11 Jun, 2024 The Death of Raisi – and Iranian Influence in the Caucasus On May 19, a forty-year-old Bell 212 helicopter crashed in the foggy mountains of northwest Iran, killing Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. Policymakers ...
07 Jun, 2024 Could Iran be a Gateway for Central Asia? The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project may finally get underway, according to Kyrgyzstan’s President Sadyr Japarov. At the 8th annual Trans-Caspian Forum, organized by the Caspian Policy Center on ...
23 May, 2024 Terror Group Heads Attend Raisi Funeral Leaders from Iran’s proxy groups joined Iran’s allies in Tehran on Wednesday to attend the memorial services for the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed ...
17 May, 2024 Iranian oil smuggling into Pakistan exposes official terrorist-ties The report, submitted to the Ministry of Petroleum on Thursday, sheds light on the alarming escalation of this illicit activity. “There was a significant reduction in this ...
15 May, 2024 Iran and India Agree on Long-Term Cooperation Iran and India signed on Monday a 10-year contract to develop and operate the Iranian port of Chabahar, located at the mouth of the Gulf of Oman. ...
14 May, 2024 US says sanctions possible after India-Iran port deal The US has warned of potential sanctions for any country considering business deals with Iran, hours after India signed a 10-year contract to operate a port with ...
08 May, 2024 Iran smuggles $1bn worth of fuel into Pakistan annually Iranian traders smuggle more than $1 billion worth of fuel into neighboring Pakistan annually, according to a new report that an observer said could foreshadow a crackdown ...
08 May, 2024 Encouraging the next Iranian revolution As Samuel Johnson noted, “When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” Iran’s nuclear ambitions should have concentrated ...
07 May, 2024 Iran Wants To Expand Its Influence In Central Asia And Use Tajikistan To Help Over the last two years, Tehran has sought to increase its influence in Central Asia, convinced that changes in the region and more broadly make that an ...
07 May, 2024 Iranian Proxies Wreak Havoc Beyond the Middle East Three months after exchanging tit-for-tat airstrikes, Iran and Pakistan are patching diplomatic wounds. Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi embarked on a three-day trip to Pakistan on April 22, ...
01 May, 2024 Senior Iranian regime officials warn of coming nuclear breakout Since Iran’s April 14 drone and missile attack on Israel, named “True Promise” by the Iranian regime, and against the backdrop of statements by International Atomic Energy ...
