Whither the Iran Nuclear Deal?
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The incoming Biden administration is keen to return to the nuclear deal with Iran, provided it contains “some amendments.” This is in contrast to the Europeans, who are mostly willing to return to...
Category: Iran
Qasem Soleimani: Red Hand Worrier
Iran is a longstanding victim of pre-emptive targeted killings and attempted assassinations of military officials and nuclear scientists by foreign powers. After 2007, seven nuclear scientists were the target of assassination attempts. Recently, on...
Book Review: Iran, Revolution and Proxy wars by Ofira Seliktar and Farhad Rezaei
In their book, ‘Iran, Revolution and Proxy Wars’, Ofira Seliktar and Farhad Rezaei throw light on the various proxy war tactics undertaken by Iran ever since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The 1979 Revolution in...
The Islamic revolution and Iran’s role in conflicts of West Asia post-1979
The state of Iran, unlike most of its Arab neighbours which came into existence solely due to drawing of artificial boundaries, has existed from centuries and is home to one of the oldest and...
UNSC rejects demand by the US to impose “snapback” sanctions on Iran
President Donald Trump said back on Wednesday that he would demand of the United Nations to impose all the sanctions of the supranational organisation on Iran. It is believed that this could end the...
India-Iran Relations: A paradigm shift over Chabahar port
“It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt Introduction Chabahar is the only port of Iran,...
Prophesied Pact between Iran and China – Impacts on Pakistan
Recently, a leaked trade and military agreement, namely “Comprehensive plan for cooperation between Iran and China” spills beans on various developments Iran is engaged in on a geopolitical level. The draft agreement started doing...
A Litmus Test for India- Iran Relations
India’s prospects of building the Chabahar rail link and developing the Farzad-B gas field has diminished after Iran’s recent move to undertake the projects on its own. This comes at a time when China...
India’s Interests and Position Remain Unabated at Chabahar
The trilateral Chabahar Deal has been a strategic game-changer. It is the strategic route to India’s power in Afghanistan and the Central Asian region. The Deal is the outcome of long pursued strategic foresight...
Chabahar Port: The Dysfunctional Trilateralism
The Chabahar project was indeed one of the historic agreements signed between India and Iran. As part of the comprehensive project, the area of focus in between the two countries was with respect to...
