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Why President Raisi's death rattles Iran's leadership succession plan

India, May 21 -- Elected as the President of Iran in 2021, Sayyid Ebrahim Raisi died in a weather-induced helicopter crash in Northwestern Iran on Sunday. The crash also killed Iran's Foreign Minister... Read More


Eye on the Middle East | Ebrahim Raisi's death ends a troubled presidency; rattles Iran's leadership succession plan

India, May 20 -- Elected as the President of Iran in 2021, Sayyid Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash in Northwestern Iran on Sunday. The crash also killed Iran's foreign minister Hossein Amirabd... Read More


Eye on the Middle East | Israel's increasingly unpopular war in Gaza is to Turkey's delight

India, May 11 -- On May 2, four days prior to the first Israeli air strikes in Rafah, Turkey announced the halt of all trade with Israel until a permanent ceasefire is achieved in Gaza. While Israel's... Read More


Eye on the Middle East | Blinken's Middle East tour, the Rafah litmus test, and a possibly more armed Saudi Arabia

India, May 3 -- On October 12th, five days after Hamas' terror attack, as United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Israel, he asserted - "You may be strong enough on your own to defend ... Read More


Eye on the Middle East | In Chabahar, the city of four springs, India is stuck in a long winter

India, April 25 -- Chabahar, in Persian, means "four springs" - a city where all four seasons resemble spring. It is here on the Sistan-Balochistan coastline that Iran has long sought to develop an oc... Read More


Eye on the Middle East | The game of deterrence between Iran and Israel has changed

India, April 18 -- Nobel Prize-winning economist Thomas Schelling defines deterrence as preventing an adversary from any undesirable action by imposing a credible fear of consequences. The credibility... Read More


Eye on the Middle East | Amidst the Iran-Israel escalation loop, India is not spoilt for choice

India, April 15 -- On April 13, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy seized the MSC Aries, a Portuguese-flagged vessel owned by the Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer's Zodiac Group, as it ... Read More


Eye on the Middle East | Saudi-Pakistan joint statement on Kashmir shows Riyadh's balancing act

India, April 11 -- On April 8, a Saudi Arabia-Pakistan joint statement caught media attention in India for its reference to the Kashmir dispute. Released during Pakistan premier Shehbaz Sharif's offic... Read More


Eye on the Middle East | Why did Israel attack the Iranian Consulate in Syria?

India, April 4 -- On September 6, 2007, four Israeli F-16 jets flew deep into Syria, evaded Syrian air defences and struck what was purportedly an under-construction nuclear facility (Al-Kibar) in the... Read More


Eye on the Middle East | With the end of Ramzan nearing, has the UNSC's call for a ceasefire helped?

India, April 3 -- A week has passed since the United Nations Security Council called for a 'Ramadan ceasefire' in Gaza, after at least four failed attempts (thrice due to the US veto, and once due to ... Read More