Vatanka Reports
News and Analysis on the Greater Middle East 
 

The Revolutionary Guards have by and large remained silent.

On his eight trips to New York to attend the annual UN Assembly gatherings, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad never missed a chance to present himself as a revolutionary.

This past Friday, Iran held the third and last presidential debate before polling day on June 14.

In this rowdy Iranian election season, all of the 26 or so presidential hopefuls are naturally looking for trademark political platforms to adopt.

Ninguna de las revoluciones árabes surgidas desde 2010 ha beneficiado a Irán.

As Iran’s progress on its nuclear program continues unabated, 2013 may well mark the climax of the long-standing impasse between the Islamic Republic and the West.

The Iran factor could have been a spoiler as the third India-US strategic dialogue was held this week held in Washington D.C. The US granted India a last-minute waiver, exempting it from possible sanctions for its continued trade with Tehran.

U.S. and other NATO troops prepare to leave Afghanistan in 2014, a geopolitical realignment will be under way in Southwest Asia.

The town of Parachinar, located in a far-flung corner of western Pakistan, is fondly called by some Iranian Shiites “Little Iran.”

The Iranian-Turkish conflict over the future of the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has the potential to set back relations between Ankara and Tehran by decades.

Iran-Qatar relations face unprecedented uncertainty.

To truly appreciate the political standing of Iran’s regular armed forces in today’s Islamic Republic, the key is to take into account the impact of the ongoing and unparalleled internal feud in the top ranks of the regime