SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed on August 7, 2026, between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, is more than an answer to geopolitical vacuums; in practice, it faces a “deterrence dilemma” and “differing threat perception.” While this pact symbolizes a transition toward regional self-reliance, its first field tests and the complexities of relations with regional actors will determine its real meaning.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The reason for Washington’s reluctance to enter directly into war with Ansarullah is military and economic limitations, electoral considerations, and concern about the expansion of the crisis at two energy chokepoints.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Ansarullah’s recent lightning-fast operation and surprise advances on Yemen’s western coast have rapidly transformed the equations of the war in that country and developments in West Asia, and have challenged the calculations of Saudi Arabia, the United States, the West, and the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between Washington and Beijing over chips and artificial intelligence, simultaneously with the shifting of technological balances, has taken on new economic and security dimensions.
Strategic Council Online: The meeting in advance to the 1st First National Conference on Economic Diplomacy of Iran’, entitled ‘Water Diplomacy; with Emphasis on Virtual Water Trade”’ was hosted by the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations and in cooperation with the Institute of Economic Diplomacy of Imam Sadegh (AS) University, in which experts analyzed the virtual water trade strategy and its opportunities and challenges while emphasizing the need to pay attention to ‘water scarcity’ as a ‘threat’.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations said the solution to the Yemen crisis is to end the siege, establish a ceasefire and hold Yemeni-Yemeni talks, adding: The United Nations must, in this way, show its goodwill by avoiding double standards and gain the trust of the Yemeni National Salvation Government.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations said: Our people’s mobilization in the Iraqi war against Iran showed that when a nation defends its ideals as a religious duty, it has such a power that can defeat the best-equipped armies of the region. During the imposed war, we called our defense the Sacred Defense, because our people defended the revolution and their homeland based on their religious beliefs. This valuable experience had its impacts on other nations as well, and gradually popular resistance forces were formed in some other countries.
Strategic Council Online: Dr. Kamal Kharazi said: The main duty of every sovereignty is to ensure the rights of its people, including their security, and this also applies to the incumbent sovereignty in Afghanistan. Countering terrorism and preventing crimes such as the massacre of innocent children and people in Shiite schools and mosques by the ISIS terrorist group is primarily the task of the current sovereignty to eliminate terrorists from the scene of Afghanistan, and of course, it is the natural right of the oppressed Shiites of Afghanistan to defend their rights.
Strategic Council Online: Dr. Kamal Kharazi, President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said in an interview with the Council Online: Relying on foreigners to ensure the security of a country is not a logical and reasonable solution because, in view of their motives, illegitimate goals, and interests, it can lead to military competition in the region, causing damage and even destruction of the host country. Furthermore, the greater the role of foreign forces, the deeper the dependence of the host country on them.
Strategic Council Online – President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations emphasized that: The transformation emerged by the 12-day Saif al-Quds battle, was the unanimous support of all Palestinians, which is a magnificent asset for the Resistance.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations in a meeting with the Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad of Palestine noted that the victory in the 12-day battle of Saif al-Quds is the beginning of a new movement in the Palestinian resistance and has prompted the support of freedom-loving people around the world.
Strategic Council Online – In a meeting between Deputy Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah and the President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations the latest developments in Lebanon, the Zionist regime’s tension creating as well as issues related to the Axis of Resistance were discussed.
Strategic Council Online – The President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, in an interview with our correspondent, described the Zionist regime’s attacks on the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Arab neighborhoods inside Israel, and Holy Quds, which resulted in the martyrdom of hundreds of people, including children and civilians as clear evidence of war crime and crime against humanity and stressed that the UN Security Council has once again shown its incompetence due to the sabotage of the United States and the pro-Zionist powers.
