Shahin Hajiyev

The emergence of Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran’s supreme leader has further heightened tensions in an already expanding regional conflict. His first aggressive statement on Thursday signaled that Tehran ap...

The widening conflict between Iran and a U.S.–Israeli coalition is showing signs of turning into a prolonged regional war, as initial expectations in Washington that air strikes would quickly weaken T...

Six days after the drone attack on Nakhchivan, the question of who was responsible for the operation remains open. Immediately after the incident, officials in Tehran suggested that Israel might be be...

The wars in Iran and Ukraine have sharply increased the strategic importance of the so-called Middle Corridor linking Asia and Europe, as traditional trade routes face disruptions and energy prices su...

Iran’s Assembly of Experts on Sunday elected Mojtaba Khamenei, the 56-year-old son of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new rahbar, placing him at the helm of the Islamic Republic...

The war engulfing Iran is rapidly transforming the strategic landscape of the South Caucasus. For Azerbaijan, the conflict unfolding to its south is not simply another episode of Middle Eastern instab...

For weeks, the governments of the Persian Gulf walked a diplomatic tightrope. Publicly and in private, they urged restraint in Washington. Envoys shuttled between capitals. Messages were passed quiet...

Early in the morning on February 28, the United States and Israel launched missile strikes on Iranian territory.

As Armenia prepares for parliamentary elections in June, the contest unfolding here is about far more than party platforms and campaign slogans. It has become a test of whether the small South Caucasu...

Many have seen the documentary film "The Endless Corridor" — a journalistic investigation into the Khojaly tragedy. According to the official version, the authors of the film are Lithuanians led by pr...