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—Interview: A former Iranian diplomat considered the French plan to create an international coalition to fight Hamas as a delusional, imaginary, and unrealistic plan, adding that this plan would increase the military presence of extra-regional forces in the Eastern Mediterranean, intensify military conflicts in the region, expand the war and internationalize it. This situation aggravates instability in the region, and of course, this is the same situation that Western countries benefit from and pursue their interests in.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Israeli affairs, saying that the blow the Zionist regime has received from the “Al-Aqsa Storm” operation severely shattered the notion that the regime is an immutable reality that must be dealt with in the region noted: The crimes committed by the Zionist regime in Gaza will remain in the minds of the people of Islamic countries for a long time and will be a serious challenge for normalization.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor saying that the differences between China and the United States cannot be resolved through negotiations, added: The United States will do everything in order not to lose its position, and there is this possibility that if a third world war breaks out between the West and China it will be on taking the lead and winning the first place in GDP, and this will happen sooner or later.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The widespread crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza have sparked many reactions among the public opinion of the world. Until now, and in none of the Israeli wars and crimes committed against the Palestinians, we have ever seen such “widespread reactions” in the world, especially in Western countries, against the Zionist regime.
Hamid Khoshayand – expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Russia and Caucasus affairs, saying that Russia does not accept the performance of Pashinyan’s government and will not take the measures that are expected to support his government, emphasized Tensions in the relations between Moscow and Yerevan are not long-term and Russia is waiting for the changes it expects to be made in the next Armenian elections and in the management of that country a new team to come to power, which, if it does not have a close relationship with Russia, at least will not be a supporter of the West. Now, Russia is trying to work with Pashinyan’s opposition factions in Armenia.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: After the United States repeatedly prevented and vetoed resolutions proposed by countries such as Brazil, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates in the Security Council in recent weeks, which called for the cessation of hostilities to send humanitarian aid to Gaza, the United Nations General Assembly, at the suggestion of the Arab countries and based on the “Unity for Peace” Resolution, decided to convene an “Emergency Special Session” on the Gaza war.
Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Mazaheri – University professor
Strategic Council Online: In an interview with Al-Alam Network, the President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations emphasized that in the current situation, the policy pursued by the allies of the Zionist regime is to prevent the spread of war and the collapse of Israel, and said: United States should prevent the continuation of Israeli crimes because if the current trend continues, there is a high possibility of the spread of the war.
The brutal attacks of the Zionist regime’s fighters against the people of Gaza and the killing of innocent people recently have been met with various reactions and sometimes condemnation of some political leaders, as well as public protests in Turkey.
Mahmoud Fazeli – International affairs analyst
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Crimes of the Zionist regime against the people of Gaza are continued. In a recent criminal act, the fighters of that regime razed a hospital in Gaza where, in addition to the sick and injured people, ordinary citizens and civilians were sheltering.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime’s attempt to make the Al-Aqsa Storm operation look illegitimate and thus legitimize its war crimes, bombing hospitals and residential areas, and its genocidal disaster in Gaza, is a “futile and useless” attempt.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert in regional affairs
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—Interview: A former Iranian diplomat considered the French plan to create an international coalition to fight Hamas as a delusional, imaginary, and unrealistic plan, adding that this plan would increase the military presence of extra-regional forces in the Eastern Mediterranean, intensify military conflicts in the region, expand the war and internationalize it. This situation aggravates instability in the region, and of course, this is the same situation that Western countries benefit from and pursue their interests in.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Israeli affairs, saying that the blow the Zionist regime has received from the “Al-Aqsa Storm” operation severely shattered the notion that the regime is an immutable reality that must be dealt with in the region noted: The crimes committed by the Zionist regime in Gaza will remain in the minds of the people of Islamic countries for a long time and will be a serious challenge for normalization.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor saying that the differences between China and the United States cannot be resolved through negotiations, added: The United States will do everything in order not to lose its position, and there is this possibility that if a third world war breaks out between the West and China it will be on taking the lead and winning the first place in GDP, and this will happen sooner or later.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The widespread crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza have sparked many reactions among the public opinion of the world. Until now, and in none of the Israeli wars and crimes committed against the Palestinians, we have ever seen such “widespread reactions” in the world, especially in Western countries, against the Zionist regime.
