threat to international security from the extremist groups operating in these theatres

Nosratollah Tajik
The Rouhani administration has six foreign policy shots, which have little to do with the six-shooter of militarism.

While Iranians would bear the brunt of Donald Trump's visa ban, if it ever comes into force, international officials say the country has quietly emerged as one of the most generous towards refugees.

Reza Bahar
Formation of suffocating clouds of dust over parts of Iran and their severe health and environmental implications have prompted many experts across the country to find a way out of the crisis mainly caused by regional drought.

John Limbert, the former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for Iran, dismisses the view that Iran intends to revive the Persian Empire.

Hadi Khosroshahi
President Hassan Rouhani’s administration has placed plans on the agenda over the past four years to influentially boost the Islamic Republic’s ties with other countries. Undoubtedly, good relations with other nations, particularly the Persian Gulf littoral states – on the basis of national interests – are highly valuable and produce positive political, economic and cultural results. 

Kamran Karami
Political observers believe that the intense diplomatic traffic among Iran, Kuwait and Oman during the past month has been aimed at exchanging messages for the beginning of diplomatic dialogue between the two sides of the Persian Gulf. 

Adam Weinstein
The Trump administration’s attempts to isolate Iran politically, especially with respect to the war in Syria, and to intensify military and economic pressure against the Islamic Republic could prove counterproductive for regional stability in the long run.

Charles Schmitz
A solution is urgently needed. The US administration under President Trump and the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres must spearhead a new initiative to bring all of the warring sides to the negotiating table. An immediate cessation of hostilities is required in order to provide long overdue assistance and relief in what is one of the greatest humanitarian crises of our time.

Viktor Mikhin
Not a day goes by without Washington voicing new threats against Iran. Apparently, while not having enough power to “punish” Russia, Europe or Israel, the new administration decided to go after Iran by making a boogeyman out of it. It’s been noted that the tensions between the US and Iran have been purposefully mounted. Moreover, the initiator and the driving force behind this recent crisis, as political observers unanimously agree, is the United States.