All smiles: Russian president Vladimir Putin, Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan meeting in Tehran, July 2022. EPA-EFE/Sergei Savostyanov/Kremlin pool July 21, 2022 Russia and Iran’s growing friendship shows their weakness not their strength Scott Lucas, University of Birmingham This is not so much an alliance as a coalition of the isolated.
A petrochemical complex on Iran’s Persian Gulf coast. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl October 19, 2015 Iran’s tentative nuclear deal may not mean an international oil boom Mohammad Hedayati-Kakhki, Durham University The merest hint of a successful deal over Iran’s nuclear programme is enough to get people excited. And as the country emerges from economic isolation, nowhere is the enthusiasm more keenly felt than in…
Jubilation in the streets of Tehran after news of the deal which means sanctions will be lifted. EPA/Abedin Taherkenareh April 3, 2015 Iran celebrates historic nuclear deal – all eyes now on supreme leader Scott Lucas, University of Birmingham Iran is celebrating this historic deal – along with the rest of the world. But Iran’s religious leader can still throw a spanner in the works.