Danny Haiphong Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, presides over the closing meeting of the talks between a Saudi delegation and an Iranian delegation in Beijing, capital of China,…
Category: IRAN
Saudi-Iran Deal: A Possible US ‘Suez Moment’
As`ad AbuKhalil Smoke rises from oil tanks beside the Suez Canal hit during the initial Anglo-French assault on Port Said, Nov. 5, 1956. (Fleet Air Arm, Imperial War Museums, Wikimedia Commons) The U.S. does not want to experience what Britain experienced in Suez in 1956: a watershed moment signaling its global decline. The announcement in China…
Southern Command: The Empire on a Rampage in Latin America
Jorge Capelán The annual report presented March 8, by General Laura J. Richardson, head of the United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) before the House Armed Services Committee, provides a series of details on the Pentagon’s priorities towards our region. In order to counter the influence of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Russia, Nicaragua, Cuba,…
Iran and Bolivia United against the Unilateral Hegemony of the US
Sdenka Saavedra Alfaro The fight for a common front framed in the multilateralist vision, which strengthens the peoples with conscience and worldview against the hegemonic American and European terrorism, which only thinks of invasions, interference, looting and exploitation of natural resources at the cost of death, pain, misery; It is the fundamental strategy in the…
China-Iran Alliance for An Alternative World Order
Salman Rafi Sheikh The recent visit of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi to China is significant for many reasons. But the most important reason is the way China sees this relationship going in terms of its push for an emerging alliance for an alternative global order led by China (and Russia). At one level, China’s deepening…
Iran’s Pursuit of Soft Power in the Balkans
Mohammad Salami The Balkans presents a crucial junction for Tehran as an access point to Western Europe and an avenue for advancing its regional political and economic interests. The Balkan region is strategically important for western countries as a geographic bloc through which they can increase their influence in former Soviet Eastern European states, including Russia….
China-Iran Ties On the Right Side of History
M. K. Bhadrakumar Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) held a welcoming ceremony for Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi prior to their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, February 14, 2023 The three-day state visit by Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi to China on February 14-16 is a landmark event affecting regional politics and…
Iran-China Strategic Plans Go Full Throttle
Pepe Escobar Raisi’s visit to Beijing, the first for an Iranian president in 20 years, represents Tehran’s wholesale ‘Pivot to the East’ and China’s recognition of Iran’s centrality to its BRI plans. The visit of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to Beijing and his face-to- face meeting with counterpart Xi Jinping is a groundbreaking affair in more…
Russia-Iran Dump the Dollar and Bust US Sanctions
Pepe Escobar News of Russian banks connecting to Iran’s financial messaging system strengthens the resistance against US-imposed sanctions on both countries and accelerates global de-dollarization. The agreement between the Central Banks of Russia and Iran formally signed on 29 January connecting their interbank transfer systems is a game-changer in more ways than one. Technically, from…
Trials and Tribulations of the Collective West
Pepe Escobar Members & supporters of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) burn the US flag during an anti-imperialist demonstration outside the US embassy in #Athens, 24/1/2019. One may be excused to imagine all sorts of amusement games unrolling at the HQ of the Russian General Staff as The Empire and NATO go literally bonkers….
Why the CIA Attempted a ‘Maidan Uprising’ in Brazil
Pepe Escobar The failed coup in Brazil is the latest CIA stunt, just as the country is forging stronger ties with the east. A former US intelligence official has confirmed that the shambolic Maidan remix staged in Brasilia on 8 January was a CIA operation, and linked it to the recent attempts at color revolution in…
With an Eye on Iran, Netanyahu Wades into the Ukraine War
M. K. BHADRAKUMAR Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a meeting in Sochi In his second coming as Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has hit the ground running. The international climate in which he skilfully operated for close to 15 years in two stints as prime minister has changed…
Qassem Soleimani in Venezuela: The Lesser Known Motive Behind His Assassination
Hasan Illaik Why was Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani assassinated by the US? His visit to Venezuela in 2019 may provide some answers. On 3 January 2020, the US military assassinated Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the elite Quds Force in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), along with his companion, the deputy head…
Abandoning Afghanistan is Dangerous for its Neighbors
F.M. Shakil Despite the Taliban’s many shortcomings, only a unified, multilateral approach to negotiating with and recognizing the Islamic Emirate will safeguard the borders of neighboring states. Following the withdrawal of US and NATO forces from Afghanistan in August last year, the Taliban-led schismatic government in Kabul appears to have reached a diplomatic impasse. It seems like its…
Beware Psiphon: CIA Tool Fueling Global Protests
Kit Klarenberg Ever since foreign-backed riots broke out in Iran in mid-September, Western news outlets have frequently drawn attention to Psiphon. The free, open-source smartphone application and computer program allows users to circumvent national restrictions on websites and online resources, helping troublemakers organize and coordinate their activities, and send and receive messages to and from the outside…
Xi Jinping’s Visit to Saudi Arabia and the Overthrow of Atlanticism
Matthew Ehret The historic China-Arab Summit currently underway in Riyadh symbolizes the emerging Eurasianism in the Persian Gulf. As Atlanticists continue their commitment to a future shaped by energy scarcity, food scarcity, and war with their nuclear-capable neighbors, most states in the Persian Gulf that have long been trusted allies of the west have quickly come…
US Bargains Over Iran’s Unrest
MK Bhadrakumar The US has voiced willingness to end support for Iran’s protest movement if Tehran stops selling drones to Moscow and makes concessions on its nuclear program. There is a long history of western powers fuelling public unrest in Iran, even pre-dating the establishment of the Islamic Republic. But what makes the on-going protests since mid-September unique…
Twelve Points on the NATO-Russian Ukrainian War
Gordon M. Hahn Kyiv 2023 will see intensified Western efforts in the former Soviet Russian periphery to include the efforts to: turn Armenia and Central Asia west and away from Russia; continue Western, Ukrainian, and Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure in and around the Russo-NATO Ukrainian war; foment color revolution in Belarus, including infiltrating Ukrainian-based…
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