Strategic Council Online: The President of Strategic Council on Foreign Relations who participated in the 4th Meeting of the Leaders for Peace Foundation chaired by former Prime Minister of France Mr. Raffarin said confrontation with the challenges of the present world requires a “new multilateral order” on the basis of new realities and reform of the United Nations and Security Council, as well as dis-interference of great powers in international organizations.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed on August 7, 2026, between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, is more than an answer to geopolitical vacuums; in practice, it faces a “deterrence dilemma” and “differing threat perception.” While this pact symbolizes a transition toward regional self-reliance, its first field tests and the complexities of relations with regional actors will determine its real meaning.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The reason for Washington’s reluctance to enter directly into war with Ansarullah is military and economic limitations, electoral considerations, and concern about the expansion of the crisis at two energy chokepoints.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Ansarullah’s recent lightning-fast operation and surprise advances on Yemen’s western coast have rapidly transformed the equations of the war in that country and developments in West Asia, and have challenged the calculations of Saudi Arabia, the United States, the West, and the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between Washington and Beijing over chips and artificial intelligence, simultaneously with the shifting of technological balances, has taken on new economic and security dimensions.
Strategic Council Online: The meeting in advance to the 1st First National Conference on Economic Diplomacy of Iran’, entitled ‘Water Diplomacy; with Emphasis on Virtual Water Trade”’ was hosted by the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations and in cooperation with the Institute of Economic Diplomacy of Imam Sadegh (AS) University, in which experts analyzed the virtual water trade strategy and its opportunities and challenges while emphasizing the need to pay attention to ‘water scarcity’ as a ‘threat’.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations said the solution to the Yemen crisis is to end the siege, establish a ceasefire and hold Yemeni-Yemeni talks, adding: The United Nations must, in this way, show its goodwill by avoiding double standards and gain the trust of the Yemeni National Salvation Government.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations said: Our people’s mobilization in the Iraqi war against Iran showed that when a nation defends its ideals as a religious duty, it has such a power that can defeat the best-equipped armies of the region. During the imposed war, we called our defense the Sacred Defense, because our people defended the revolution and their homeland based on their religious beliefs. This valuable experience had its impacts on other nations as well, and gradually popular resistance forces were formed in some other countries.
Strategic Council Online: Dr. Kamal Kharazi said: The main duty of every sovereignty is to ensure the rights of its people, including their security, and this also applies to the incumbent sovereignty in Afghanistan. Countering terrorism and preventing crimes such as the massacre of innocent children and people in Shiite schools and mosques by the ISIS terrorist group is primarily the task of the current sovereignty to eliminate terrorists from the scene of Afghanistan, and of course, it is the natural right of the oppressed Shiites of Afghanistan to defend their rights.
Strategic Council Online: Dr. Kamal Kharazi, President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said in an interview with the Council Online: Relying on foreigners to ensure the security of a country is not a logical and reasonable solution because, in view of their motives, illegitimate goals, and interests, it can lead to military competition in the region, causing damage and even destruction of the host country. Furthermore, the greater the role of foreign forces, the deeper the dependence of the host country on them.
Strategic Council Online – President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations emphasized that: The transformation emerged by the 12-day Saif al-Quds battle, was the unanimous support of all Palestinians, which is a magnificent asset for the Resistance.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations in a meeting with the Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad of Palestine noted that the victory in the 12-day battle of Saif al-Quds is the beginning of a new movement in the Palestinian resistance and has prompted the support of freedom-loving people around the world.
Strategic Council Online – In a meeting between Deputy Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah and the President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations the latest developments in Lebanon, the Zionist regime’s tension creating as well as issues related to the Axis of Resistance were discussed.
Strategic Council Online – The President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, in an interview with our correspondent, described the Zionist regime’s attacks on the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Arab neighborhoods inside Israel, and Holy Quds, which resulted in the martyrdom of hundreds of people, including children and civilians as clear evidence of war crime and crime against humanity and stressed that the UN Security Council has once again shown its incompetence due to the sabotage of the United States and the pro-Zionist powers.
Strategic Council Online: The President of Strategic Council on Foreign Relations who participated in the 4th Meeting of the Leaders for Peace Foundation chaired by former Prime Minister of France Mr. Raffarin said confrontation with the challenges of the present world requires a “new multilateral order” on the basis of new realities and reform of the United Nations and Security Council, as well as dis-interference of great powers in international organizations.
