An Analysis of the Makkah Defense Pact
SCFR Online – Opinion: On Friday, August 7, the heads of state of three countries – Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan – signed a text under the title “Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.”
SCFR Online – Opinion: On Friday, August 7, the heads of state of three countries – Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan – signed a text under the title “Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.”
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A researcher on West Asian affairs stated: The 12-day war of the Israeli regime against Iran, despite its aggressive and destructive nature, can turn into a strategic opportunity for our country; a chance to legitimize defense policies and strengthen the Resistance Discourse in the international system. In a world where public opinion plays an increasing role in shaping policies, effective narrative-building about this war is the key to turning threat into opportunity. Iran, relying on public diplomacy and transnational media, can present the Israeli regime’s attacks as a blatant violation of international law and emphasize its legitimate right to defense and deterrence. Furthermore, by portraying itself as logical, resistant, and oppressed, it can pave the way for increased regional and global empathy. Ultimately, this war can provide a platform for domestic consensus, cohesion of the Resistance Axis, and redefining Iran’s position as a responsible actor in regional security equations.
Strategic Council Online Opinion: The 12-day imposed war, which began on June 12 of this year with the Zionist regime’s invasion of Iranian soil, marked one of the darkest chapters in Iran’s contemporary history. This conflict started with Israel’s surprise attacks on Iran’s military and nuclear facilities, as well as civilian targets, including several hospitals. It was accompanied by the targeted assassinations of military commanders and prominent nuclear scientists, the destruction of Evin Prison (resulting in 71 deaths), and the bombing of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB. The direct involvement of the U.S., through the bombing of Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities in Fordow and Isfahan, completed this tragedy. These actions not only constituted a blatant violation of international obligations, including the UN Charter, the Geneva Conventions, and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), but also imposed heavy legal and criminal responsibility on the U.S. and the Israeli regime.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Military attack on the civilian nuclear facilities of any country that is a member of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) constitutes a clear violation of the United Nations Charter, international humanitarian law, and specifically the NPT.
Strategic Council Online– Opinion: International law, as a set of rules and principles governing relations between states, always emphasizes the preservation of peace, security, and sovereignty of states. One of the fundamental principles of this legal system is respect for the territorial sovereignty of states and the prohibition of violating their territorial integrity without legal authorization.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international law said: If two-thirds of the 124 member states of the International Criminal Court support the Court’s verdict to arrest Netanyahu and Gallant, it would be sufficient politically and legally. This verdict is intended to exert political and international pressure on the officials of the Zionist regime, especially Benjamin Netanyahu, so that, while condemning the actions and behavior that have been taken against the people of Gaza to date, this behavior and support for them will change in the future.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime has announced that the codename of the assassination operation of Martyr Seyed Hassan Nasrallah was “New Order.” What might this designation mean, and why should the international community be concerned about it?
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime alone lacks the necessary and sufficient capacities to carry out belligerent policies, terror, genocide, and violence in the “long term.” What has kept this regime afloat for more than 75 years and has caused its bellicosity to continue is mainly due to two fundamental factors: First, the support of Western countries, especially the United States, for the Zionist regime, and second, the complete passivity and self-defeat of some Arab governments in the face of crimes of the Zionists.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international lawyer said legal capacities cannot be exploited without political and diplomatic resolve and action; therefore, regional and international cooperation “around the axis of the recent advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict should be placed on the agenda of the diplomatic apparatus of the new government.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international issues said that the Security Council, General Assembly Human Rights Council, and other UN bodies from now on, even if they don’t want to, will have to include the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice in their future statements and resolutions. Calling the Israeli regime “occupier” and referring to its illegal actions in the Occupied Territories against the Palestinians is a political and legal failure for this regime and its supporters.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on regional issues said: One of the strategic and long-term dimensions of Iran’s tough missile-drone response to the Occupied Territories will be the further withdrawal of the Zionist regime from its positions in the Gaza war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: On Friday, August 7, the heads of state of three countries – Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan – signed a text under the title “Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.”
