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Iran, Russia seek to solve S-300 issue ] Commander of Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili (R) shakes hands with Russian Air Force Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant General Viktor Bondarev in Tehran on October 20, 2013. A senior Iranian commander says...

Russia-Iran: "cautious partnership" comes to an end 7 October 2013 By Vestnik Kavkaza Director of the Center for Contemporary Iranian Studies Rajab Safarov and director of the Center for Public Policy Research Vladimir Yevseyev commented on the prospects for US- Iranian and Russian-...

Iran nuclear talks: Does one side hold the trump card? By Scott Peterson, Staff writer / October 13, 2013 © The Christian Science Monitor Both the US and Iran think they are the stronger party as they head into nuclear talks this week. But that could cause deal-breaking...

Fear and loathing in House of Saud By Pepe Escobar Oct 11, 2013 Every sentient being with a functional brain perceives the possibility of ending the 34-year Wall of Mistrust between Washington and Tehran as a win-win situation. Here are some of the benefits: •The price of oil...

Odd Couple: Israel, Saudi Arabia 9 october 2013

How Iran might win the Middle East oil game By Daniel J. Graeber, October 8, 2013 © The Christian Science Monitor With much of the Middle East and North Africa in a static state of upheaval, Iran could be the unlikely winner of the post-Arab Spring energy prize, Graeber writes. An...

Syria's New Friend in Cairo By Daniel Wagner and Giorgio Cafiero TheHuffingtonPost.com 09/18/2013 As the tumultuous waters continue to swirl in the Middle East, President Mohammed Morsi's fall, the Egyptian military's crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Sinai insurgency...

Saudis Stung by Obama Iran Initiative David Andrew Weinberg | October 3, 2013 President Obama’s Friday telephone call with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani—the first at such a level in over three decades—has exacerbated existing problems between the United States and its Saudi ally...

Obama moves on Iran, Putin keeps Syria By M K Bhadrakumar The euphoria over the Syrian chemical weapons resolution passed by the United Nations Security Council on Friday is swirling around making the headlines, but a sense of dark foreboding also lurks below the surface threatening to spoil...

A genuine conversation? US Navy on its way to the Persian Gulf

Uneasy Gulf States Weigh US-Iran Overtures DUBAI, United Arab Emirates September 30, 2013 (AP) By BRIAN MURPHY Associated Press Lost in the blizzard of attention on Iran's cautious openings to the U.S. was another bit of noteworthy outreach by President Hassan Rouhani: Sending...

Imagining a Remapped Middle East - How 5 Countries Could Become 14 NYTimes By ROBIN WRIGHT Published: September 28, 2013 THE map of the modern Middle East, a political and economic pivot in the international order, is in tatters. Syria’s ruinous war is the turning point. But the...

Can Turkey, Iran Cooperate on Syria? Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani sit together during closed-door talks, Sept. 25, 2013. By: Semih Idiz for Al-Monitor Turkey Pulse Posted on September 27 Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani, is causing much...

US-Iran relations: A brief guide 28 September 2013 BBC From the CIA-orchestrated overthrow of Iran's prime minister in 1953 to Friday's phone call between Presidents Obama and Rouhani, BBC News looks at 60 years of tricky relations between Iran and the US. 1953: Overthrow of...

Historic meet on UNGA sidelines || Kerry meets with Iran FM, world powers for nuclear talks Meeting on Tehran's nuclear program is first time Iranian, U.S. FMs - estranged since 1979 Islamic Revolution - have met since a brief encounter in May 2007. Meeting of Kerry, Iran's FM and...

U.S. and Iran are edging toward direct talks Los Angeles Times By Paul Richter September 11, 2013 The Syrian crisis has put the two nations back on speaking terms, though behind the scenes for now. Iran’s new foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has said that Washington and...

The GCC and Iran: What kind of a deal? For the US, a nuclear Tehran is a direct national security threat, but for the Gulf states, its foreign policy in nearly all of its key positions is a threat By Muath Al Wari, Special to Gulf NewsPublished: August 17, 2013 Iranian President...

Japan Seeks to Mediate US-Iran Dispute…Again By Zachary Keck September 12, 2013 Iran has called on Japan to join it in working towards global disarmament as Japan is once again trying to mediate the ongoing conflict between the U.S. and Iran. Masahiko Komura, the vice...

Hopes rise for Iran opposition leaders' release as house arrest eased Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi will have their case considered by the supreme national security council Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi pictured after voting in 2009. Photograph: Majid/Getty...

Five Lessons From Turkey’s 1998 Standoff With Syria By: Barın Kayaoğlu for Al-Monitor Turkey Pulse Posted on September 6. It tends to be forgotten, but in the fall of 1998 Turkey and Syria almost went to war. The crisis started when Gen. Atilla Ates, commander of the...