Strategic Council Online: The meeting in advance to the 1st First National Conference on Economic Diplomacy of Iran’, entitled ‘Water Diplomacy; with Emphasis on Virtual Water Trade”’ was hosted by the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations and in cooperation with the Institute of Economic Diplomacy of Imam Sadegh (AS) University, in which experts analyzed the virtual water trade strategy and its opportunities and challenges while emphasizing the need to pay attention to ‘water scarcity’ as a ‘threat’.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations said the solution to the Yemen crisis is to end the siege, establish a ceasefire and hold Yemeni-Yemeni talks, adding: The United Nations must, in this way, show its goodwill by avoiding double standards and gain the trust of the Yemeni National Salvation Government.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations said: Our people’s mobilization in the Iraqi war against Iran showed that when a nation defends its ideals as a religious duty, it has such a power that can defeat the best-equipped armies of the region. During the imposed war, we called our defense the Sacred Defense, because our people defended the revolution and their homeland based on their religious beliefs. This valuable experience had its impacts on other nations as well, and gradually popular resistance forces were formed in some other countries.
Strategic Council Online: Dr. Kamal Kharazi said: The main duty of every sovereignty is to ensure the rights of its people, including their security, and this also applies to the incumbent sovereignty in Afghanistan. Countering terrorism and preventing crimes such as the massacre of innocent children and people in Shiite schools and mosques by the ISIS terrorist group is primarily the task of the current sovereignty to eliminate terrorists from the scene of Afghanistan, and of course, it is the natural right of the oppressed Shiites of Afghanistan to defend their rights.
Strategic Council Online: Dr. Kamal Kharazi, President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said in an interview with the Council Online: Relying on foreigners to ensure the security of a country is not a logical and reasonable solution because, in view of their motives, illegitimate goals, and interests, it can lead to military competition in the region, causing damage and even destruction of the host country. Furthermore, the greater the role of foreign forces, the deeper the dependence of the host country on them.
Strategic Council Online – President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations emphasized that: The transformation emerged by the 12-day Saif al-Quds battle, was the unanimous support of all Palestinians, which is a magnificent asset for the Resistance.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations in a meeting with the Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad of Palestine noted that the victory in the 12-day battle of Saif al-Quds is the beginning of a new movement in the Palestinian resistance and has prompted the support of freedom-loving people around the world.
Strategic Council Online – In a meeting between Deputy Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah and the President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations the latest developments in Lebanon, the Zionist regime’s tension creating as well as issues related to the Axis of Resistance were discussed.
Strategic Council Online – The President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, in an interview with our correspondent, described the Zionist regime’s attacks on the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Arab neighborhoods inside Israel, and Holy Quds, which resulted in the martyrdom of hundreds of people, including children and civilians as clear evidence of war crime and crime against humanity and stressed that the UN Security Council has once again shown its incompetence due to the sabotage of the United States and the pro-Zionist powers.
Strategic Council Online: The President of Strategic Council on Foreign Relations who participated in the 4th Meeting of the Leaders for Peace Foundation chaired by former Prime Minister of France Mr. Raffarin said confrontation with the challenges of the present world requires a “new multilateral order” on the basis of new realities and reform of the United Nations and Security Council, as well as dis-interference of great powers in international organizations.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed on August 7, 2026, between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, is more than an answer to geopolitical vacuums; in practice, it faces a “deterrence dilemma” and “differing threat perception.” While this pact symbolizes a transition toward regional self-reliance, its first field tests and the complexities of relations with regional actors will determine its real meaning.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The reason for Washington’s reluctance to enter directly into war with Ansarullah is military and economic limitations, electoral considerations, and concern about the expansion of the crisis at two energy chokepoints.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Ansarullah’s recent lightning-fast operation and surprise advances on Yemen’s western coast have rapidly transformed the equations of the war in that country and developments in West Asia, and have challenged the calculations of Saudi Arabia, the United States, the West, and the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between Washington and Beijing over chips and artificial intelligence, simultaneously with the shifting of technological balances, has taken on new economic and security dimensions.