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A researcher on West Asian affairs stated: The 12-day war of the Israeli regime against Iran, despite its aggressive and destructive nature, can turn into a strategic opportunity for our country; a chance to legitimize defense policies and strengthen the Resistance Discourse in the international system. In a world where public opinion plays an increasing role in shaping policies, effective narrative-building about this war is the key to turning threat into opportunity. Iran, relying on public diplomacy and transnational media, can present the Israeli regime’s attacks as a blatant violation of international law and emphasize its legitimate right to defense and deterrence. Furthermore, by portraying itself as logical, resistant, and oppressed, it can pave the way for increased regional and global empathy. Ultimately, this war can provide a platform for domestic consensus, cohesion of the Resistance Axis, and redefining Iran’s position as a responsible actor in regional security equations.
Strategic Council Online Opinion: The 12-day imposed war, which began on June 12 of this year with the Zionist regime’s invasion of Iranian soil, marked one of the darkest chapters in Iran’s contemporary history. This conflict started with Israel’s surprise attacks on Iran’s military and nuclear facilities, as well as civilian targets, including several hospitals. It was accompanied by the targeted assassinations of military commanders and prominent nuclear scientists, the destruction of Evin Prison (resulting in 71 deaths), and the bombing of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB. The direct involvement of the U.S., through the bombing of Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities in Fordow and Isfahan, completed this tragedy. These actions not only constituted a blatant violation of international obligations, including the UN Charter, the Geneva Conventions, and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), but also imposed heavy legal and criminal responsibility on the U.S. and the Israeli regime.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Military attack on the civilian nuclear facilities of any country that is a member of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) constitutes a clear violation of the United Nations Charter, international humanitarian law, and specifically the NPT.
Strategic Council Online– Opinion: International law, as a set of rules and principles governing relations between states, always emphasizes the preservation of peace, security, and sovereignty of states. One of the fundamental principles of this legal system is respect for the territorial sovereignty of states and the prohibition of violating their territorial integrity without legal authorization.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international law said: If two-thirds of the 124 member states of the International Criminal Court support the Court’s verdict to arrest Netanyahu and Gallant, it would be sufficient politically and legally. This verdict is intended to exert political and international pressure on the officials of the Zionist regime, especially Benjamin Netanyahu, so that, while condemning the actions and behavior that have been taken against the people of Gaza to date, this behavior and support for them will change in the future.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime has announced that the codename of the assassination operation of Martyr Seyed Hassan Nasrallah was “New Order.” What might this designation mean, and why should the international community be concerned about it?
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime alone lacks the necessary and sufficient capacities to carry out belligerent policies, terror, genocide, and violence in the “long term.” What has kept this regime afloat for more than 75 years and has caused its bellicosity to continue is mainly due to two fundamental factors: First, the support of Western countries, especially the United States, for the Zionist regime, and second, the complete passivity and self-defeat of some Arab governments in the face of crimes of the Zionists.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international lawyer said legal capacities cannot be exploited without political and diplomatic resolve and action; therefore, regional and international cooperation “around the axis of the recent advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict should be placed on the agenda of the diplomatic apparatus of the new government.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international issues said that the Security Council, General Assembly Human Rights Council, and other UN bodies from now on, even if they don’t want to, will have to include the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice in their future statements and resolutions. Calling the Israeli regime “occupier” and referring to its illegal actions in the Occupied Territories against the Palestinians is a political and legal failure for this regime and its supporters.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on regional issues said: One of the strategic and long-term dimensions of Iran’s tough missile-drone response to the Occupied Territories will be the further withdrawal of the Zionist regime from its positions in the Gaza war.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A researcher on West Asian affairs stated: The 12-day war of the Israeli regime against Iran, despite its aggressive and destructive nature, can turn into a strategic opportunity for our country; a chance to legitimize defense policies and strengthen the Resistance Discourse in the international system. In a world where public opinion plays an increasing role in shaping policies, effective narrative-building about this war is the key to turning threat into opportunity. Iran, relying on public diplomacy and transnational media, can present the Israeli regime’s attacks as a blatant violation of international law and emphasize its legitimate right to defense and deterrence. Furthermore, by portraying itself as logical, resistant, and oppressed, it can pave the way for increased regional and global empathy. Ultimately, this war can provide a platform for domestic consensus, cohesion of the Resistance Axis, and redefining Iran’s position as a responsible actor in regional security equations.
