By Mohammad Reza Moradi, General Director of Mehr News Agency’s Foreign Languages and International News Department, from Tehran / Iran For more than three decades, the U.S. military presence in the Middle East has rested on a relatively simple premise: Arab states, particularly those in the Gulf, would outsource part of their security to an external power, while Washington would ...

According to the Iranian expert, Russia has always supported Iran, both during wartimes and during negotiations on nuclear energy. Russia’s presence in Syria will provide important benefits to Iran. By Azar Mahdavan, from Tehran / Iran After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Iran and Russia developed a new dynamic in their relationship, emerging as significant players on the international ...