Strategic Council Online: For nearly three years now, due to various reasons, including different conspiracies, Iran-Tajikistan relations have gone through ups and downs that do not match the close relations of the two countries in the past.
Vali Kouzegar Kaleji – Senior Researcher on Central Asian and Caucasus Affairs
Strategic Council Online: There is little optimism about the possibility of Iran-Pakistan cooperation in the fight against terrorism or what is known as Islamic radicals with Wahhabi orientation in Pakistan. The reason is that the Pakistanis claim to be willing to cooperate but in practice they have adopted a dual policy on this issue. Particularly, the Pakistani Military Intelligence Agency (ISI) looks at radical Islamic groups as a strategic tool.
Pir Mohammad Mollazehi, Expert on the Subcontinent Affairs
Strategic Council Online: For the real progress of the peace talks, the Taliban must accept to enter into negotiations with the central government and Khalilzad and the Americans must accept to pull out their troops from Afghanistan.
Pir Mohammad Mollazehi – Expert on the Indian Affairs in the Subcontinent
Strategic Council Online: Ever since he came to power, Donald Trump has sought to cause rift and division between European countries and his ultimate goal is based on the approach to disintegrate the European Union.
Abdolreza Faraji Rad – Geopolitics Professor
Strategic Council Online: The president of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations has praised the crucial cooperation between Iran and Russia against terrorism and instability in the region.