Putin arrives in Iran for rare foreign trip to meet Erdoğan and Raisi Syria, Ukraine and oil will be on the agenda. Axios · Jul 18, 2022
Five takeaways from President Biden’s first trip to Middle East Joe Biden reaffirmed old commitments to allies and pushed for further Israeli-Arab normalisation during visit to region. Al Jazeera · Jul 18, 2022
With friends like these: Putin, Erdogan and Raissi to meet in Tehran Reports that Iran is planning to sell Russia hundreds of combat drones in what would be a milestone in relations between the two adversaries of the US The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2022
Putin forges ties with Iran's supreme leader in Tehran talks Russian President Vladimir Putin had talks with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Iran on Tuesday, the Kremlin leader's first trip outside the former Soviet Union since Moscow's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine. Reuters · Jul 18, 2022
As his war on Ukraine rages, Russia’s Putin heads to Iran The increasingly isolated president will meet his Turkish and Iranian counterparts in Tehran to discuss Syria as the Eas Al Jazeera · Jul 18, 2022
Kohavi: Attack on Iran at Center of Israeli Army Preparations Israeli army chief Aviv Kohavi has said it was Israel’s “moral obligation” to prepare a military response against Iran’s nuclear program. In a speech at a ceremony marking the change of the military’s Home Front Command chief on Sunday, Kohavi said: “Preparing the home front for war is a task… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 18, 2022
Yemen Welcomes Jeddah Summits, Houthis Apprehensive The Yemeni crisis, as expected, was present at all meetings held in Jeddah last week between Saudi, American and Arab Gulf leaders. The crisis was present in the joint statement after Saudi-US talks on Friday and the concluding statement of the Gulf-US summit on Saturday. Head of the Presidential Leadership… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 18, 2022
Iran, Russia, Turkey Presidents to Talk Syria War in Tehran With the war in Ukraine still raging, Russian President Vladimir Putin travels Tuesday to Tehran for talks with his Iranian and Turkish counterparts on the Syria conflict. Russia, Turkey and Iran have in recent years met to discuss Syria as part of the so-called "Astana peace process" to end more… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 18, 2022
Iran sanctions and condemns dozens of US officials over Biden threat to nuclear project Tehran responds after Biden delivers warning during visit to Israel The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2022
A Shock-Proof Energy Economy Taming Volatile Oil Markets Requires a New Kind of Government Intervention Foreign Affairs · Jul 18, 2022
Iran says it is able to make a nuclear bomb - but has not yet decided to build one An Iranian special advisor has said the country has the "technical capacity" to create a nuclear bomb, but hasn't decided whether it wants to or not Daily Mirror · Jul 17, 2022
Biden in West Asia Neither the Palestine question nor the Iran deal appear to be the U.S.’s priorities The Hindu · Jul 17, 2022
Iran Arrests Several after Protests at Drying Lake Iranian police have arrested several people for disturbing security after they protested the drying up of a lake once regarded as the Middle East's largest, official media said Sunday. Lake Urmia, in the mountains of northwest Iran, began shrinking in 1995 due to a combination of prolonged drought, and the… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 17, 2022
Iran Accuses US of Provoking Middle East 'Crises' Tehran on Sunday accused Washington of provoking tensions in the Middle East, a day after US President Joe Biden ended a tour to Saudi Arabia and arch-foe Israel. Washington "has once again resorted to the failed policy of Iran-phobia, trying to create tensions and crises in the region," Iran's foreign… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 17, 2022
Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 17, 2022 Khamenei Adviser Says Tehran ‘Capable of Building Nuclear Bomb’ Iran is technically capable of making a nuclear bomb but has not decided whether to build one, a senior adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei told Qatar's al Jazeera TV on Sunday. Kamal Kharrazi's comments were a rare suggestion that Iran might have an interest in nuclear weapons, which…
Reuters · Jul 17, 2022 Khamenei adviser says Tehran 'capable of building nuclear bomb' -Al Jazeera Tehran is technically capable of making a nuclear bomb but has yet to decide whether to build one, a senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei told Al Jazeera's Arabic service on Sunday.
Al Jazeera · Jul 17, 2022 ‘Iranophobia’: Day after Biden trip, Iran says US stoking tension A day after Joe Biden wraps his first Middle East tour as president, Iran accuses the US of inciting regional tensions.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 17, 2022 Iraq's Date Palms: Rescuing a National Icon Thousands of young date palms, Iraq's national symbol, form lines that extend from the edge of the desert near the central city of Karbala and into the horizon. Iraq's prized trees are central to a push aimed to preserve a long-threatened ancestral culture, whose fruit historically presented prosperity across the…
Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 17, 2022 Saudi FM: Our US Partnership is Continuous, No Military Cooperation with Israel Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said that the Kingdom’s hand is extended to Iran to reach normal relations, pointing out that the talks with Iran were positive, but did not reach any results. “We are keen on finding a path to normal relations with neighboring Iran, and this…
The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2022 Russian officials visited Iran twice to examine drones, White House says Tehran refutes report as ‘baseless’ and ‘in direction of political intentions and purposes’
Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 17, 2022 Saudi Arabia Calls on Iran to Cooperate with Regional Countries, US Says Won’t Leave Void to Be Filled by Others Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, chaired on Saturday the Jeddah Security and Development Summit on behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz. The summit was attended by leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, as well as…
Tribune News Service · Jul 17, 2022 Russia visited Iran to view drone capabilities: US official Satellite images show a Russian delegation visiting Iran to view unmanned weapons-capable drones that could be purchased for use in the war in Ukraine, a senior U.S. official said Saturday.
The Guardian - US · Jul 16, 2022 Biden tells summit of Arab leaders the US ‘will not walk away’ from Middle East The president delivered his remarks on the final leg of a four-day tour, also announcing a $1bn effort to relieve hunger in the region
Axios · Jul 16, 2022 White House: Russia has visited Iran, seen drones that could be used in Ukraine war Satellite imagery shows Russian officials visiting an Iran airfield to view weapons-capable drones twice in the last few weeks.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2022 Oil trumps human rights as Biden forced to compromise in Middle East US president’s attempts to ostracise Saudi crown prince were foiled by a fist bump