Hamid Khoshayand – expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Russia and Caucasus affairs, saying that Russia does not accept the performance of Pashinyan’s government and will not take the measures that are expected to support his government, emphasized Tensions in the relations between Moscow and Yerevan are not long-term and Russia is waiting for the changes it expects to be made in the next Armenian elections and in the management of that country a new team to come to power, which, if it does not have a close relationship with Russia, at least will not be a supporter of the West. Now, Russia is trying to work with Pashinyan’s opposition factions in Armenia.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: After the United States repeatedly prevented and vetoed resolutions proposed by countries such as Brazil, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates in the Security Council in recent weeks, which called for the cessation of hostilities to send humanitarian aid to Gaza, the United Nations General Assembly, at the suggestion of the Arab countries and based on the “Unity for Peace” Resolution, decided to convene an “Emergency Special Session” on the Gaza war.
Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Mazaheri – University professor
Strategic Council Online: In an interview with Al-Alam Network, the President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations emphasized that in the current situation, the policy pursued by the allies of the Zionist regime is to prevent the spread of war and the collapse of Israel, and said: United States should prevent the continuation of Israeli crimes because if the current trend continues, there is a high possibility of the spread of the war.
The brutal attacks of the Zionist regime’s fighters against the people of Gaza and the killing of innocent people recently have been met with various reactions and sometimes condemnation of some political leaders, as well as public protests in Turkey.
Mahmoud Fazeli – International affairs analyst
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Crimes of the Zionist regime against the people of Gaza are continued. In a recent criminal act, the fighters of that regime razed a hospital in Gaza where, in addition to the sick and injured people, ordinary citizens and civilians were sheltering.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime’s attempt to make the Al-Aqsa Storm operation look illegitimate and thus legitimize its war crimes, bombing hospitals and residential areas, and its genocidal disaster in Gaza, is a “futile and useless” attempt.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert in regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A former Iranian diplomat considered the French plan to create an international coalition to fight Hamas as a delusional, imaginary, and unrealistic plan, adding that this plan would increase the military presence of extra-regional forces in the Eastern Mediterranean, intensify military conflicts in the region, expand the war and internationalize it. This situation aggravates instability in the region, and of course, this is the same situation that Western countries benefit from and pursue their interests in.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Israeli affairs, saying that the blow the Zionist regime has received from the “Al-Aqsa Storm” operation severely shattered the notion that the regime is an immutable reality that must be dealt with in the region noted: The crimes committed by the Zionist regime in Gaza will remain in the minds of the people of Islamic countries for a long time and will be a serious challenge for normalization.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor saying that the differences between China and the United States cannot be resolved through negotiations, added: The United States will do everything in order not to lose its position, and there is this possibility that if a third world war breaks out between the West and China it will be on taking the lead and winning the first place in GDP, and this will happen sooner or later.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The widespread crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza have sparked many reactions among the public opinion of the world. Until now, and in none of the Israeli wars and crimes committed against the Palestinians, we have ever seen such “widespread reactions” in the world, especially in Western countries, against the Zionist regime.
Hamid Khoshayand – expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Russia and Caucasus affairs, saying that Russia does not accept the performance of Pashinyan’s government and will not take the measures that are expected to support his government, emphasized Tensions in the relations between Moscow and Yerevan are not long-term and Russia is waiting for the changes it expects to be made in the next Armenian elections and in the management of that country a new team to come to power, which, if it does not have a close relationship with Russia, at least will not be a supporter of the West. Now, Russia is trying to work with Pashinyan’s opposition factions in Armenia.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: After the United States repeatedly prevented and vetoed resolutions proposed by countries such as Brazil, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates in the Security Council in recent weeks, which called for the cessation of hostilities to send humanitarian aid to Gaza, the United Nations General Assembly, at the suggestion of the Arab countries and based on the “Unity for Peace” Resolution, decided to convene an “Emergency Special Session” on the Gaza war.
Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Mazaheri – University professor
Strategic Council Online: In an interview with Al-Alam Network, the President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations emphasized that in the current situation, the policy pursued by the allies of the Zionist regime is to prevent the spread of war and the collapse of Israel, and said: United States should prevent the continuation of Israeli crimes because if the current trend continues, there is a high possibility of the spread of the war.
