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By Rhod Mackenzie

The is a lot of talk about how get around the current difficult situation of oil and gas transpotation in the Middle East and  one of the options mentioned is the construction of several new pipeline systems that would bypass the Strait of Hormuz. Several such projects are curre...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The US has initiated a search for those who were responsible for them being dragged into the unsuccessful operation against Iran. According to media reports, the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad, has been singled out and  criticised  for its failure to accurately predict and p...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia is investing $8 billion in Iran's gas projects, and part of this amount — about $5 billion — is already earmarked for specific contracts, according to the Islamic Republic's Ambassador to Moscow, Kazem Jalali. Russia's involvement in Middle Eastern affairs could potentiall...

By Rhod Mackenzie

It has been announced that Donald  Trump fresh from renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America has his sighs on another sea nowhere near the USA and it concerns the BRICS member Iran

Donald Trump the President of the United States is poised to try to make a significant...

Moscow has confirmed that it is in discussions with Washington about the possibility of it asisting the US in establishing common ground with Tehran, and is willing to take every possible step to reach a diplomatic resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue.Now lets look at how the positions of the p...

By Rhod Mackenzie

At the recent SCO summit in Astana, Iran again raised the topic about the creation of a single currency for the countries that are part of the BRICS. In addition, for several months now, at the instigation of the President of Brazil, the idea of creating a common BRICS currency...