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Exploring Iran’s Domestic Dynamics towards the US
Dr Hirak Jyoti Das, Associate Fellow, 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
Dr Hirak Jyoti Das, Associate Fellow, 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
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