Strategic Council Online Opinion: The 12-day imposed war, which began on June 12 of this year with the Zionist regime’s invasion of Iranian soil, marked one of the darkest chapters in Iran’s contemporary history. This conflict started with Israel’s surprise attacks on Iran’s military and nuclear facilities, as well as civilian targets, including several hospitals. It was accompanied by the targeted assassinations of military commanders and prominent nuclear scientists, the destruction of Evin Prison (resulting in 71 deaths), and the bombing of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB. The direct involvement of the U.S., through the bombing of Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities in Fordow and Isfahan, completed this tragedy. These actions not only constituted a blatant violation of international obligations, including the UN Charter, the Geneva Conventions, and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), but also imposed heavy legal and criminal responsibility on the U.S. and the Israeli regime.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Military attack on the civilian nuclear facilities of any country that is a member of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) constitutes a clear violation of the United Nations Charter, international humanitarian law, and specifically the NPT.
Strategic Council Online– Opinion: International law, as a set of rules and principles governing relations between states, always emphasizes the preservation of peace, security, and sovereignty of states. One of the fundamental principles of this legal system is respect for the territorial sovereignty of states and the prohibition of violating their territorial integrity without legal authorization.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international law said: If two-thirds of the 124 member states of the International Criminal Court support the Court’s verdict to arrest Netanyahu and Gallant, it would be sufficient politically and legally. This verdict is intended to exert political and international pressure on the officials of the Zionist regime, especially Benjamin Netanyahu, so that, while condemning the actions and behavior that have been taken against the people of Gaza to date, this behavior and support for them will change in the future.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime has announced that the codename of the assassination operation of Martyr Seyed Hassan Nasrallah was “New Order.” What might this designation mean, and why should the international community be concerned about it?
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime alone lacks the necessary and sufficient capacities to carry out belligerent policies, terror, genocide, and violence in the “long term.” What has kept this regime afloat for more than 75 years and has caused its bellicosity to continue is mainly due to two fundamental factors: First, the support of Western countries, especially the United States, for the Zionist regime, and second, the complete passivity and self-defeat of some Arab governments in the face of crimes of the Zionists.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international lawyer said legal capacities cannot be exploited without political and diplomatic resolve and action; therefore, regional and international cooperation “around the axis of the recent advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict should be placed on the agenda of the diplomatic apparatus of the new government.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international issues said that the Security Council, General Assembly Human Rights Council, and other UN bodies from now on, even if they don’t want to, will have to include the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice in their future statements and resolutions. Calling the Israeli regime “occupier” and referring to its illegal actions in the Occupied Territories against the Palestinians is a political and legal failure for this regime and its supporters.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on regional issues said: One of the strategic and long-term dimensions of Iran’s tough missile-drone response to the Occupied Territories will be the further withdrawal of the Zionist regime from its positions in the Gaza war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: On Friday, August 7, the heads of state of three countries – Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan – signed a text under the title “Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.”
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A researcher on West Asian affairs stated: The 12-day war of the Israeli regime against Iran, despite its aggressive and destructive nature, can turn into a strategic opportunity for our country; a chance to legitimize defense policies and strengthen the Resistance Discourse in the international system. In a world where public opinion plays an increasing role in shaping policies, effective narrative-building about this war is the key to turning threat into opportunity. Iran, relying on public diplomacy and transnational media, can present the Israeli regime’s attacks as a blatant violation of international law and emphasize its legitimate right to defense and deterrence. Furthermore, by portraying itself as logical, resistant, and oppressed, it can pave the way for increased regional and global empathy. Ultimately, this war can provide a platform for domestic consensus, cohesion of the Resistance Axis, and redefining Iran’s position as a responsible actor in regional security equations.
Strategic Council Online Opinion: The 12-day imposed war, which began on June 12 of this year with the Zionist regime’s invasion of Iranian soil, marked one of the darkest chapters in Iran’s contemporary history. This conflict started with Israel’s surprise attacks on Iran’s military and nuclear facilities, as well as civilian targets, including several hospitals. It was accompanied by the targeted assassinations of military commanders and prominent nuclear scientists, the destruction of Evin Prison (resulting in 71 deaths), and the bombing of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB. The direct involvement of the U.S., through the bombing of Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities in Fordow and Isfahan, completed this tragedy. These actions not only constituted a blatant violation of international obligations, including the UN Charter, the Geneva Conventions, and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), but also imposed heavy legal and criminal responsibility on the U.S. and the Israeli regime.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Military attack on the civilian nuclear facilities of any country that is a member of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) constitutes a clear violation of the United Nations Charter, international humanitarian law, and specifically the NPT.
