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Tag: Iranian Revolutionary Guard

Posted inMiddle East

Iran’s missile diplomacy comes to Gaza

by Jonathan Gorvett May 23, 2021May 27, 2021

One of the most spectacular and iconic images of the recent Palestinian-Israeli conflict was that of the nightly battle of the skies, featured across the globe on TV and Twitter. Waves of rockets costing a few hundred dollars each were launched en masse by the Palestinians in an effort to overwhelm Israel’s “Iron Dome” aerial […]

Posted inInterview

Iran-US engagement: ‘It can be done’

by Kourosh Ziabari March 3, 2021March 3, 2021
Posted inIran, Iraq, Middle East, United States, World

Killing of Soleimani unlikely to lead to major escalation

by Michael Tkacik January 5, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inMiddle East

Tensions rise as US destroys Iranian drone

by Jerome Cartillier and Amir Havasi July 19, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIran, Israel, Middle East, United States, World

Iran weighs options as US on war footing

by Dnyanesh Kamat May 7, 2019February 18, 2020
The IRGC have shown they are ready to shed blood in Syria. Photo: AFP
Posted inIran, Middle East

Trump’s unlikely ally on IRGC terrorist designation

by Joseph Hammond April 30, 2019February 18, 2020
The IRGC have shown they are ready to shed blood in Syria. Photo: AFP
Posted inIran, Middle East

Is IRGC a terror group or savior of West Asia?

by Adeel Abbas Mangi April 17, 2019February 18, 2020
Iranian soldiers participate in military manoeuvres at Sistan-Baluchestan province, about 50 kilometers east of the city of Zahedan near the Pakistani border, on August 19. 2006. Photo: AFP/FARSNEWS/STR
Posted inAfghanistan, China, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria

Tensions rise after kidnapping on Iran-Pakistan border

by FM Shakil October 25, 2018February 18, 2020
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Source: US State Department YouTube screen grab
Posted inIran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria, World

Here’s why Pompeo’s 12 conditions on Iran deal have merit

by Bahauddin Foizee May 29, 2018
Image: iStock
Posted inChina, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

The secret nuclear weapons program of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

by Hans Rühle May 27, 2018
Photo: Reuters
Posted inBahrain, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria, World

Qatar’s US$1 billion deal with Iran that broke the camel’s back

by Asia Unhedged June 6, 2017February 18, 2020
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani registers to run for a second four-year term in the May election, in Tehran. Photo: Reuters
Posted inIran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria, World

No election can change Tehran

by Manish Rai April 22, 2017April 22, 2017
Members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard carry the caskets of Iranian "volunteers", who were killed in the northern province of Aleppo by jihadists in Syria. Photo: AFP, Atta Kenare
Posted inChina, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

US needs grand strategy, not ground troops for Syria

by David Goldman April 10, 2017February 18, 2020

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