Tehran Times - Surrounded by fifteen neighboring countries through land and sea, Iran enjoys a very strategic geopolitical and economic position in the Middle East and considering the U.S. recent actions for increasing pressure on the countrys oil industry, many economy experts and scholars believe that Iran should retaliate by focusing more on ...

Al-Monitor | Mohsen Shariatinia: Geopolitical power projection could be, at first sight, the logic underlying Iran's policy of expanding ties with and playing a role in Iraq. But in recent years, and with the growing necessity arising from the reimposition of US sanctions, Tehran has chosen to also focus on geo-economic interests in Iraq. It has tried,...

Press TV - Irans 12th presidential election will take place on Friday, and the two main candidates, Hassan Rouhani and Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, have done their best to garner their support of the voters. Press TV has talked to Roozbeh Aliabadi, partner at the Global Growth Advisors, as well as Catherine Shakdam, director of Shafaqna Institute for Middle ...

The Globalist | James M. Dorsey: Saudi Arabias King Salman hopes to exploit a window of opportunity while in Beijing to loosen Chinas affiliations with Iran. But he faces long odds. The Saudi battle with Iran is fundamentally unequal because Iran brings assets to the table that Saudi Arabia lacks. Those assets, no matter how degraded, include ...

Iranian Diplomacy- Despite an economy revolving around energy, Iran still lacks a robust energy strategy, a weakness that can render our national interests vulnerable. To reduce the degree of this vulnerability, what we need is formulation of middle-term and long-term strategies to put an end to monopoly of oil & gas industry on our economy. After ...