Strategic Council Online– Opinion: International law, as a set of rules and principles governing relations between states, always emphasizes the preservation of peace, security, and sovereignty of states. One of the fundamental principles of this legal system is respect for the territorial sovereignty of states and the prohibition of violating their territorial integrity without legal authorization.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international law said: If two-thirds of the 124 member states of the International Criminal Court support the Court’s verdict to arrest Netanyahu and Gallant, it would be sufficient politically and legally. This verdict is intended to exert political and international pressure on the officials of the Zionist regime, especially Benjamin Netanyahu, so that, while condemning the actions and behavior that have been taken against the people of Gaza to date, this behavior and support for them will change in the future.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime has announced that the codename of the assassination operation of Martyr Seyed Hassan Nasrallah was “New Order.” What might this designation mean, and why should the international community be concerned about it?
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime alone lacks the necessary and sufficient capacities to carry out belligerent policies, terror, genocide, and violence in the “long term.” What has kept this regime afloat for more than 75 years and has caused its bellicosity to continue is mainly due to two fundamental factors: First, the support of Western countries, especially the United States, for the Zionist regime, and second, the complete passivity and self-defeat of some Arab governments in the face of crimes of the Zionists.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international lawyer said legal capacities cannot be exploited without political and diplomatic resolve and action; therefore, regional and international cooperation “around the axis of the recent advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict should be placed on the agenda of the diplomatic apparatus of the new government.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international issues said that the Security Council, General Assembly Human Rights Council, and other UN bodies from now on, even if they don’t want to, will have to include the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice in their future statements and resolutions. Calling the Israeli regime “occupier” and referring to its illegal actions in the Occupied Territories against the Palestinians is a political and legal failure for this regime and its supporters.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on regional issues said: One of the strategic and long-term dimensions of Iran’s tough missile-drone response to the Occupied Territories will be the further withdrawal of the Zionist regime from its positions in the Gaza war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: On Friday, August 7, the heads of state of three countries – Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan – signed a text under the title “Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.”
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A researcher on West Asian affairs stated: The 12-day war of the Israeli regime against Iran, despite its aggressive and destructive nature, can turn into a strategic opportunity for our country; a chance to legitimize defense policies and strengthen the Resistance Discourse in the international system. In a world where public opinion plays an increasing role in shaping policies, effective narrative-building about this war is the key to turning threat into opportunity. Iran, relying on public diplomacy and transnational media, can present the Israeli regime’s attacks as a blatant violation of international law and emphasize its legitimate right to defense and deterrence. Furthermore, by portraying itself as logical, resistant, and oppressed, it can pave the way for increased regional and global empathy. Ultimately, this war can provide a platform for domestic consensus, cohesion of the Resistance Axis, and redefining Iran’s position as a responsible actor in regional security equations.
Strategic Council Online Opinion: The 12-day imposed war, which began on June 12 of this year with the Zionist regime’s invasion of Iranian soil, marked one of the darkest chapters in Iran’s contemporary history. This conflict started with Israel’s surprise attacks on Iran’s military and nuclear facilities, as well as civilian targets, including several hospitals. It was accompanied by the targeted assassinations of military commanders and prominent nuclear scientists, the destruction of Evin Prison (resulting in 71 deaths), and the bombing of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB. The direct involvement of the U.S., through the bombing of Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities in Fordow and Isfahan, completed this tragedy. These actions not only constituted a blatant violation of international obligations, including the UN Charter, the Geneva Conventions, and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), but also imposed heavy legal and criminal responsibility on the U.S. and the Israeli regime.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Military attack on the civilian nuclear facilities of any country that is a member of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) constitutes a clear violation of the United Nations Charter, international humanitarian law, and specifically the NPT.
Strategic Council Online– Opinion: International law, as a set of rules and principles governing relations between states, always emphasizes the preservation of peace, security, and sovereignty of states. One of the fundamental principles of this legal system is respect for the territorial sovereignty of states and the prohibition of violating their territorial integrity without legal authorization.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international law said: If two-thirds of the 124 member states of the International Criminal Court support the Court’s verdict to arrest Netanyahu and Gallant, it would be sufficient politically and legally. This verdict is intended to exert political and international pressure on the officials of the Zionist regime, especially Benjamin Netanyahu, so that, while condemning the actions and behavior that have been taken against the people of Gaza to date, this behavior and support for them will change in the future.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime has announced that the codename of the assassination operation of Martyr Seyed Hassan Nasrallah was “New Order.” What might this designation mean, and why should the international community be concerned about it?
