In seizing a British oil tanker, Iranian leaders were betting of a weal response by London, but their calculation might not be correct.
Iran's decision to seize a British oil tanker might have given its rulers a short-term propaganda victory, but it may end up costing the country dearly in the long-term.
Is Iran developing new chemical warfare agents that can be potentially used both domestically and in its international adventures?
China's imports of crude oil stumbled in May, and while the loss of Iranian cargoes offers a convenient explanation, there are other reasons to be cautious over the strength of demand in the world's biggest oil importer.
The Trump Administration is hoping Russia will help solve the Iran issue, but decades of Russo-Iranian strategic partnership might be hard to break.
Following the rise in tensions between Iran and the United States over the past weeks and concerns about the spread of instability in the region, at least six countries are acting as mediators.
Oil traders anticipate a big draw down in crude stocks in the second half of this year as sanctions on Iran and Venezuela coupled with other supply disruptions and a sluggish response from OPEC cause a severe shortage.
The economic and social crisis in Venezuela has many similarities with the current situation in Iran, although the former has a clear opposition leader. Iranian opposition also needs support.
The "authority" given to Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to discuss a prisoners swap with the United States may be an attempt by Tehran to show some “flexibility”.
Recent floods in Iran have killed dozens and displaced possibly millions of Iranians. Instead of helping them, most of the Islamic Republic’s time and energy has gone into sending foreign Hashd al Shaabi and Hezbollah fighters into Khuzestan.
Iran got angry at the French Ambassador to U.S. because he said the issue of future uranium enrichment has not gone away and Tehran will not be allowed to go resume a military nuclear program.
Although Iran’s leading political factions are outraged over Washington’s recent designation of its Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a “Foreign Terrorist Organization”, Europe has remained silent.
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