Strategic Council Online: The meeting in advance to the 1st First National Conference on Economic Diplomacy of Iran’, entitled ‘Water Diplomacy; with Emphasis on Virtual Water Trade”’ was hosted by the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations and in cooperation with the Institute of Economic Diplomacy of Imam Sadegh (AS) University, in which experts analyzed the virtual water trade strategy and its opportunities and challenges while emphasizing the need to pay attention to ‘water scarcity’ as a ‘threat’.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations said the solution to the Yemen crisis is to end the siege, establish a ceasefire and hold Yemeni-Yemeni talks, adding: The United Nations must, in this way, show its goodwill by avoiding double standards and gain the trust of the Yemeni National Salvation Government.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations said: Our people’s mobilization in the Iraqi war against Iran showed that when a nation defends its ideals as a religious duty, it has such a power that can defeat the best-equipped armies of the region. During the imposed war, we called our defense the Sacred Defense, because our people defended the revolution and their homeland based on their religious beliefs. This valuable experience had its impacts on other nations as well, and gradually popular resistance forces were formed in some other countries.
Strategic Council Online: Dr. Kamal Kharazi said: The main duty of every sovereignty is to ensure the rights of its people, including their security, and this also applies to the incumbent sovereignty in Afghanistan. Countering terrorism and preventing crimes such as the massacre of innocent children and people in Shiite schools and mosques by the ISIS terrorist group is primarily the task of the current sovereignty to eliminate terrorists from the scene of Afghanistan, and of course, it is the natural right of the oppressed Shiites of Afghanistan to defend their rights.
Strategic Council Online: Dr. Kamal Kharazi, President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said in an interview with the Council Online: Relying on foreigners to ensure the security of a country is not a logical and reasonable solution because, in view of their motives, illegitimate goals, and interests, it can lead to military competition in the region, causing damage and even destruction of the host country. Furthermore, the greater the role of foreign forces, the deeper the dependence of the host country on them.
Strategic Council Online – President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations emphasized that: The transformation emerged by the 12-day Saif al-Quds battle, was the unanimous support of all Palestinians, which is a magnificent asset for the Resistance.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations in a meeting with the Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad of Palestine noted that the victory in the 12-day battle of Saif al-Quds is the beginning of a new movement in the Palestinian resistance and has prompted the support of freedom-loving people around the world.
Strategic Council Online – In a meeting between Deputy Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah and the President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations the latest developments in Lebanon, the Zionist regime’s tension creating as well as issues related to the Axis of Resistance were discussed.
Strategic Council Online – The President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, in an interview with our correspondent, described the Zionist regime’s attacks on the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Arab neighborhoods inside Israel, and Holy Quds, which resulted in the martyrdom of hundreds of people, including children and civilians as clear evidence of war crime and crime against humanity and stressed that the UN Security Council has once again shown its incompetence due to the sabotage of the United States and the pro-Zionist powers.
Strategic Council Online: The President of Strategic Council on Foreign Relations who participated in the 4th Meeting of the Leaders for Peace Foundation chaired by former Prime Minister of France Mr. Raffarin said confrontation with the challenges of the present world requires a “new multilateral order” on the basis of new realities and reform of the United Nations and Security Council, as well as dis-interference of great powers in international organizations.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed on August 7, 2026, between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, is more than an answer to geopolitical vacuums; in practice, it faces a “deterrence dilemma” and “differing threat perception.” While this pact symbolizes a transition toward regional self-reliance, its first field tests and the complexities of relations with regional actors will determine its real meaning.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The reason for Washington’s reluctance to enter directly into war with Ansarullah is military and economic limitations, electoral considerations, and concern about the expansion of the crisis at two energy chokepoints.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Ansarullah’s recent lightning-fast operation and surprise advances on Yemen’s western coast have rapidly transformed the equations of the war in that country and developments in West Asia, and have challenged the calculations of Saudi Arabia, the United States, the West, and the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between Washington and Beijing over chips and artificial intelligence, simultaneously with the shifting of technological balances, has taken on new economic and security dimensions.
