SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
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.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The International Court of Justice on Friday, 26 January 2024, announced its interim verdict regarding South Africa’s case against Israel for “committing the crime of genocide in Gaza” and the need to take extraordinary measures. According to this ruling, there is evidence of genocide in Gaza; Therefore, the court rejected a request by Israel to throw out the case.
Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Mazaheri – University Professor
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on international law issues said that the judgment of the Hague Court on South Africa’s case against the Zionist regime is “unprecedented” because the plaintiff is not involved in the complaint and is not a party to the lawsuit, but as a member of the Convention against Torture and Genocide, could file this lawsuit and Africa South also used this opportunity in terms of political sensitivities.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on European affairs said: The French foreign minister recently after two Zionist ministers demanded the settlement of the people of Gaza outside of this area, stated that “it’s not up to Israel to determine the future of Gaza, which is Palestinian land.”
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: ISIS, which has been in a relatively long period of inactivity, has recovered and started “meaningful movements” in recent months, at the same time as the crimes against humanity and the genocide of the Zionist regime in Gaza.
Barsam Mohammadi—Expert of regional issues
Strategic Council Online—Opinion– The passage of 21,000 vessels and the transit of 57% of the world’s energy through the Bab al-Mandeb route has turned this region into one of the most important routes for the transfer of goods globally. A considerable amount of crude oil, diesel, and other oil products from the Middle East are transported to Europe, and Russian oil goes to India and China through this route.
Mahmoud Fazeli—Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international lawyer said: South Africa’s success in filing a lawsuit against the Zionist regime in the International Court of Justice is capable of immediate destruction of the image of that regime, the tool to maintain it, justification of the crimes of the regime, the main lever of its lobbies, achievements of its propaganda and psychological warfare, its “security building” capacity and the political future of its statesmen.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The impact of the war in Gaza on Benjamin Netanyahu’s “political future” is one of the “important consequences” of the war in the internal arena of the Zionist regime. The war in Gaza will be the end of Netanyahu’s political life, who made many efforts to gain power in the last election.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Interview: The United States of America has recently announced that it will form a regional naval coalition to face Yemen’s Ansarollah attacks in the Red Sea. A coalition that showed its weakness from the beginning by failing to have the support of the Arab countries, and among the Arab countries, only Bahrain joined it.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on West Asian issues emphasized that now the US and Europe are extremely worried about the prolongation of the war in Gaza because this situation increases the gaps between public opinion and differences with their governments, adding that despite sending a large amount of weapons from Western governments as well as all kinds of support in international organizations, support for the actions of the Zionist regime has decreased in the public opinion of these countries.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, while stressing that as the war dragged on, the position of Europe and the US regarding the nonrealization of the declared objectives of the Zionist regime has become realistic to some extent, noted: The experience of asymmetric wars shows that destroying Hamas militarily by the Zionist regime is impossible.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
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.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The International Court of Justice on Friday, 26 January 2024, announced its interim verdict regarding South Africa’s case against Israel for “committing the crime of genocide in Gaza” and the need to take extraordinary measures. According to this ruling, there is evidence of genocide in Gaza; Therefore, the court rejected a request by Israel to throw out the case.
Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Mazaheri – University Professor
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on international law issues said that the judgment of the Hague Court on South Africa’s case against the Zionist regime is “unprecedented” because the plaintiff is not involved in the complaint and is not a party to the lawsuit, but as a member of the Convention against Torture and Genocide, could file this lawsuit and Africa South also used this opportunity in terms of political sensitivities.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on European affairs said: The French foreign minister recently after two Zionist ministers demanded the settlement of the people of Gaza outside of this area, stated that “it’s not up to Israel to determine the future of Gaza, which is Palestinian land.”
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: ISIS, which has been in a relatively long period of inactivity, has recovered and started “meaningful movements” in recent months, at the same time as the crimes against humanity and the genocide of the Zionist regime in Gaza.
