Iran is currently in the midst of presidential election campaign activities. With only a few days remaining in the campaign, candidates are attempting to establish their strength by visiting various cities and hosting election rallies to show their grassroots support. This is to strengthen their position in the wake of the televised debates. While all observers considered the main competition ...
Last week, I was appointed by the Ministry of Culture of Venezuela to represent our country in the 35th. Tehran International Book Fair. On this occasion, the Venezuelan delegation was led by Omar Rangel, president of Monte Ávila Ediciones Latinoamericanas. I attended the event as a writer for that prestigious Venezuelan publishing house. In Venezuela’s second participation in the Tehran ...
Ebrahim Raisi, the president of the 13th government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, lost his life because of a helicopter crash incident. After Mohammad-Ali Rajai, who was assassinated on August 30, 1981, he became the second Iranian president after the revolution to die in office, leaving his mark on history. Public questions about the crash and subsequent rescue efforts ...
“International relations increasingly display mafia-like methods”, says Ismail Hakkı Pekin, retired Lieutenant-General and Former Head of Military Intelligence at the General Staff of Turkish Armed Forces. That is his response to the assassination attempt on the Slovakian Prime Minister. We also asked his opinion about the appointment of a civilian as new Minister of Defense in Russia. But our first ...
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, along with other officials, passed away in the helicopter crash in northwestern Iran on 19th May. UWI author, historian and political scientist Mehmet Perinçek shared his evaluation on the incident in a broader regional and international perspective. Could you give your overall view on the helicopter crash? A few days before ...
Hamas has accepted a ceasefire deal proposed by Egypt and Qatar. But Israel says, it will continue to operate in Gaza despite Hamas’ response to the deal. So, the drama will go on for some times. It is a very sad saga, because an official familiar with Israeli thinking says Israeli officials are examining the cease-fire proposal approved by Hamas. ...
Türkiye has signed a joint declaration with Iraq regarding the common fight against terror and the elevation of bilateral relations to the strategic level. The two countries established several bilateral standing committees regarding, among other topics, trade, energy, water, agriculture and cooperation against terror organizations. This declaration comes amidst a strong and evolving context: The Turkish government has announced to ...
Iran, Yemen and Türkiye hit US-Israeli targets in the region. Resistance organizations in Syria and Iraq also carried out actions in the same direction. Iran hit the US bases in Northern Iraq and the US Consulate General in Arbil with missiles and drones. The operation targeted US centers in the region, especially the US base near Arbil International Airport. Iran ...
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 ...
BRICS’s its fifteenth summit in Johannesburg on August 22-24 came to the fore worldwide. The position of BRICS in a multipolar world and an alternative reserve currency to the dollar were the most discussed topics. And at the Summit, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Egypt and Ethiopia were set to enter BRICS from Jan. 1, 2024. Thus, Iran ...