Kiran Sharma

  In a stunning development, Russian President Vladimir Putin has stepped into the high-stakes arena of global diplomacy, offering to mediate nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States. According to the state-run Zvezda media outlet, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Tuesday that Putin is prepared to broker talks aimed at addressing Tehran’s nuclear program and its contentious support for anti-US proxies in the Middle East. This bold move positions Russia as a central figure in a geopolitical showdown that has kept the world on edge, signaling Putin’s intent to shape the course of international relations while leveraging his influence over both Iran and the US. The backdrop to this diplomatic maneuver is a flurry of recent reports, including a Bloomberg piece revealing that Russia had agreed to assist US President Donald Trump’s administration in communicating with Iran. With tensions running high following a series of confrontations between Washington and T...

  In a dramatic twist of geopolitical tension, several senior Russian missile specialists have covertly visited Iran over the past year, raising critical concerns about the deepening military ties between Moscow and Tehran . A Reuters investigation, based on travel records and employment data, reveals that seven Russian weapons experts traveled from Moscow to Tehran on two separate flights on April 24 and September 17 last year. These visits, which align with heightened military exchanges, suggest an undisclosed level of collaboration in missile technology between the two nations. The passenger manifests and booking records indicate that six out of the seven Russian specialists possessed passports with the "20" prefix, denoting official state business use — a clear indication that these individuals were acting in their governmental capacities. These passports are exclusively issued to Russian government officials on foreign work assignments and military personnel deployed abr...

  On March 3 Mohammad Javad Zarif the Vice President for Strategic Affairs rocked Iran through his resignation announcement. Zarif made his decision to resign after receiving advice from judiciary chief Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejei during a meeting who counseled Zarif to leave political office and return to his academic career. President Masud Pezeshkian's reformist government experiences another major fracture through this unexpected event. The political arena in Tehran continues to escalate its instability because Zarif's departure demonstrates rising challenges facing the Pezeshkian administration. The departure of Zarif shows that the Iranian government faces growing internal division because of powerful conservative elements which intensify the existing cracks. Since his time as foreign minister Zarif has remained an extremely divisive political figure in Iran. Many hard-liners strongly opposed President Pezeshkian's appointment of Zarif as they believed this acti...