Barsam Mohammadi—Expert of regional issues
Strategic Council Online—Opinion– The passage of 21,000 vessels and the transit of 57% of the world’s energy through the Bab al-Mandeb route has turned this region into one of the most important routes for the transfer of goods globally. A considerable amount of crude oil, diesel, and other oil products from the Middle East are transported to Europe, and Russian oil goes to India and China through this route.
Mahmoud Fazeli—Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international lawyer said: South Africa’s success in filing a lawsuit against the Zionist regime in the International Court of Justice is capable of immediate destruction of the image of that regime, the tool to maintain it, justification of the crimes of the regime, the main lever of its lobbies, achievements of its propaganda and psychological warfare, its “security building” capacity and the political future of its statesmen.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The impact of the war in Gaza on Benjamin Netanyahu’s “political future” is one of the “important consequences” of the war in the internal arena of the Zionist regime. The war in Gaza will be the end of Netanyahu’s political life, who made many efforts to gain power in the last election.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Interview: The United States of America has recently announced that it will form a regional naval coalition to face Yemen’s Ansarollah attacks in the Red Sea. A coalition that showed its weakness from the beginning by failing to have the support of the Arab countries, and among the Arab countries, only Bahrain joined it.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on West Asian issues emphasized that now the US and Europe are extremely worried about the prolongation of the war in Gaza because this situation increases the gaps between public opinion and differences with their governments, adding that despite sending a large amount of weapons from Western governments as well as all kinds of support in international organizations, support for the actions of the Zionist regime has decreased in the public opinion of these countries.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, while stressing that as the war dragged on, the position of Europe and the US regarding the nonrealization of the declared objectives of the Zionist regime has become realistic to some extent, noted: The experience of asymmetric wars shows that destroying Hamas militarily by the Zionist regime is impossible.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The International Court of Justice on Friday, 26 January 2024, announced its interim verdict regarding South Africa’s case against Israel for “committing the crime of genocide in Gaza” and the need to take extraordinary measures. According to this ruling, there is evidence of genocide in Gaza; Therefore, the court rejected a request by Israel to throw out the case.
Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Mazaheri – University Professor
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on international law issues said that the judgment of the Hague Court on South Africa’s case against the Zionist regime is “unprecedented” because the plaintiff is not involved in the complaint and is not a party to the lawsuit, but as a member of the Convention against Torture and Genocide, could file this lawsuit and Africa South also used this opportunity in terms of political sensitivities.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on European affairs said: The French foreign minister recently after two Zionist ministers demanded the settlement of the people of Gaza outside of this area, stated that “it’s not up to Israel to determine the future of Gaza, which is Palestinian land.”
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: ISIS, which has been in a relatively long period of inactivity, has recovered and started “meaningful movements” in recent months, at the same time as the crimes against humanity and the genocide of the Zionist regime in Gaza.
Barsam Mohammadi—Expert of regional issues
Strategic Council Online—Opinion– The passage of 21,000 vessels and the transit of 57% of the world’s energy through the Bab al-Mandeb route has turned this region into one of the most important routes for the transfer of goods globally. A considerable amount of crude oil, diesel, and other oil products from the Middle East are transported to Europe, and Russian oil goes to India and China through this route.
