SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Developments in the South Caucasus and Central Asia indicate that transit competition has become an arena for a new staging of influence among Iran, Turkey, Russia, and China.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The upcoming Palestinian elections, after nearly two decades of hiatus, could affect the arrangement of political forces, the legitimacy of institutions, and the future path of Palestinian governance.
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.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Following the escalation of the Zionist regime’s racist and provocative measures against the Palestinian nation and the desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Hamas and the Islamic Jihad movement carried out pre-emptive operations on the anniversary of the “Yom Kippur” war against the positions, centers, and strongholds of the Zionist regime, that has become the focus of the attention of the world.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs stated that due to the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Palestine, the normalization of relations with the Zionist regime will be suspended and seriously challenged, adding: In this situation, with an increase of conflicts and human casualties, considering the sensitivity of public opinion, in the short term, less governments in the region will dare to raise the issue of normalization.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent battle between the Palestinian resistance groups and the Zionist regime, which ended after five days of conflict with the imposition of resistance conditions, had a remarkable phenomenon that was the formation of the “Joint Operations Room,” because this Room played an effective role in the design of operations and field battles of the recent Gaza war.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: The two-day visit of Mr. Raisi, the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to Syria is important from different dimensions. This trip, which has had many reflections in the media and political circles of the region, has a vital role in the implementation of dozens of economic and commercial agreements, as well as the signing of new military and security agreements, which were agreed upon by the parties during the past years but were not fully implemented.
Barsam Mohammadi—Expert in regional issues
Strategic Council Online – An expert on West Asian affairs underlined the importance of the meeting between Ismail Haniyeh and Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, saying: The betrayal the UAE regime committed in normalizing relations with the Zionist regime caused some kind of unity and cohesion among Palestinian groups.
Strategic Council Online: Although the views of the Islamic Jihad Movement differ ideologically from Hamas, the late Ramadan Abdullah Shallah was able to bring Hamas’ views closer to the Islamic Jihad Movement.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East Affairs Expert
Strategic Council Online: A West Asian expert says the meeting between Bahraini Foreign Minister and an Israeli official has taken place to solve the problem of the Zionist regime these days especially after the defeat of the “Deal of the Century.” They needed to place sticks under the arms of the Zionist regime and that was done through the exposure of relations between Arab states and the Tel Aviv regime.
Strategic Council Online: A resolution that would have condemned the Palestinian group Hamas and its attacks on Israel failed to pass the United Nations on Thursday, despite an aggressive campaign by the United States and Israel to cast it as a vote on peace and terrorism.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East Expert
TEHRAN, Oct. 23 – Head of Strategic Research Center of Foreign Relations has said supporting the oppressed nations is among Islamic Republic’s fundamental values.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Developments in the South Caucasus and Central Asia indicate that transit competition has become an arena for a new staging of influence among Iran, Turkey, Russia, and China.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The upcoming Palestinian elections, after nearly two decades of hiatus, could affect the arrangement of political forces, the legitimacy of institutions, and the future path of Palestinian governance.
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.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Following the escalation of the Zionist regime’s racist and provocative measures against the Palestinian nation and the desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Hamas and the Islamic Jihad movement carried out pre-emptive operations on the anniversary of the “Yom Kippur” war against the positions, centers, and strongholds of the Zionist regime, that has become the focus of the attention of the world.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs stated that due to the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Palestine, the normalization of relations with the Zionist regime will be suspended and seriously challenged, adding: In this situation, with an increase of conflicts and human casualties, considering the sensitivity of public opinion, in the short term, less governments in the region will dare to raise the issue of normalization.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent battle between the Palestinian resistance groups and the Zionist regime, which ended after five days of conflict with the imposition of resistance conditions, had a remarkable phenomenon that was the formation of the “Joint Operations Room,” because this Room played an effective role in the design of operations and field battles of the recent Gaza war.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: The two-day visit of Mr. Raisi, the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to Syria is important from different dimensions. This trip, which has had many reflections in the media and political circles of the region, has a vital role in the implementation of dozens of economic and commercial agreements, as well as the signing of new military and security agreements, which were agreed upon by the parties during the past years but were not fully implemented.
Barsam Mohammadi—Expert in regional issues
Strategic Council Online – An expert on West Asian affairs underlined the importance of the meeting between Ismail Haniyeh and Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, saying: The betrayal the UAE regime committed in normalizing relations with the Zionist regime caused some kind of unity and cohesion among Palestinian groups.
Strategic Council Online: Although the views of the Islamic Jihad Movement differ ideologically from Hamas, the late Ramadan Abdullah Shallah was able to bring Hamas’ views closer to the Islamic Jihad Movement.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East Affairs Expert
Strategic Council Online: A West Asian expert says the meeting between Bahraini Foreign Minister and an Israeli official has taken place to solve the problem of the Zionist regime these days especially after the defeat of the “Deal of the Century.” They needed to place sticks under the arms of the Zionist regime and that was done through the exposure of relations between Arab states and the Tel Aviv regime.
