By Saeed

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit is scheduled to take place in Makkah on May 31, and both Gulf and Arab summits are expected to be held on the sidelines of the Islamic summit. But analysts believe Iran’s readiness to hold talks with its Arab neighbors doesn’t reflect a change in its foreign policy and is a manoeuvre to divide Arab and Muslim countries ahead of the upcoming Islamic summit in Makkah, analysts said.

By Armin Baldwin

As tension in the region reaches an unprecedented level, Iran comes up with a rather bizarre proposal. On Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said his country was proposing ‘a non-aggression pact’ with the Gulf states.

Iran has come under the threat of a US attack. So Tehran has turned to its neighbours to help bail it out.

By Azita Carlson

Iran regime’s Leader Ali Khamenei has openly repudiated responsibility for the nuclear agreement Iran settled with world powers in 2015.

Khamenei, who was speaking to hand-picked representatives of Iranian students on Wednesday, May 22, expressed his dissatisfaction with the way President Hassan Rouhani and his team handled the nuclear deal also known as JCPOA. He insisted that “I did not believe in the way the JCPOA was done, and I have made this clear to the president and the foreign minister on many occasions.”

by Navid  Felker

At the beginning of the month, it looked like Iran and the United States were heading towards a major military conflict. The United States sent the USS Abraham Lincoln to the Gulf, followed by the USS Arlington warship with amphibious vehicles and aircraft. B-52 bombers were also deployed in response to what the United States described as a threat by Iran to U.S. forces in the Middle East.

by Atousa Pilger

On Thurday, Representative Michael McCaul (Texas), a Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, spoke at The Heritage Foundation and explained to Kurdistan 24 his support for President Donald Trump’s tough position on Iran.
McCaul had previously chaired the House Committee on Homeland Security.

by Navid  Felker

The Iranian regime finds itself in the direst straits it has faced, economically. Trump’s May 2nd decision to end waivers on Iranian oil sales put a damper on the regime’s plan to wait out the crisis.

The regime has managed to withstand the resumption of sanctions that targeted its currency and financial system, but this latest blow to oil exports will cripple the economy.

By Azita Carlson

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani talked about Iran’s existing state of affairs, especially regarding social or political issues during his speech on Ramadan. He was meeting with so-called political activists from different factions on May 10th.

Referring to his rival factions, he said, “they have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo”, and he asked them to refrain from attacking him and his followers.