Its operating model is neither innovative nor cohesive, but a set of pragmatic mechanisms built on three pillars: sanctions-evasion finance, covert oil lifelines and proxy leverage.
Beneath these pillars sits a twin base: China, the economic…

Its operating model is neither innovative nor cohesive, but a set of pragmatic mechanisms built on three pillars: sanctions-evasion finance, covert oil lifelines and proxy leverage.
Beneath these pillars sits a twin base: China, the economic…

There has been no contact with Iranian Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi since her arrest at the end of last week, her supporters said Sunday, urging the Islamic republic to release the campaigner and dozens of others arrested alongside…

TEHRAN – The assassination of senior Hamas commander Raed Saad in Gaza is a stark reminder that the so-called ceasefire framework imposed in October has collapsed under the weight of Israel’s repeated violations.
Far from halting aggression,…

A research project supported by FAPESP and carried out at Harvard University in the United States has identified a set of metabolites that move from the intestine to the liver and then on to the heart, which distributes them throughout the body….

TEHRAN – Iranian movies won two awards at the 16th Baku International Film Festival, which was held in Azerbaijan last week.
The feature film “Guardian of the Field” directed by Mohamadreza Kheradmandan and the film “The Mould” by…

TEHRAN – A delegation of the printing and publishing sector of the Republic of Tajikistan, accompanied by Bahodur Nazir, counsellor at the Embassy of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Islamic Republic of Iran, visited the Ministry of Culture…

TEHRAN – Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Abbas Salehi and the Minister of Culture and Information of Kazakhstan Aida Balayeva have signed a memorandum of understanding on cinematic cooperation in Astana, Kazakhstan.
The…
JERUSALEM, Dec 14 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Sunday’s deadly shooting at a Jewish holiday celebration in Sydney and said he had warned his Australian counterpart that the country’s support for…

The Ukrainian president says Kyiv could drop its long-held ambition of joining NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees.
Ukraine has indicated it is prepared to drop its long-held ambition of joining NATO in exchange for Western security…

Nasser Seraj, Deputy Head of International Affairs of Iran’s Judiciary and Secretary of the High Council for Human Rights, said the dismissal of an Iranian professor from the University of Arkansas for defending the Palestinian people amounts…