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A decade after the JCPOA, Trump seeks a legacy-defining nuclear deal with Iran—amid shifting alliances, domestic hurdles, and rising global stakes

Trump’s recent request to Iran for nuclear deal negotiations, followed by Iran's rejection, could ignite tensions

इराणच्या शासकांनी असहमतीचे आवाज क्रूरपणे चिरडले आहेत. त�

आखातातील वाढत्या तणावाच्या पार्श्वभूमीवर भारताने आपल्�

Amidst the rising tensions in the Middle East, India has upheld a degree of strategic ambiguity while considering its security interests in the area

China’s primary chase in West Asia remains economic and it will continue to push for economic integration despite the region’s challenges.

इराणचे अध्यक्ष इब्राहिम रईसी यांचा मृत्यू झाल्याने देश�

Although Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi’s death leaves the country to face an uncertain future, it would not have any significant short-term impac

Despite enjoying a close partnership, there are several hurdles that still bedevil the China-Iran relations

Saudi Arabia recently extended an invitation to Iranian Foreign Minister, indicating towards a possible thaw in relations. Is this shift in Riyadh's stand because of a change in US-Iran relations and the positive reception of Iran's overtures by the other GCC States?

Iran's cancellation of $500 million funding to Pakistan for the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline indicates Iran's clout in regional energy affairs. It is unclear why Iran took this sudden step. Is President Rouhani merely fine-tuning some of the policies of his predecessor? But there is certainly more to this than meets the eye.

India and Iran are not in the place they deserve to be in the global order, and they can play a more important and significant role by enhancing their cooperation, according to Mr. Ali Akbar Javanfekr, presidential advisor for press affairs to Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran.

India's deepening engagement with the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council as well as Israel could also moderate New Delhi's diplomatic ties with Tehran. India-Iran relations were at their peak during then Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's visit to Tehran in 2001 and then Iranian President Mohammad Khatami's visit to India in 2003.

The TAPI pipeline is not merely about economics. Geo-political concerns have played a crucial role in pushing the project, especially the deteriorating US-Iran relationship, amongst others. Two US companies have evinced also keen interest.

Two months back an observer had noted that "without India wanting to make it so, an impression is gaining ground that our American commitments seem to insist on intruding on India-Iran relations."

The US today is on the horns of a dilemma in the Middle East.

The debate about Iran's quest for nuclear energy is wholly enmeshed in the politics of US-Iran relationship. Iran is a signatory to the NPT and its additional protocol. It has obligations; it has rights. The focus of the west is on obligations, of Iran on rights. The North-South divide is reflected in the board of governors of the IAEA, with Russia and China supportive of the non-aligned who apprehend, as Washington Post put it,