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime alone lacks the necessary and sufficient capacities to carry out belligerent policies, terror, genocide, and violence in the “long term.” What has kept this regime afloat for more than 75 years and has caused its bellicosity to continue is mainly due to two fundamental factors: First, the support of Western countries, especially the United States, for the Zionist regime, and second, the complete passivity and self-defeat of some Arab governments in the face of crimes of the Zionists.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international lawyer said legal capacities cannot be exploited without political and diplomatic resolve and action; therefore, regional and international cooperation “around the axis of the recent advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict should be placed on the agenda of the diplomatic apparatus of the new government.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international issues said that the Security Council, General Assembly Human Rights Council, and other UN bodies from now on, even if they don’t want to, will have to include the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice in their future statements and resolutions. Calling the Israeli regime “occupier” and referring to its illegal actions in the Occupied Territories against the Palestinians is a political and legal failure for this regime and its supporters.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on regional issues said: One of the strategic and long-term dimensions of Iran’s tough missile-drone response to the Occupied Territories will be the further withdrawal of the Zionist regime from its positions in the Gaza war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: On Friday, August 7, the heads of state of three countries – Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan – signed a text under the title “Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.”
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A researcher on West Asian affairs stated: The 12-day war of the Israeli regime against Iran, despite its aggressive and destructive nature, can turn into a strategic opportunity for our country; a chance to legitimize defense policies and strengthen the Resistance Discourse in the international system. In a world where public opinion plays an increasing role in shaping policies, effective narrative-building about this war is the key to turning threat into opportunity. Iran, relying on public diplomacy and transnational media, can present the Israeli regime’s attacks as a blatant violation of international law and emphasize its legitimate right to defense and deterrence. Furthermore, by portraying itself as logical, resistant, and oppressed, it can pave the way for increased regional and global empathy. Ultimately, this war can provide a platform for domestic consensus, cohesion of the Resistance Axis, and redefining Iran’s position as a responsible actor in regional security equations.
Strategic Council Online Opinion: The 12-day imposed war, which began on June 12 of this year with the Zionist regime’s invasion of Iranian soil, marked one of the darkest chapters in Iran’s contemporary history. This conflict started with Israel’s surprise attacks on Iran’s military and nuclear facilities, as well as civilian targets, including several hospitals. It was accompanied by the targeted assassinations of military commanders and prominent nuclear scientists, the destruction of Evin Prison (resulting in 71 deaths), and the bombing of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB. The direct involvement of the U.S., through the bombing of Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities in Fordow and Isfahan, completed this tragedy. These actions not only constituted a blatant violation of international obligations, including the UN Charter, the Geneva Conventions, and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), but also imposed heavy legal and criminal responsibility on the U.S. and the Israeli regime.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Military attack on the civilian nuclear facilities of any country that is a member of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) constitutes a clear violation of the United Nations Charter, international humanitarian law, and specifically the NPT.
Strategic Council Online– Opinion: International law, as a set of rules and principles governing relations between states, always emphasizes the preservation of peace, security, and sovereignty of states. One of the fundamental principles of this legal system is respect for the territorial sovereignty of states and the prohibition of violating their territorial integrity without legal authorization.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international law said: If two-thirds of the 124 member states of the International Criminal Court support the Court’s verdict to arrest Netanyahu and Gallant, it would be sufficient politically and legally. This verdict is intended to exert political and international pressure on the officials of the Zionist regime, especially Benjamin Netanyahu, so that, while condemning the actions and behavior that have been taken against the people of Gaza to date, this behavior and support for them will change in the future.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime has announced that the codename of the assassination operation of Martyr Seyed Hassan Nasrallah was “New Order.” What might this designation mean, and why should the international community be concerned about it?