Strategic Council Online: A resolution that would have condemned the Palestinian group Hamas and its attacks on Israel failed to pass the United Nations on Thursday, despite an aggressive campaign by the United States and Israel to cast it as a vote on peace and terrorism.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East Expert
TEHRAN, Oct. 23 – Head of Strategic Research Center of Foreign Relations has said supporting the oppressed nations is among Islamic Republic’s fundamental values.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Following the escalation of the Zionist regime’s racist and provocative measures against the Palestinian nation and the desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Hamas and the Islamic Jihad movement carried out pre-emptive operations on the anniversary of the “Yom Kippur” war against the positions, centers, and strongholds of the Zionist regime, that has become the focus of the attention of the world.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs stated that due to the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Palestine, the normalization of relations with the Zionist regime will be suspended and seriously challenged, adding: In this situation, with an increase of conflicts and human casualties, considering the sensitivity of public opinion, in the short term, less governments in the region will dare to raise the issue of normalization.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent battle between the Palestinian resistance groups and the Zionist regime, which ended after five days of conflict with the imposition of resistance conditions, had a remarkable phenomenon that was the formation of the “Joint Operations Room,” because this Room played an effective role in the design of operations and field battles of the recent Gaza war.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: The two-day visit of Mr. Raisi, the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to Syria is important from different dimensions. This trip, which has had many reflections in the media and political circles of the region, has a vital role in the implementation of dozens of economic and commercial agreements, as well as the signing of new military and security agreements, which were agreed upon by the parties during the past years but were not fully implemented.
Barsam Mohammadi—Expert in regional issues
Strategic Council Online – An expert on West Asian affairs underlined the importance of the meeting between Ismail Haniyeh and Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, saying: The betrayal the UAE regime committed in normalizing relations with the Zionist regime caused some kind of unity and cohesion among Palestinian groups.
Strategic Council Online: Although the views of the Islamic Jihad Movement differ ideologically from Hamas, the late Ramadan Abdullah Shallah was able to bring Hamas’ views closer to the Islamic Jihad Movement.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East Affairs Expert
Strategic Council Online: A West Asian expert says the meeting between Bahraini Foreign Minister and an Israeli official has taken place to solve the problem of the Zionist regime these days especially after the defeat of the “Deal of the Century.” They needed to place sticks under the arms of the Zionist regime and that was done through the exposure of relations between Arab states and the Tel Aviv regime.
Strategic Council Online: A resolution that would have condemned the Palestinian group Hamas and its attacks on Israel failed to pass the United Nations on Thursday, despite an aggressive campaign by the United States and Israel to cast it as a vote on peace and terrorism.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East Expert
TEHRAN, Oct. 23 – Head of Strategic Research Center of Foreign Relations has said supporting the oppressed nations is among Islamic Republic’s fundamental values.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Developments in the South Caucasus and Central Asia indicate that transit competition has become an arena for a new staging of influence among Iran, Turkey, Russia, and China.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The upcoming Palestinian elections, after nearly two decades of hiatus, could affect the arrangement of political forces, the legitimacy of institutions, and the future path of Palestinian governance.
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.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Following the escalation of the Zionist regime’s racist and provocative measures against the Palestinian nation and the desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Hamas and the Islamic Jihad movement carried out pre-emptive operations on the anniversary of the “Yom Kippur” war against the positions, centers, and strongholds of the Zionist regime, that has become the focus of the attention of the world.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs stated that due to the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Palestine, the normalization of relations with the Zionist regime will be suspended and seriously challenged, adding: In this situation, with an increase of conflicts and human casualties, considering the sensitivity of public opinion, in the short term, less governments in the region will dare to raise the issue of normalization.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent battle between the Palestinian resistance groups and the Zionist regime, which ended after five days of conflict with the imposition of resistance conditions, had a remarkable phenomenon that was the formation of the “Joint Operations Room,” because this Room played an effective role in the design of operations and field battles of the recent Gaza war.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: The two-day visit of Mr. Raisi, the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to Syria is important from different dimensions. This trip, which has had many reflections in the media and political circles of the region, has a vital role in the implementation of dozens of economic and commercial agreements, as well as the signing of new military and security agreements, which were agreed upon by the parties during the past years but were not fully implemented.
Barsam Mohammadi—Expert in regional issues
Strategic Council Online – An expert on West Asian affairs underlined the importance of the meeting between Ismail Haniyeh and Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, saying: The betrayal the UAE regime committed in normalizing relations with the Zionist regime caused some kind of unity and cohesion among Palestinian groups.
