Articles

The Last Two Gulf Summits- Looking at New Horizons

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Addressing the Shura Council King Salman of Saudi Arabia last week reiterated his concern about the Iranian government’s policy which is destabilizing regional security and stability, including building, and backing sectarian armed militias and pro....

January 04, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Iran , JCPOA , Qatar , GCC , Syria , IRGC , Houthis , Gulf Summit

The Raisi Presidency in Iran and its Implications

Kingshuk Chatterjee Article

It is much too early to make out straight away what the well-predicted election of Ebrahim Raisi, the incumbent Chief of Iranian Judiciary, to the Presidency of Islamic Republic of Iran is likely to bode for Iran and the world. Since his election to....

July 05, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , JCPOA , USA , New Delhi , IRGC , Ebrahim Raisi , Khamenei , resistance economy

Revival of the Iran Nuclear Deal: Options and Possibilities

Col Rajeev Agarwal Article

21st February is an important date in the global calendar this year and specifically for Iran and the West Asian region. On this day, Iran has declared that it will expel United Nations nuclear inspectors unless sanctions imposed on it by the US are ....

February 17, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Article , JCPOA , Trump , IRGC , Biden , Abraham Accords , IAEA , Iran deal

Sino- Iran Proposed Accord: China’s Expansionism Continues

Major General (Retd.) Ajay Kumar Chaturvedi, AVSM, VSM Article

Introduction

Sometime back there was a news item that Iran has decided to undertake construction of the Chabahar- Zahedan Railway Line on its own. The reason given was that India who was earlier building that Railway line was going slow on ....

August 19, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Climate Change , Article , India , China , PLA Navy , JCPOA , USA , Chabahar , IRGC , Zahedan , railway line , Khomeini

Interaction on US-Iran Tensions after the Death of Major General Qassem Soleimani

The Vivekananda International Foundation organized an interactive session on “Interaction on US-Iran tensions after the death of Major General Qassem Soleimani” on 7 January 2020. Dr Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF delivered his opening remarks follo....

March 12, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , US , Iran , IRGC , Soleimani , Major General Qassem Soleimani

Exploring Iran’s Domestic Dynamics towards the US

Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

The internal political dynamics in Iran are divided into three blocs namely the clergy, the technocracy and the military and security forces. The interplay between the three blocs into the clergy-military; military-technocrat and clergy-technocrat al....

January 31, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , West Asia , Article , JCPOA , IRGC , Kataeb Hezbollah , Hassan Rouhani , Qassim Soleimani , Popular Mobilisation Forces , Iran-US tensions

Ukranian Tragedy - The Bigger Question

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Far Beyond ‘Just a Human Error’

This article argues that that the downing of the Ukrainian civil airliner by an Iranian missile on 08 Jan 2020 that took 176 innocent lives¹ is an incident that goes far beyond than ‘just ....

January 28, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Quds Force , IRGC , missile strike , Ukrainian aircraft , human error , fratricide

Analysing Iran’s Counter Strikes

Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

Iran on 8 January 2020 launched 22 surface-to-surface missiles at two US military bases in Ain al-Asad base in Anbar province and one facility in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.¹ The operation called, “Shahid Soleimani” has been....

January 17, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , IRGC , Operation Shahid Soleimani , Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) , Kataeb Hezbollah , War Powers Resolution

Assassination of General Soleimani and geo-political tensions in the Gulf

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Assassination of Major General Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Al Quds Forces in an American strike at Baghdad airport in the early hours of 3rd January sent shock waves in the region. Iran declared 3 days mourning and flags are being flown at half....

January 09, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , West Asia , Article , Quds Force , IRGC , Soleimani , Mashad , Kitaib-Hizbullah , oil price

The Soleimani Assassination : Taking it from There

Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Since he kept a comparatively low profile as the commander of a strategic force designed to act clandestinely not many realized that Qasem Soleimani was virtually Number 2 in Iran’s effective hierarchy. That is why people are surprised by the asses....

January 07, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Kata'ib Hezbollah , Quds Force , Solemani , IRGC , Iraqi militias