Strategic Council Online: The meeting in advance to the 1st First National Conference on Economic Diplomacy of Iran’, entitled ‘Water Diplomacy; with Emphasis on Virtual Water Trade”’ was hosted by the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations and in cooperation with the Institute of Economic Diplomacy of Imam Sadegh (AS) University, in which experts analyzed the virtual water trade strategy and its opportunities and challenges while emphasizing the need to pay attention to ‘water scarcity’ as a ‘threat’.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations said the solution to the Yemen crisis is to end the siege, establish a ceasefire and hold Yemeni-Yemeni talks, adding: The United Nations must, in this way, show its goodwill by avoiding double standards and gain the trust of the Yemeni National Salvation Government.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations said: Our people’s mobilization in the Iraqi war against Iran showed that when a nation defends its ideals as a religious duty, it has such a power that can defeat the best-equipped armies of the region. During the imposed war, we called our defense the Sacred Defense, because our people defended the revolution and their homeland based on their religious beliefs. This valuable experience had its impacts on other nations as well, and gradually popular resistance forces were formed in some other countries.
Strategic Council Online: Dr. Kamal Kharazi said: The main duty of every sovereignty is to ensure the rights of its people, including their security, and this also applies to the incumbent sovereignty in Afghanistan. Countering terrorism and preventing crimes such as the massacre of innocent children and people in Shiite schools and mosques by the ISIS terrorist group is primarily the task of the current sovereignty to eliminate terrorists from the scene of Afghanistan, and of course, it is the natural right of the oppressed Shiites of Afghanistan to defend their rights.
Strategic Council Online: Dr. Kamal Kharazi, President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said in an interview with the Council Online: Relying on foreigners to ensure the security of a country is not a logical and reasonable solution because, in view of their motives, illegitimate goals, and interests, it can lead to military competition in the region, causing damage and even destruction of the host country. Furthermore, the greater the role of foreign forces, the deeper the dependence of the host country on them.
Strategic Council Online – President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations emphasized that: The transformation emerged by the 12-day Saif al-Quds battle, was the unanimous support of all Palestinians, which is a magnificent asset for the Resistance.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations in a meeting with the Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad of Palestine noted that the victory in the 12-day battle of Saif al-Quds is the beginning of a new movement in the Palestinian resistance and has prompted the support of freedom-loving people around the world.
Strategic Council Online – In a meeting between Deputy Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah and the President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations the latest developments in Lebanon, the Zionist regime’s tension creating as well as issues related to the Axis of Resistance were discussed.
Strategic Council Online – The President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, in an interview with our correspondent, described the Zionist regime’s attacks on the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Arab neighborhoods inside Israel, and Holy Quds, which resulted in the martyrdom of hundreds of people, including children and civilians as clear evidence of war crime and crime against humanity and stressed that the UN Security Council has once again shown its incompetence due to the sabotage of the United States and the pro-Zionist powers.
Strategic Council Online: The President of Strategic Council on Foreign Relations who participated in the 4th Meeting of the Leaders for Peace Foundation chaired by former Prime Minister of France Mr. Raffarin said confrontation with the challenges of the present world requires a “new multilateral order” on the basis of new realities and reform of the United Nations and Security Council, as well as dis-interference of great powers in international organizations.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed on August 7, 2026, between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, is more than an answer to geopolitical vacuums; in practice, it faces a “deterrence dilemma” and “differing threat perception.” While this pact symbolizes a transition toward regional self-reliance, its first field tests and the complexities of relations with regional actors will determine its real meaning.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The reason for Washington’s reluctance to enter directly into war with Ansarullah is military and economic limitations, electoral considerations, and concern about the expansion of the crisis at two energy chokepoints.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Ansarullah’s recent lightning-fast operation and surprise advances on Yemen’s western coast have rapidly transformed the equations of the war in that country and developments in West Asia, and have challenged the calculations of Saudi Arabia, the United States, the West, and the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between Washington and Beijing over chips and artificial intelligence, simultaneously with the shifting of technological balances, has taken on new economic and security dimensions.