Strategic Council Online: Although the views of the Islamic Jihad Movement differ ideologically from Hamas, the late Ramadan Abdullah Shallah was able to bring Hamas’ views closer to the Islamic Jihad Movement.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East Affairs Expert
Strategic Council Online: A West Asian expert says the meeting between Bahraini Foreign Minister and an Israeli official has taken place to solve the problem of the Zionist regime these days especially after the defeat of the “Deal of the Century.” They needed to place sticks under the arms of the Zionist regime and that was done through the exposure of relations between Arab states and the Tel Aviv regime.
Strategic Council Online: A resolution that would have condemned the Palestinian group Hamas and its attacks on Israel failed to pass the United Nations on Thursday, despite an aggressive campaign by the United States and Israel to cast it as a vote on peace and terrorism.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East Expert
TEHRAN, Oct. 23 – Head of Strategic Research Center of Foreign Relations has said supporting the oppressed nations is among Islamic Republic’s fundamental values.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Developments in the South Caucasus and Central Asia indicate that transit competition has become an arena for a new staging of influence among Iran, Turkey, Russia, and China.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The upcoming Palestinian elections, after nearly two decades of hiatus, could affect the arrangement of political forces, the legitimacy of institutions, and the future path of Palestinian governance.
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.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Following the escalation of the Zionist regime’s racist and provocative measures against the Palestinian nation and the desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Hamas and the Islamic Jihad movement carried out pre-emptive operations on the anniversary of the “Yom Kippur” war against the positions, centers, and strongholds of the Zionist regime, that has become the focus of the attention of the world.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs stated that due to the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Palestine, the normalization of relations with the Zionist regime will be suspended and seriously challenged, adding: In this situation, with an increase of conflicts and human casualties, considering the sensitivity of public opinion, in the short term, less governments in the region will dare to raise the issue of normalization.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent battle between the Palestinian resistance groups and the Zionist regime, which ended after five days of conflict with the imposition of resistance conditions, had a remarkable phenomenon that was the formation of the “Joint Operations Room,” because this Room played an effective role in the design of operations and field battles of the recent Gaza war.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: The two-day visit of Mr. Raisi, the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to Syria is important from different dimensions. This trip, which has had many reflections in the media and political circles of the region, has a vital role in the implementation of dozens of economic and commercial agreements, as well as the signing of new military and security agreements, which were agreed upon by the parties during the past years but were not fully implemented.
Barsam Mohammadi—Expert in regional issues
Strategic Council Online – An expert on West Asian affairs underlined the importance of the meeting between Ismail Haniyeh and Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, saying: The betrayal the UAE regime committed in normalizing relations with the Zionist regime caused some kind of unity and cohesion among Palestinian groups.
Strategic Council Online: Although the views of the Islamic Jihad Movement differ ideologically from Hamas, the late Ramadan Abdullah Shallah was able to bring Hamas’ views closer to the Islamic Jihad Movement.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East Affairs Expert
Strategic Council Online: A West Asian expert says the meeting between Bahraini Foreign Minister and an Israeli official has taken place to solve the problem of the Zionist regime these days especially after the defeat of the “Deal of the Century.” They needed to place sticks under the arms of the Zionist regime and that was done through the exposure of relations between Arab states and the Tel Aviv regime.
Strategic Council Online: A resolution that would have condemned the Palestinian group Hamas and its attacks on Israel failed to pass the United Nations on Thursday, despite an aggressive campaign by the United States and Israel to cast it as a vote on peace and terrorism.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East Expert
TEHRAN, Oct. 23 – Head of Strategic Research Center of Foreign Relations has said supporting the oppressed nations is among Islamic Republic’s fundamental values.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Developments in the South Caucasus and Central Asia indicate that transit competition has become an arena for a new staging of influence among Iran, Turkey, Russia, and China.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The upcoming Palestinian elections, after nearly two decades of hiatus, could affect the arrangement of political forces, the legitimacy of institutions, and the future path of Palestinian governance.
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.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Following the escalation of the Zionist regime’s racist and provocative measures against the Palestinian nation and the desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Hamas and the Islamic Jihad movement carried out pre-emptive operations on the anniversary of the “Yom Kippur” war against the positions, centers, and strongholds of the Zionist regime, that has become the focus of the attention of the world.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs stated that due to the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Palestine, the normalization of relations with the Zionist regime will be suspended and seriously challenged, adding: In this situation, with an increase of conflicts and human casualties, considering the sensitivity of public opinion, in the short term, less governments in the region will dare to raise the issue of normalization.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent battle between the Palestinian resistance groups and the Zionist regime, which ended after five days of conflict with the imposition of resistance conditions, had a remarkable phenomenon that was the formation of the “Joint Operations Room,” because this Room played an effective role in the design of operations and field battles of the recent Gaza war.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: The two-day visit of Mr. Raisi, the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to Syria is important from different dimensions. This trip, which has had many reflections in the media and political circles of the region, has a vital role in the implementation of dozens of economic and commercial agreements, as well as the signing of new military and security agreements, which were agreed upon by the parties during the past years but were not fully implemented.
