Fereydon Majlessi: It is time to clarify the task of a peaceful future for the Middle East region in the form of an international conference

Fereydoun Majlessi (source: Fereydoun Majlessi)

The Iranian foreign policy expert explains in what direction do the developments in the Middle Eas go 

Fereydoun Majlessi, Shafaqna, 20 April 2024

Fereydoun Majlessi, a former Iranian diplomat says that before it reaches the desired results of each side, the war in the Middle East will lead to killing, destruction and to the situation that happened to the unfortunate and helpless people in Gaza. Majlessi believes that we have all seen this devastation and hopes that it will be a lesson for the rest of the people of the region. The issue of Gaza is injustice, but it is in the form of Israeli-Palestinian and Arab relations. In his view, it is time to clarify the task of a peaceful future for this region in the form of an international conference with the participation of regional powers, that would end this 75-year-old and costly war in the Middle East.

Majlessi: The defense power of Iran will be vulnerable if it is based on the poverty of the people

The aftermath of an US retaliatory strike in the Middle East against presumed position of the pro-Iranian militias outside of Iran (source: Central Command, WGN TV, screenshot)

An examination of the recent tensions in the region in an interview with Fereydoun Majlessi

Aftab News, 5 February 2024

Since 1988, when Ronald Reagan ordered an attack on Iranian ships in response to the mine laying on the USS Samuel B. Roberts, there has not been a major and direct military conflict between the two countries, but the risk of a possible conflict always looms over the bilateral hostilities. 

Fereydoun Majlessi: China is the only remaining significant possibility for the Iranian foreign trade

Fereydoun Majlessi (source: Fereydoun Majlessi)

Interview with the Iranian foreign policy expert on current international relations issues around Iran: the Iran-Saudi deal, the relations with Russia and China, the Iranian nuclear deal, the conflicts in Caucasus, the Shia axis of resistance in the Middle East and Iran’s relations with the Global South

Vladimir Mitev

Fereydoun Majlessi is a former diplomat, who served in Washington DC and in Brussels in the European community before the Iranian Revolution in 1979. Since then he has been a manager and an entrepreneur, as well as a writer and translator. He has translated Gore Vidal into Persian. At present he is a freelance journalist, columnist and a foreign policy expert. 

Effects of the war in Ukraine on the Middle East: an Iranian perspective

The history of the Center for Political and International Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran (source: ipis.ir)

Speech by H.E. Dr. Mohammad Hassan Sheikholeslami, deputy foreign minister of Iran

This text is the speech of H.E. Dr. Mohammad Hassan Sheikholeslami, president of Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS) and deputy minister of foreign affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the 8th Forum “Middle East in Quest for Security, Stability, and Economic Identity”, which was held online in Bucharest, 7th July 2022.

The anti-Iranian axis cracks

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The EU, Russia and China have their own visions for the Middle East, which emphasise economic development and cooperation. A surprising step towards the peace camp was made by the UAE 

Vladimir Mitev

This article was published on 13 August 2019 on the English section of the site „The Barricade”. 

The world media reports abundantly on the escalation of tensions in the Middle East. In the hot summer of 2019 we followed the takedown of an American drone, which Iran claimed entered its aerial space. The UK captured an Iranian tanker around Gibraltar, claiming that it was about to deliver petrol to Syria, against international rules. Iranian military seized a British tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. We also learned that the USA has introduced sanctions against the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who played a key role in the negotiations and signing of the 2015 nuclear agreement with the group of six (USA, UK, France, Germany, Russia and China).

What has a more difficult time grabbing the attention of the international press are the efforts of a number of countries supporting peaceful development and easing of tension in the Middle East. The EU, Russia and China see possibilities for economic development, reconciliation, trade, and security partnerships in this region. Without saying so openly, these concepts are being realized, evidently counter the confrontation strategy of Iran’s adversaries.