Strategic Council Online: The meeting in advance to the 1st First National Conference on Economic Diplomacy of Iran’, entitled ‘Water Diplomacy; with Emphasis on Virtual Water Trade”’ was hosted by the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations and in cooperation with the Institute of Economic Diplomacy of Imam Sadegh (AS) University, in which experts analyzed the virtual water trade strategy and its opportunities and challenges while emphasizing the need to pay attention to ‘water scarcity’ as a ‘threat’.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations said the solution to the Yemen crisis is to end the siege, establish a ceasefire and hold Yemeni-Yemeni talks, adding: The United Nations must, in this way, show its goodwill by avoiding double standards and gain the trust of the Yemeni National Salvation Government.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations said: Our people’s mobilization in the Iraqi war against Iran showed that when a nation defends its ideals as a religious duty, it has such a power that can defeat the best-equipped armies of the region. During the imposed war, we called our defense the Sacred Defense, because our people defended the revolution and their homeland based on their religious beliefs. This valuable experience had its impacts on other nations as well, and gradually popular resistance forces were formed in some other countries.
Strategic Council Online: Dr. Kamal Kharazi said: The main duty of every sovereignty is to ensure the rights of its people, including their security, and this also applies to the incumbent sovereignty in Afghanistan. Countering terrorism and preventing crimes such as the massacre of innocent children and people in Shiite schools and mosques by the ISIS terrorist group is primarily the task of the current sovereignty to eliminate terrorists from the scene of Afghanistan, and of course, it is the natural right of the oppressed Shiites of Afghanistan to defend their rights.
Strategic Council Online: Dr. Kamal Kharazi, President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said in an interview with the Council Online: Relying on foreigners to ensure the security of a country is not a logical and reasonable solution because, in view of their motives, illegitimate goals, and interests, it can lead to military competition in the region, causing damage and even destruction of the host country. Furthermore, the greater the role of foreign forces, the deeper the dependence of the host country on them.
Strategic Council Online – President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations emphasized that: The transformation emerged by the 12-day Saif al-Quds battle, was the unanimous support of all Palestinians, which is a magnificent asset for the Resistance.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations in a meeting with the Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad of Palestine noted that the victory in the 12-day battle of Saif al-Quds is the beginning of a new movement in the Palestinian resistance and has prompted the support of freedom-loving people around the world.
Strategic Council Online – In a meeting between Deputy Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah and the President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations the latest developments in Lebanon, the Zionist regime’s tension creating as well as issues related to the Axis of Resistance were discussed.
Strategic Council Online – The President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, in an interview with our correspondent, described the Zionist regime’s attacks on the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Arab neighborhoods inside Israel, and Holy Quds, which resulted in the martyrdom of hundreds of people, including children and civilians as clear evidence of war crime and crime against humanity and stressed that the UN Security Council has once again shown its incompetence due to the sabotage of the United States and the pro-Zionist powers.
Strategic Council Online: The President of Strategic Council on Foreign Relations who participated in the 4th Meeting of the Leaders for Peace Foundation chaired by former Prime Minister of France Mr. Raffarin said confrontation with the challenges of the present world requires a “new multilateral order” on the basis of new realities and reform of the United Nations and Security Council, as well as dis-interference of great powers in international organizations.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed on August 7, 2026, between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, is more than an answer to geopolitical vacuums; in practice, it faces a “deterrence dilemma” and “differing threat perception.” While this pact symbolizes a transition toward regional self-reliance, its first field tests and the complexities of relations with regional actors will determine its real meaning.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The reason for Washington’s reluctance to enter directly into war with Ansarullah is military and economic limitations, electoral considerations, and concern about the expansion of the crisis at two energy chokepoints.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Ansarullah’s recent lightning-fast operation and surprise advances on Yemen’s western coast have rapidly transformed the equations of the war in that country and developments in West Asia, and have challenged the calculations of Saudi Arabia, the United States, the West, and the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between Washington and Beijing over chips and artificial intelligence, simultaneously with the shifting of technological balances, has taken on new economic and security dimensions.