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime alone lacks the necessary and sufficient capacities to carry out belligerent policies, terror, genocide, and violence in the “long term.” What has kept this regime afloat for more than 75 years and has caused its bellicosity to continue is mainly due to two fundamental factors: First, the support of Western countries, especially the United States, for the Zionist regime, and second, the complete passivity and self-defeat of some Arab governments in the face of crimes of the Zionists.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international lawyer said legal capacities cannot be exploited without political and diplomatic resolve and action; therefore, regional and international cooperation “around the axis of the recent advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict should be placed on the agenda of the diplomatic apparatus of the new government.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international issues said that the Security Council, General Assembly Human Rights Council, and other UN bodies from now on, even if they don’t want to, will have to include the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice in their future statements and resolutions. Calling the Israeli regime “occupier” and referring to its illegal actions in the Occupied Territories against the Palestinians is a political and legal failure for this regime and its supporters.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on regional issues said: One of the strategic and long-term dimensions of Iran’s tough missile-drone response to the Occupied Territories will be the further withdrawal of the Zionist regime from its positions in the Gaza war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: On Friday, August 7, the heads of state of three countries – Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan – signed a text under the title “Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.”
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A researcher on West Asian affairs stated: The 12-day war of the Israeli regime against Iran, despite its aggressive and destructive nature, can turn into a strategic opportunity for our country; a chance to legitimize defense policies and strengthen the Resistance Discourse in the international system. In a world where public opinion plays an increasing role in shaping policies, effective narrative-building about this war is the key to turning threat into opportunity. Iran, relying on public diplomacy and transnational media, can present the Israeli regime’s attacks as a blatant violation of international law and emphasize its legitimate right to defense and deterrence. Furthermore, by portraying itself as logical, resistant, and oppressed, it can pave the way for increased regional and global empathy. Ultimately, this war can provide a platform for domestic consensus, cohesion of the Resistance Axis, and redefining Iran’s position as a responsible actor in regional security equations.
Strategic Council Online Opinion: The 12-day imposed war, which began on June 12 of this year with the Zionist regime’s invasion of Iranian soil, marked one of the darkest chapters in Iran’s contemporary history. This conflict started with Israel’s surprise attacks on Iran’s military and nuclear facilities, as well as civilian targets, including several hospitals. It was accompanied by the targeted assassinations of military commanders and prominent nuclear scientists, the destruction of Evin Prison (resulting in 71 deaths), and the bombing of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB. The direct involvement of the U.S., through the bombing of Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities in Fordow and Isfahan, completed this tragedy. These actions not only constituted a blatant violation of international obligations, including the UN Charter, the Geneva Conventions, and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), but also imposed heavy legal and criminal responsibility on the U.S. and the Israeli regime.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Military attack on the civilian nuclear facilities of any country that is a member of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) constitutes a clear violation of the United Nations Charter, international humanitarian law, and specifically the NPT.
Strategic Council Online– Opinion: International law, as a set of rules and principles governing relations between states, always emphasizes the preservation of peace, security, and sovereignty of states. One of the fundamental principles of this legal system is respect for the territorial sovereignty of states and the prohibition of violating their territorial integrity without legal authorization.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international law said: If two-thirds of the 124 member states of the International Criminal Court support the Court’s verdict to arrest Netanyahu and Gallant, it would be sufficient politically and legally. This verdict is intended to exert political and international pressure on the officials of the Zionist regime, especially Benjamin Netanyahu, so that, while condemning the actions and behavior that have been taken against the people of Gaza to date, this behavior and support for them will change in the future.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime has announced that the codename of the assassination operation of Martyr Seyed Hassan Nasrallah was “New Order.” What might this designation mean, and why should the international community be concerned about it?
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime alone lacks the necessary and sufficient capacities to carry out belligerent policies, terror, genocide, and violence in the “long term.” What has kept this regime afloat for more than 75 years and has caused its bellicosity to continue is mainly due to two fundamental factors: First, the support of Western countries, especially the United States, for the Zionist regime, and second, the complete passivity and self-defeat of some Arab governments in the face of crimes of the Zionists.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international lawyer said legal capacities cannot be exploited without political and diplomatic resolve and action; therefore, regional and international cooperation “around the axis of the recent advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict should be placed on the agenda of the diplomatic apparatus of the new government.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international issues said that the Security Council, General Assembly Human Rights Council, and other UN bodies from now on, even if they don’t want to, will have to include the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice in their future statements and resolutions. Calling the Israeli regime “occupier” and referring to its illegal actions in the Occupied Territories against the Palestinians is a political and legal failure for this regime and its supporters.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on regional issues said: One of the strategic and long-term dimensions of Iran’s tough missile-drone response to the Occupied Territories will be the further withdrawal of the Zionist regime from its positions in the Gaza war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: On Friday, August 7, the heads of state of three countries – Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan – signed a text under the title “Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.”
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.