The brutal attacks of the Zionist regime’s fighters against the people of Gaza and the killing of innocent people recently have been met with various reactions and sometimes condemnation of some political leaders, as well as public protests in Turkey.
Mahmoud Fazeli – International affairs analyst
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Crimes of the Zionist regime against the people of Gaza are continued. In a recent criminal act, the fighters of that regime razed a hospital in Gaza where, in addition to the sick and injured people, ordinary citizens and civilians were sheltering.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime’s attempt to make the Al-Aqsa Storm operation look illegitimate and thus legitimize its war crimes, bombing hospitals and residential areas, and its genocidal disaster in Gaza, is a “futile and useless” attempt.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert in regional affairs
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—Interview: A former Iranian diplomat considered the French plan to create an international coalition to fight Hamas as a delusional, imaginary, and unrealistic plan, adding that this plan would increase the military presence of extra-regional forces in the Eastern Mediterranean, intensify military conflicts in the region, expand the war and internationalize it. This situation aggravates instability in the region, and of course, this is the same situation that Western countries benefit from and pursue their interests in.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Israeli affairs, saying that the blow the Zionist regime has received from the “Al-Aqsa Storm” operation severely shattered the notion that the regime is an immutable reality that must be dealt with in the region noted: The crimes committed by the Zionist regime in Gaza will remain in the minds of the people of Islamic countries for a long time and will be a serious challenge for normalization.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor saying that the differences between China and the United States cannot be resolved through negotiations, added: The United States will do everything in order not to lose its position, and there is this possibility that if a third world war breaks out between the West and China it will be on taking the lead and winning the first place in GDP, and this will happen sooner or later.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The widespread crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza have sparked many reactions among the public opinion of the world. Until now, and in none of the Israeli wars and crimes committed against the Palestinians, we have ever seen such “widespread reactions” in the world, especially in Western countries, against the Zionist regime.
Hamid Khoshayand – expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Russia and Caucasus affairs, saying that Russia does not accept the performance of Pashinyan’s government and will not take the measures that are expected to support his government, emphasized Tensions in the relations between Moscow and Yerevan are not long-term and Russia is waiting for the changes it expects to be made in the next Armenian elections and in the management of that country a new team to come to power, which, if it does not have a close relationship with Russia, at least will not be a supporter of the West. Now, Russia is trying to work with Pashinyan’s opposition factions in Armenia.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: After the United States repeatedly prevented and vetoed resolutions proposed by countries such as Brazil, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates in the Security Council in recent weeks, which called for the cessation of hostilities to send humanitarian aid to Gaza, the United Nations General Assembly, at the suggestion of the Arab countries and based on the “Unity for Peace” Resolution, decided to convene an “Emergency Special Session” on the Gaza war.
Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Mazaheri – University professor
Strategic Council Online: In an interview with Al-Alam Network, the President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations emphasized that in the current situation, the policy pursued by the allies of the Zionist regime is to prevent the spread of war and the collapse of Israel, and said: United States should prevent the continuation of Israeli crimes because if the current trend continues, there is a high possibility of the spread of the war.
The brutal attacks of the Zionist regime’s fighters against the people of Gaza and the killing of innocent people recently have been met with various reactions and sometimes condemnation of some political leaders, as well as public protests in Turkey.
Mahmoud Fazeli – International affairs analyst
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Crimes of the Zionist regime against the people of Gaza are continued. In a recent criminal act, the fighters of that regime razed a hospital in Gaza where, in addition to the sick and injured people, ordinary citizens and civilians were sheltering.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime’s attempt to make the Al-Aqsa Storm operation look illegitimate and thus legitimize its war crimes, bombing hospitals and residential areas, and its genocidal disaster in Gaza, is a “futile and useless” attempt.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert in regional affairs
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—Interview: A former Iranian diplomat considered the French plan to create an international coalition to fight Hamas as a delusional, imaginary, and unrealistic plan, adding that this plan would increase the military presence of extra-regional forces in the Eastern Mediterranean, intensify military conflicts in the region, expand the war and internationalize it. This situation aggravates instability in the region, and of course, this is the same situation that Western countries benefit from and pursue their interests in.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Israeli affairs, saying that the blow the Zionist regime has received from the “Al-Aqsa Storm” operation severely shattered the notion that the regime is an immutable reality that must be dealt with in the region noted: The crimes committed by the Zionist regime in Gaza will remain in the minds of the people of Islamic countries for a long time and will be a serious challenge for normalization.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor saying that the differences between China and the United States cannot be resolved through negotiations, added: The United States will do everything in order not to lose its position, and there is this possibility that if a third world war breaks out between the West and China it will be on taking the lead and winning the first place in GDP, and this will happen sooner or later.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The widespread crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza have sparked many reactions among the public opinion of the world. Until now, and in none of the Israeli wars and crimes committed against the Palestinians, we have ever seen such “widespread reactions” in the world, especially in Western countries, against the Zionist regime.