Strategic Council Online: The meeting in advance to the 1st First National Conference on Economic Diplomacy of Iran’, entitled ‘Water Diplomacy; with Emphasis on Virtual Water Trade”’ was hosted by the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations and in cooperation with the Institute of Economic Diplomacy of Imam Sadegh (AS) University, in which experts analyzed the virtual water trade strategy and its opportunities and challenges while emphasizing the need to pay attention to ‘water scarcity’ as a ‘threat’.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations said the solution to the Yemen crisis is to end the siege, establish a ceasefire and hold Yemeni-Yemeni talks, adding: The United Nations must, in this way, show its goodwill by avoiding double standards and gain the trust of the Yemeni National Salvation Government.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations said: Our people’s mobilization in the Iraqi war against Iran showed that when a nation defends its ideals as a religious duty, it has such a power that can defeat the best-equipped armies of the region. During the imposed war, we called our defense the Sacred Defense, because our people defended the revolution and their homeland based on their religious beliefs. This valuable experience had its impacts on other nations as well, and gradually popular resistance forces were formed in some other countries.
Strategic Council Online: Dr. Kamal Kharazi said: The main duty of every sovereignty is to ensure the rights of its people, including their security, and this also applies to the incumbent sovereignty in Afghanistan. Countering terrorism and preventing crimes such as the massacre of innocent children and people in Shiite schools and mosques by the ISIS terrorist group is primarily the task of the current sovereignty to eliminate terrorists from the scene of Afghanistan, and of course, it is the natural right of the oppressed Shiites of Afghanistan to defend their rights.
Strategic Council Online: Dr. Kamal Kharazi, President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said in an interview with the Council Online: Relying on foreigners to ensure the security of a country is not a logical and reasonable solution because, in view of their motives, illegitimate goals, and interests, it can lead to military competition in the region, causing damage and even destruction of the host country. Furthermore, the greater the role of foreign forces, the deeper the dependence of the host country on them.
Strategic Council Online – President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations emphasized that: The transformation emerged by the 12-day Saif al-Quds battle, was the unanimous support of all Palestinians, which is a magnificent asset for the Resistance.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations in a meeting with the Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad of Palestine noted that the victory in the 12-day battle of Saif al-Quds is the beginning of a new movement in the Palestinian resistance and has prompted the support of freedom-loving people around the world.
Strategic Council Online – In a meeting between Deputy Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah and the President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations the latest developments in Lebanon, the Zionist regime’s tension creating as well as issues related to the Axis of Resistance were discussed.
Strategic Council Online – The President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, in an interview with our correspondent, described the Zionist regime’s attacks on the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Arab neighborhoods inside Israel, and Holy Quds, which resulted in the martyrdom of hundreds of people, including children and civilians as clear evidence of war crime and crime against humanity and stressed that the UN Security Council has once again shown its incompetence due to the sabotage of the United States and the pro-Zionist powers.
Strategic Council Online: The President of Strategic Council on Foreign Relations who participated in the 4th Meeting of the Leaders for Peace Foundation chaired by former Prime Minister of France Mr. Raffarin said confrontation with the challenges of the present world requires a “new multilateral order” on the basis of new realities and reform of the United Nations and Security Council, as well as dis-interference of great powers in international organizations.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed on August 7, 2026, between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, is more than an answer to geopolitical vacuums; in practice, it faces a “deterrence dilemma” and “differing threat perception.” While this pact symbolizes a transition toward regional self-reliance, its first field tests and the complexities of relations with regional actors will determine its real meaning.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The reason for Washington’s reluctance to enter directly into war with Ansarullah is military and economic limitations, electoral considerations, and concern about the expansion of the crisis at two energy chokepoints.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Ansarullah’s recent lightning-fast operation and surprise advances on Yemen’s western coast have rapidly transformed the equations of the war in that country and developments in West Asia, and have challenged the calculations of Saudi Arabia, the United States, the West, and the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between Washington and Beijing over chips and artificial intelligence, simultaneously with the shifting of technological balances, has taken on new economic and security dimensions.