In recent decades, there has been a steady flow of Hazara refugees to Iran from Afghanistan. They constitute the majority of illegal migrants fleeing to Iran from harassment by the Baloch and Pushtuns in neighboring countries.
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Since July 26, two high-capacity, ocean-going ships have docked at southeastern port of Shahid Beheshti in Chabahar and the third is to arrive on August 14.
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The challenge for India’s diplomacy therefore is to find a way out of the USA’s conflict with Iran (and also with Russia) so that its vital energy and maritime connectivity interests in the case of Iran remain unaffected.
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After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, and the first Iraqi War, major strategic and geopolitical changes took place in the world. Therefore, the United States sought to consolidate its dominance over the world, in order to insure the continuity of its superiority also in the 21st century.
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Keeping the Middle Eastern sea lanes safe for transporting oil is a common interest among major Asian countries, including China, Japan, South Korea and India.
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While Trump has been posting tweets for his electorate, the U.S.-led international coalition carried out another air raid on the residential area in Idlib province, apparently against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) units.
Tehran said on Sunday it will soon boost its uranium enrichment above a limit set by a 2015 nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA.
The Russian ambassador to Kabul Alexander Mantetskey, said: “We will never endeavor to finance and equip the armed opposition groups who are fighting against Afghanistan government and its security forces because equipping and supporting this group has no benefit.
The deal, which most OPEC members and Russia agree to, will extend cuts on oil production for another 9 months to stabilize the oil market
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None of America’s Middle East allies would want a war to break out in the region, even as they would like to see Iran weakened. Sanctions may slowly but surely weaken Iran from within but its military is battle hardened, and its proxies active in Lebanon and Yemen.