Hamid Khoshayand – expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Russia and Caucasus affairs, saying that Russia does not accept the performance of Pashinyan’s government and will not take the measures that are expected to support his government, emphasized Tensions in the relations between Moscow and Yerevan are not long-term and Russia is waiting for the changes it expects to be made in the next Armenian elections and in the management of that country a new team to come to power, which, if it does not have a close relationship with Russia, at least will not be a supporter of the West. Now, Russia is trying to work with Pashinyan’s opposition factions in Armenia.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: After the United States repeatedly prevented and vetoed resolutions proposed by countries such as Brazil, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates in the Security Council in recent weeks, which called for the cessation of hostilities to send humanitarian aid to Gaza, the United Nations General Assembly, at the suggestion of the Arab countries and based on the “Unity for Peace” Resolution, decided to convene an “Emergency Special Session” on the Gaza war.
Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Mazaheri – University professor
Strategic Council Online: In an interview with Al-Alam Network, the President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations emphasized that in the current situation, the policy pursued by the allies of the Zionist regime is to prevent the spread of war and the collapse of Israel, and said: United States should prevent the continuation of Israeli crimes because if the current trend continues, there is a high possibility of the spread of the war.
The brutal attacks of the Zionist regime’s fighters against the people of Gaza and the killing of innocent people recently have been met with various reactions and sometimes condemnation of some political leaders, as well as public protests in Turkey.
Mahmoud Fazeli – International affairs analyst
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Crimes of the Zionist regime against the people of Gaza are continued. In a recent criminal act, the fighters of that regime razed a hospital in Gaza where, in addition to the sick and injured people, ordinary citizens and civilians were sheltering.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime’s attempt to make the Al-Aqsa Storm operation look illegitimate and thus legitimize its war crimes, bombing hospitals and residential areas, and its genocidal disaster in Gaza, is a “futile and useless” attempt.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert in regional affairs
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—Interview: A former Iranian diplomat considered the French plan to create an international coalition to fight Hamas as a delusional, imaginary, and unrealistic plan, adding that this plan would increase the military presence of extra-regional forces in the Eastern Mediterranean, intensify military conflicts in the region, expand the war and internationalize it. This situation aggravates instability in the region, and of course, this is the same situation that Western countries benefit from and pursue their interests in.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Israeli affairs, saying that the blow the Zionist regime has received from the “Al-Aqsa Storm” operation severely shattered the notion that the regime is an immutable reality that must be dealt with in the region noted: The crimes committed by the Zionist regime in Gaza will remain in the minds of the people of Islamic countries for a long time and will be a serious challenge for normalization.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor saying that the differences between China and the United States cannot be resolved through negotiations, added: The United States will do everything in order not to lose its position, and there is this possibility that if a third world war breaks out between the West and China it will be on taking the lead and winning the first place in GDP, and this will happen sooner or later.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The widespread crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza have sparked many reactions among the public opinion of the world. Until now, and in none of the Israeli wars and crimes committed against the Palestinians, we have ever seen such “widespread reactions” in the world, especially in Western countries, against the Zionist regime.
Hamid Khoshayand – expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Russia and Caucasus affairs, saying that Russia does not accept the performance of Pashinyan’s government and will not take the measures that are expected to support his government, emphasized Tensions in the relations between Moscow and Yerevan are not long-term and Russia is waiting for the changes it expects to be made in the next Armenian elections and in the management of that country a new team to come to power, which, if it does not have a close relationship with Russia, at least will not be a supporter of the West. Now, Russia is trying to work with Pashinyan’s opposition factions in Armenia.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: After the United States repeatedly prevented and vetoed resolutions proposed by countries such as Brazil, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates in the Security Council in recent weeks, which called for the cessation of hostilities to send humanitarian aid to Gaza, the United Nations General Assembly, at the suggestion of the Arab countries and based on the “Unity for Peace” Resolution, decided to convene an “Emergency Special Session” on the Gaza war.
Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Mazaheri – University professor
Strategic Council Online: In an interview with Al-Alam Network, the President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations emphasized that in the current situation, the policy pursued by the allies of the Zionist regime is to prevent the spread of war and the collapse of Israel, and said: United States should prevent the continuation of Israeli crimes because if the current trend continues, there is a high possibility of the spread of the war.
The brutal attacks of the Zionist regime’s fighters against the people of Gaza and the killing of innocent people recently have been met with various reactions and sometimes condemnation of some political leaders, as well as public protests in Turkey.
Mahmoud Fazeli – International affairs analyst
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Crimes of the Zionist regime against the people of Gaza are continued. In a recent criminal act, the fighters of that regime razed a hospital in Gaza where, in addition to the sick and injured people, ordinary citizens and civilians were sheltering.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime’s attempt to make the Al-Aqsa Storm operation look illegitimate and thus legitimize its war crimes, bombing hospitals and residential areas, and its genocidal disaster in Gaza, is a “futile and useless” attempt.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert in regional affairs
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—Interview: A former Iranian diplomat considered the French plan to create an international coalition to fight Hamas as a delusional, imaginary, and unrealistic plan, adding that this plan would increase the military presence of extra-regional forces in the Eastern Mediterranean, intensify military conflicts in the region, expand the war and internationalize it. This situation aggravates instability in the region, and of course, this is the same situation that Western countries benefit from and pursue their interests in.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Israeli affairs, saying that the blow the Zionist regime has received from the “Al-Aqsa Storm” operation severely shattered the notion that the regime is an immutable reality that must be dealt with in the region noted: The crimes committed by the Zionist regime in Gaza will remain in the minds of the people of Islamic countries for a long time and will be a serious challenge for normalization.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor saying that the differences between China and the United States cannot be resolved through negotiations, added: The United States will do everything in order not to lose its position, and there is this possibility that if a third world war breaks out between the West and China it will be on taking the lead and winning the first place in GDP, and this will happen sooner or later.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The widespread crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza have sparked many reactions among the public opinion of the world. Until now, and in none of the Israeli wars and crimes committed against the Palestinians, we have ever seen such “widespread reactions” in the world, especially in Western countries, against the Zionist regime.
Hamid Khoshayand – expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Russia and Caucasus affairs, saying that Russia does not accept the performance of Pashinyan’s government and will not take the measures that are expected to support his government, emphasized Tensions in the relations between Moscow and Yerevan are not long-term and Russia is waiting for the changes it expects to be made in the next Armenian elections and in the management of that country a new team to come to power, which, if it does not have a close relationship with Russia, at least will not be a supporter of the West. Now, Russia is trying to work with Pashinyan’s opposition factions in Armenia.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: After the United States repeatedly prevented and vetoed resolutions proposed by countries such as Brazil, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates in the Security Council in recent weeks, which called for the cessation of hostilities to send humanitarian aid to Gaza, the United Nations General Assembly, at the suggestion of the Arab countries and based on the “Unity for Peace” Resolution, decided to convene an “Emergency Special Session” on the Gaza war.
Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Mazaheri – University professor
Strategic Council Online: In an interview with Al-Alam Network, the President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations emphasized that in the current situation, the policy pursued by the allies of the Zionist regime is to prevent the spread of war and the collapse of Israel, and said: United States should prevent the continuation of Israeli crimes because if the current trend continues, there is a high possibility of the spread of the war.
The brutal attacks of the Zionist regime’s fighters against the people of Gaza and the killing of innocent people recently have been met with various reactions and sometimes condemnation of some political leaders, as well as public protests in Turkey.
Mahmoud Fazeli – International affairs analyst
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Crimes of the Zionist regime against the people of Gaza are continued. In a recent criminal act, the fighters of that regime razed a hospital in Gaza where, in addition to the sick and injured people, ordinary citizens and civilians were sheltering.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime’s attempt to make the Al-Aqsa Storm operation look illegitimate and thus legitimize its war crimes, bombing hospitals and residential areas, and its genocidal disaster in Gaza, is a “futile and useless” attempt.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert in regional affairs
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.