Barsam Mohammadi—Expert in regional issues
Strategic Council Online – An expert on West Asian affairs underlined the importance of the meeting between Ismail Haniyeh and Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, saying: The betrayal the UAE regime committed in normalizing relations with the Zionist regime caused some kind of unity and cohesion among Palestinian groups.
Strategic Council Online: Although the views of the Islamic Jihad Movement differ ideologically from Hamas, the late Ramadan Abdullah Shallah was able to bring Hamas’ views closer to the Islamic Jihad Movement.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East Affairs Expert
Strategic Council Online: A West Asian expert says the meeting between Bahraini Foreign Minister and an Israeli official has taken place to solve the problem of the Zionist regime these days especially after the defeat of the “Deal of the Century.” They needed to place sticks under the arms of the Zionist regime and that was done through the exposure of relations between Arab states and the Tel Aviv regime.
Strategic Council Online: A resolution that would have condemned the Palestinian group Hamas and its attacks on Israel failed to pass the United Nations on Thursday, despite an aggressive campaign by the United States and Israel to cast it as a vote on peace and terrorism.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East Expert
TEHRAN, Oct. 23 – Head of Strategic Research Center of Foreign Relations has said supporting the oppressed nations is among Islamic Republic’s fundamental values.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Developments in the South Caucasus and Central Asia indicate that transit competition has become an arena for a new staging of influence among Iran, Turkey, Russia, and China.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The upcoming Palestinian elections, after nearly two decades of hiatus, could affect the arrangement of political forces, the legitimacy of institutions, and the future path of Palestinian governance.
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.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Following the escalation of the Zionist regime’s racist and provocative measures against the Palestinian nation and the desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Hamas and the Islamic Jihad movement carried out pre-emptive operations on the anniversary of the “Yom Kippur” war against the positions, centers, and strongholds of the Zionist regime, that has become the focus of the attention of the world.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs stated that due to the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Palestine, the normalization of relations with the Zionist regime will be suspended and seriously challenged, adding: In this situation, with an increase of conflicts and human casualties, considering the sensitivity of public opinion, in the short term, less governments in the region will dare to raise the issue of normalization.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent battle between the Palestinian resistance groups and the Zionist regime, which ended after five days of conflict with the imposition of resistance conditions, had a remarkable phenomenon that was the formation of the “Joint Operations Room,” because this Room played an effective role in the design of operations and field battles of the recent Gaza war.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: The two-day visit of Mr. Raisi, the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to Syria is important from different dimensions. This trip, which has had many reflections in the media and political circles of the region, has a vital role in the implementation of dozens of economic and commercial agreements, as well as the signing of new military and security agreements, which were agreed upon by the parties during the past years but were not fully implemented.
Barsam Mohammadi—Expert in regional issues
Strategic Council Online – An expert on West Asian affairs underlined the importance of the meeting between Ismail Haniyeh and Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, saying: The betrayal the UAE regime committed in normalizing relations with the Zionist regime caused some kind of unity and cohesion among Palestinian groups.
Strategic Council Online: Although the views of the Islamic Jihad Movement differ ideologically from Hamas, the late Ramadan Abdullah Shallah was able to bring Hamas’ views closer to the Islamic Jihad Movement.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East Affairs Expert
Strategic Council Online: A West Asian expert says the meeting between Bahraini Foreign Minister and an Israeli official has taken place to solve the problem of the Zionist regime these days especially after the defeat of the “Deal of the Century.” They needed to place sticks under the arms of the Zionist regime and that was done through the exposure of relations between Arab states and the Tel Aviv regime.
Strategic Council Online: A resolution that would have condemned the Palestinian group Hamas and its attacks on Israel failed to pass the United Nations on Thursday, despite an aggressive campaign by the United States and Israel to cast it as a vote on peace and terrorism.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East Expert
TEHRAN, Oct. 23 – Head of Strategic Research Center of Foreign Relations has said supporting the oppressed nations is among Islamic Republic’s fundamental values.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Developments in the South Caucasus and Central Asia indicate that transit competition has become an arena for a new staging of influence among Iran, Turkey, Russia, and China.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The upcoming Palestinian elections, after nearly two decades of hiatus, could affect the arrangement of political forces, the legitimacy of institutions, and the future path of Palestinian governance.
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.