(2023-06-04). Iran Says It Will Form Naval Alliance With Gulf Arab States. news.antiwar.com Iran's navy commander said Friday that Tehran was working to form a naval alliance with several Gulf Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iraq. "The countries of the region have today realized that only cooperation with each other brings security to the area," Iranian Navy Commander Shahram Irani said. In response to …
(2023-06-04). Iran Reveals Plan To Form Naval Alliance With Gulf Arab States. southfront.org 
Forces of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in the Persian Gulf. FILE IMAGE: IRNA | The commander of Iran's navy announced that the Islamic Republic will form a joint naval alliance with Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq, India and Pakistan. | Rear Admiral Shahram Irani made the announcement during a televised program that was aired on June 2. According to the semi-official Fars news agency, the commander said that "countries of the region have realized that the security of the region c…
(2023-06-03). Water Wars: Drought, Disputes, and Deadly Skirmishes Between Iran and the Taliban. orinocotribune.com By F.M. Shakil — Jun 1, 2023 | Recent border clashes have escalated tensions to a critical point between the Islamic Republic and the Taliban over Iran's unfulfilled water rights. Do the Taliban have a deeper motive, and what are their demands? | Long spells of drought in Afghanistan and southeastern Iran have reignited a decades-old dispute between the two countries over the equitable distribution of water from the Helmand River, which originates in the mountains north of Kabul, and flows through much of Afghanistan before emptying into the Sistan wetlands in Iran. | One factor contributing to the dispute i…
(2023-06-03). Iran still rolling with the punches. journal-neo.org 
Another wave of Western provocations cannot harm the Iranian regime. Instead of rapprochement with the West in order to ease the burden of anti-Iranian sanctions and to push its conditions under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran chose to increase its engagement with Russia and China after the start of Russia's special military […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ
(2023-06-03). Iran Releases Three European Citizens In Deal Involving Oman, Belgium. southfront.org 
Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi who was freed by Belgium. | On June 2, Iran freed two Austrian and one Danish citizens in a follow up to a recent Oman-brokered prisoner swap deal that saw the release of an Iranian diplomat by Belgium. | Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said he was "very relieved" that Kamran Ghaderi and Massud Mossaheb were being brought home after "years of arduous imprisonment in Iran." | From his side, Denmark's foreign minister, Lars Là∏kke Rasmussen, s…
(2023-06-04). Irán, Arabia Saudita, EAU y Omán formarán una alianza militar. telesurtv.net El comandante de la Armada iraní, el contraalmirante Shahram Irani, dice que el país formará nuevas alianzas regionales y extrarregionales para mejorar la seguridad.