Mahmoud Fazeli—Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international lawyer said: South Africa’s success in filing a lawsuit against the Zionist regime in the International Court of Justice is capable of immediate destruction of the image of that regime, the tool to maintain it, justification of the crimes of the regime, the main lever of its lobbies, achievements of its propaganda and psychological warfare, its “security building” capacity and the political future of its statesmen.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The impact of the war in Gaza on Benjamin Netanyahu’s “political future” is one of the “important consequences” of the war in the internal arena of the Zionist regime. The war in Gaza will be the end of Netanyahu’s political life, who made many efforts to gain power in the last election.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Interview: The United States of America has recently announced that it will form a regional naval coalition to face Yemen’s Ansarollah attacks in the Red Sea. A coalition that showed its weakness from the beginning by failing to have the support of the Arab countries, and among the Arab countries, only Bahrain joined it.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on West Asian issues emphasized that now the US and Europe are extremely worried about the prolongation of the war in Gaza because this situation increases the gaps between public opinion and differences with their governments, adding that despite sending a large amount of weapons from Western governments as well as all kinds of support in international organizations, support for the actions of the Zionist regime has decreased in the public opinion of these countries.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, while stressing that as the war dragged on, the position of Europe and the US regarding the nonrealization of the declared objectives of the Zionist regime has become realistic to some extent, noted: The experience of asymmetric wars shows that destroying Hamas militarily by the Zionist regime is impossible.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
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.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The International Court of Justice on Friday, 26 January 2024, announced its interim verdict regarding South Africa’s case against Israel for “committing the crime of genocide in Gaza” and the need to take extraordinary measures. According to this ruling, there is evidence of genocide in Gaza; Therefore, the court rejected a request by Israel to throw out the case.
Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Mazaheri – University Professor
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on international law issues said that the judgment of the Hague Court on South Africa’s case against the Zionist regime is “unprecedented” because the plaintiff is not involved in the complaint and is not a party to the lawsuit, but as a member of the Convention against Torture and Genocide, could file this lawsuit and Africa South also used this opportunity in terms of political sensitivities.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on European affairs said: The French foreign minister recently after two Zionist ministers demanded the settlement of the people of Gaza outside of this area, stated that “it’s not up to Israel to determine the future of Gaza, which is Palestinian land.”
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: ISIS, which has been in a relatively long period of inactivity, has recovered and started “meaningful movements” in recent months, at the same time as the crimes against humanity and the genocide of the Zionist regime in Gaza.
Barsam Mohammadi—Expert of regional issues
Strategic Council Online—Opinion– The passage of 21,000 vessels and the transit of 57% of the world’s energy through the Bab al-Mandeb route has turned this region into one of the most important routes for the transfer of goods globally. A considerable amount of crude oil, diesel, and other oil products from the Middle East are transported to Europe, and Russian oil goes to India and China through this route.
Mahmoud Fazeli—Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international lawyer said: South Africa’s success in filing a lawsuit against the Zionist regime in the International Court of Justice is capable of immediate destruction of the image of that regime, the tool to maintain it, justification of the crimes of the regime, the main lever of its lobbies, achievements of its propaganda and psychological warfare, its “security building” capacity and the political future of its statesmen.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The impact of the war in Gaza on Benjamin Netanyahu’s “political future” is one of the “important consequences” of the war in the internal arena of the Zionist regime. The war in Gaza will be the end of Netanyahu’s political life, who made many efforts to gain power in the last election.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Interview: The United States of America has recently announced that it will form a regional naval coalition to face Yemen’s Ansarollah attacks in the Red Sea. A coalition that showed its weakness from the beginning by failing to have the support of the Arab countries, and among the Arab countries, only Bahrain joined it.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on West Asian issues emphasized that now the US and Europe are extremely worried about the prolongation of the war in Gaza because this situation increases the gaps between public opinion and differences with their governments, adding that despite sending a large amount of weapons from Western governments as well as all kinds of support in international organizations, support for the actions of the Zionist regime has decreased in the public opinion of these countries.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, while stressing that as the war dragged on, the position of Europe and the US regarding the nonrealization of the declared objectives of the Zionist regime has become realistic to some extent, noted: The experience of asymmetric wars shows that destroying Hamas militarily by the Zionist regime is impossible.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
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.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The International Court of Justice on Friday, 26 January 2024, announced its interim verdict regarding South Africa’s case against Israel for “committing the crime of genocide in Gaza” and the need to take extraordinary measures. According to this ruling, there is evidence of genocide in Gaza; Therefore, the court rejected a request by Israel to throw out the case.
Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Mazaheri – University Professor
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on international law issues said that the judgment of the Hague Court on South Africa’s case against the Zionist regime is “unprecedented” because the plaintiff is not involved in the complaint and is not a party to the lawsuit, but as a member of the Convention against Torture and Genocide, could file this lawsuit and Africa South also used this opportunity in terms of political sensitivities.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on European affairs said: The French foreign minister recently after two Zionist ministers demanded the settlement of the people of Gaza outside of this area, stated that “it’s not up to Israel to determine the future of Gaza, which is Palestinian land.”
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: ISIS, which has been in a relatively long period of inactivity, has recovered and started “meaningful movements” in recent months, at the same time as the crimes against humanity and the genocide of the Zionist regime in Gaza.
Barsam Mohammadi—Expert of regional issues
Strategic Council Online—Opinion– The passage of 21,000 vessels and the transit of 57% of the world’s energy through the Bab al-Mandeb route has turned this region into one of the most important routes for the transfer of goods globally. A considerable amount of crude oil, diesel, and other oil products from the Middle East are transported to Europe, and Russian oil goes to India and China through this route.
Mahmoud Fazeli—Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international lawyer said: South Africa’s success in filing a lawsuit against the Zionist regime in the International Court of Justice is capable of immediate destruction of the image of that regime, the tool to maintain it, justification of the crimes of the regime, the main lever of its lobbies, achievements of its propaganda and psychological warfare, its “security building” capacity and the political future of its statesmen.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The impact of the war in Gaza on Benjamin Netanyahu’s “political future” is one of the “important consequences” of the war in the internal arena of the Zionist regime. The war in Gaza will be the end of Netanyahu’s political life, who made many efforts to gain power in the last election.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Interview: The United States of America has recently announced that it will form a regional naval coalition to face Yemen’s Ansarollah attacks in the Red Sea. A coalition that showed its weakness from the beginning by failing to have the support of the Arab countries, and among the Arab countries, only Bahrain joined it.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on West Asian issues emphasized that now the US and Europe are extremely worried about the prolongation of the war in Gaza because this situation increases the gaps between public opinion and differences with their governments, adding that despite sending a large amount of weapons from Western governments as well as all kinds of support in international organizations, support for the actions of the Zionist regime has decreased in the public opinion of these countries.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, while stressing that as the war dragged on, the position of Europe and the US regarding the nonrealization of the declared objectives of the Zionist regime has become realistic to some extent, noted: The experience of asymmetric wars shows that destroying Hamas militarily by the Zionist regime is impossible.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
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.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The International Court of Justice on Friday, 26 January 2024, announced its interim verdict regarding South Africa’s case against Israel for “committing the crime of genocide in Gaza” and the need to take extraordinary measures. According to this ruling, there is evidence of genocide in Gaza; Therefore, the court rejected a request by Israel to throw out the case.
Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Mazaheri – University Professor
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on international law issues said that the judgment of the Hague Court on South Africa’s case against the Zionist regime is “unprecedented” because the plaintiff is not involved in the complaint and is not a party to the lawsuit, but as a member of the Convention against Torture and Genocide, could file this lawsuit and Africa South also used this opportunity in terms of political sensitivities.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on European affairs said: The French foreign minister recently after two Zionist ministers demanded the settlement of the people of Gaza outside of this area, stated that “it’s not up to Israel to determine the future of Gaza, which is Palestinian land.”
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: ISIS, which has been in a relatively long period of inactivity, has recovered and started “meaningful movements” in recent months, at the same time as the crimes against humanity and the genocide of the Zionist regime in Gaza.
Barsam Mohammadi—Expert of regional issues
Strategic Council Online—Opinion– The passage of 21,000 vessels and the transit of 57% of the world’s energy through the Bab al-Mandeb route has turned this region into one of the most important routes for the transfer of goods globally. A considerable amount of crude oil, diesel, and other oil products from the Middle East are transported to Europe, and Russian oil goes to India and China through this route.
