Following Iran’s missile strike on Israel’s military and security zones, the regime was left with no choice but to remain silent in the face of Iran, paving the way for an event on which many political experts agreed upon, namely the redefinition of Middle Eastern political structures. By acquiescing to Iran’s harsh response to the regime’s aggression against its diplomatic ...
United World International continues its series of interviews on the effects of the BRICS enlargement. This time, we spoke to Hamedreza Gholamzadeh. Gholamzadeh is deputy mayor of the metropolitan municipality of Tehran, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s capital. Thus, he is speaking from a country that will join BRICS from 2024 on. Formerly a leading journalist in the Mehr News ...
By Prof. Yang Chen * On March 10, 2023, China, Saudi Arabia, and Iran issued a tripartite joint statement in Beijing, announcing that Saudi Arabia and Iran had reached an agreement, including agreeing to restore diplomatic relations between the two sides and reopen their embassies and representative offices within a maximum of two months. The statement also stated that both ...
By Işıkgün Akfırat Solution-oriented diplomacy is advancing in a breathtaking speed in West Asia. After Iran, Saudi Arabia and Syria, the times of peace have started in Yemen. Ali Al- Kahum, one of the leaders of the Ansarallah Movement emphasized Russia’s resistance to the West and China’s role as “great power that puts out the fires” in the region. He ...
By Işıkgün Akfırat Israeli police clashed with Palestinians inside Islam’s third-holiest site, Al Aqsa in Jerusalem. As the world once again focuses on Israel’s aggression against Palestine, some worry about further escalation of the conflict. Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) is at the center of the recent developments in Palestine. Hamas Political Bureau Member Dr. Mahir Salah evaluated the situation in ...
In an unforeseen development, Iran and Saudi Arabia declared in Beijing that they have overcome seven years of political tensions through China’s mediation and will resume diplomatic relations. Earlier talks between the two countries, mediated by Iraq and Oman, had been derailed due to the accordance of riots in Iran and the active role of Saudi-backed Persian-speaking television networks in ...
On March 7, during a press conference held within the framework of the first session of the XIV National People’s Congress in Beijing, the recently appointed Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang stated: “If the United States does not step on the brakes and instead, keeps accelerating down the wrong path, there will be no barrier that can prevent derailment, and ...
In a speech in 2016, Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei stated that the term ‘Middle East’ was a result of Western colonialism and that the term ‘West Asia’ should be used instead. The decision of Iran and Saudi Arabia to normalize the relations is, from Khamenei’s perspective, a step that speeds up the Middle East’s becoming West Asia. The impact ...
Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed in the Chinese capital Beijing to resume diplomatic relations that were severed seven years ago. Thus, the two major countries of West Asia and North Africa repaired their relations, disrupted in 2016, in Asia. The meetings between Iran and Saudi Arabia, which began on March 6 and were hosted by China, concluded. In a joint ...
By Golnar Hakimi / Tehran Iranian Middle East expert, Dr. Ardeshir Pashang, who is also a chair member of the West Asia Studies and the Director of Faratab Media Group, has evaluated the UAE-Iran relations and the American decision to sanction the UAE over its recent relations with Iran, in an interview with United World International. Recently, there have been ...