Tag: International
Bahrainis rally against detention of religious leaders
TEHRAN — Crowds filled the streets of Sitra Island on Friday night, marching in direct defiance of the Al Khalifa regime’s expanding campaign against Bahrain’s Shia majority.
The new Syria: From terror lists to Israeli intimidation
TEHRAN — The lifting of U.S. sanctions on Syria and its removal from America’s terrorist designation list coincide with Damascus’s concessions to Israel and the U.S. to reshape Syria’s landscape.
US-Venezuela oil agreement: A ‘Historic transaction’ or ‘historic robbery’!?
TEHRAN — President Donald Trump announced on Friday night the United States has reached an oil agreement with Venezuela, a move he said will “more than double” American oil reserves, increase oil supply and lower gas prices.
Settler rampages, military raids accelerate across West Bank
TEHRAN — Armed Israeli settlers backed by armed forces launched a series of violent rampages across the West Bank over the weekend, unleashing systematic terror against Palestinian civilians, foreign journalists, and human rights defenders.
Master Marc Lynch and the decline of empire
TEHRAN — Marc Lynch has written an article in Foreign Affairs titled “The End of the American Middle East”. Its very first paragraph opens with a sentence that, only a few years ago, would have been almost impossible to imagine appearing in that magazine.
China’s economic soft power in the age of connectivity
Over the past two decades, China has evolved from an economy largely driven by mass production and industrial exports into a more complex actor in the global economy. It is no longer defined solely by low prices and high export volumes; rather, it exerts influence on international economic dynamics through a combination of industrial capacity,…
Israeli forces level border villages in escalating southern Lebanon campaign
TEHRAN — Israeli forces expanded their systematic campaign of military destruction across southern Lebanon on Tuesday, pounding border communities with heavy artillery, launching airstrikes near the Litani River, and detonating entire residential neighborhoods.
Yemen strikes Saudi oil tanker, warns Riyadh of ‘graveyard and hell’
TEHRAN — Yemeni military commanders have issued a stern warning to Saudi Arabia, affirming that years of foreign-backed aggression have failed to break Sanaa and have instead forged an advanced defense capability able to alter the regional balance of power.
Trump-Netanyahu’s war crimes against the environment
TEHRAN – By launching an unwarranted war on Iran on Feb. 28, the United States under Donald Trump and Israel under Benjamin Netanayahu simultaneously launched war crimes against the environment.
How Trump uses the “Peace Council” to reshape global order
Since his re-election to a new term, Trump has vigorously pursued a unipolar American domination of the world through a series of policies. Among these were his attempts to replace the UN with the Gaza “Peace Council”.