Mahmoud Fazeli—Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international lawyer said: South Africa’s success in filing a lawsuit against the Zionist regime in the International Court of Justice is capable of immediate destruction of the image of that regime, the tool to maintain it, justification of the crimes of the regime, the main lever of its lobbies, achievements of its propaganda and psychological warfare, its “security building” capacity and the political future of its statesmen.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The impact of the war in Gaza on Benjamin Netanyahu’s “political future” is one of the “important consequences” of the war in the internal arena of the Zionist regime. The war in Gaza will be the end of Netanyahu’s political life, who made many efforts to gain power in the last election.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Interview: The United States of America has recently announced that it will form a regional naval coalition to face Yemen’s Ansarollah attacks in the Red Sea. A coalition that showed its weakness from the beginning by failing to have the support of the Arab countries, and among the Arab countries, only Bahrain joined it.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on West Asian issues emphasized that now the US and Europe are extremely worried about the prolongation of the war in Gaza because this situation increases the gaps between public opinion and differences with their governments, adding that despite sending a large amount of weapons from Western governments as well as all kinds of support in international organizations, support for the actions of the Zionist regime has decreased in the public opinion of these countries.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, while stressing that as the war dragged on, the position of Europe and the US regarding the nonrealization of the declared objectives of the Zionist regime has become realistic to some extent, noted: The experience of asymmetric wars shows that destroying Hamas militarily by the Zionist regime is impossible.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
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.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The International Court of Justice on Friday, 26 January 2024, announced its interim verdict regarding South Africa’s case against Israel for “committing the crime of genocide in Gaza” and the need to take extraordinary measures. According to this ruling, there is evidence of genocide in Gaza; Therefore, the court rejected a request by Israel to throw out the case.
Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Mazaheri – University Professor
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on international law issues said that the judgment of the Hague Court on South Africa’s case against the Zionist regime is “unprecedented” because the plaintiff is not involved in the complaint and is not a party to the lawsuit, but as a member of the Convention against Torture and Genocide, could file this lawsuit and Africa South also used this opportunity in terms of political sensitivities.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on European affairs said: The French foreign minister recently after two Zionist ministers demanded the settlement of the people of Gaza outside of this area, stated that “it’s not up to Israel to determine the future of Gaza, which is Palestinian land.”
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: ISIS, which has been in a relatively long period of inactivity, has recovered and started “meaningful movements” in recent months, at the same time as the crimes against humanity and the genocide of the Zionist regime in Gaza.
Barsam Mohammadi—Expert of regional issues
Strategic Council Online—Opinion– The passage of 21,000 vessels and the transit of 57% of the world’s energy through the Bab al-Mandeb route has turned this region into one of the most important routes for the transfer of goods globally. A considerable amount of crude oil, diesel, and other oil products from the Middle East are transported to Europe, and Russian oil goes to India and China through this route.
Mahmoud Fazeli—Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international lawyer said: South Africa’s success in filing a lawsuit against the Zionist regime in the International Court of Justice is capable of immediate destruction of the image of that regime, the tool to maintain it, justification of the crimes of the regime, the main lever of its lobbies, achievements of its propaganda and psychological warfare, its “security building” capacity and the political future of its statesmen.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The impact of the war in Gaza on Benjamin Netanyahu’s “political future” is one of the “important consequences” of the war in the internal arena of the Zionist regime. The war in Gaza will be the end of Netanyahu’s political life, who made many efforts to gain power in the last election.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Interview: The United States of America has recently announced that it will form a regional naval coalition to face Yemen’s Ansarollah attacks in the Red Sea. A coalition that showed its weakness from the beginning by failing to have the support of the Arab countries, and among the Arab countries, only Bahrain joined it.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on West Asian issues emphasized that now the US and Europe are extremely worried about the prolongation of the war in Gaza because this situation increases the gaps between public opinion and differences with their governments, adding that despite sending a large amount of weapons from Western governments as well as all kinds of support in international organizations, support for the actions of the Zionist regime has decreased in the public opinion of these countries.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, while stressing that as the war dragged on, the position of Europe and the US regarding the nonrealization of the declared objectives of the Zionist regime has become realistic to some extent, noted: The experience of asymmetric wars shows that destroying Hamas militarily by the Zionist regime is impossible.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
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.