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Dr. Ali Omidi is Assistant Professor of International Relations in the University of Isfahan, Iran

Understanding Iran’s Perception of Syrian Turbulence

Tehran will exert its utmost efforts to keep the status quo as it is; even if it entails the risk of political isolation.…

Is it Morally Legitimate for Israel to Address the Iranian Nuclear Issue?

Washington and Israel always aggrandize Iran's peaceful nuclear program as a threat. Seven points are noteworthy here from moral perspective.…

Will Iran Block the Hormuz Strait?

Will Iran Block the Hormuz Strait?

Last week, Seumas Milne opined in an analysis in the Guardian that “for months the evidence has been growing that a US-Israeli stealth war against Iran has already begun, backed…

Iran: Will the Russian Nuclear Initiative Break the Deadlock?

In mid-July 2011, Russia, in a diplomatic initiative, laid out a “step-by-step” approach toward the Iranian nuclear dilemma. According to it, if Iran clarifies questions about its nuclear program, it…

The Ultra-Importance of Turkish AKP’s Parliamentary Victory for Iran

The Ultra-Importance of Turkish AKP’s Parliamentary Victory for Iran

One of the countries most jubilant about the AKP’s June 2011 parliamentary victory in Turkey is Iran. After the formal announcement of the polls results, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was…

Problematic Future of Khatami in Iranian political Sphere

Iran’s former reformist president Mohammad Khatami and 120 Iranian other clerics have urged the authorities in a communiqué to release opposition leaders Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi from house arrest.…

Arms Racing Between Khamenei and Ahmadinejad and Its Impact on the US-Iran Relations

Arms Racing Between Khamenei and Ahmadinejad and Its Impact on the US-Iran Relations

Laurelle Atkinson contributed editing for this report. For approximately three weeks, an increasing disagreement between the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, and the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has been apparent.…