The main reason for the current crisis is the West’s desire to force Tehran into a neocolonial framework With the US and Israel both openly contemplating attacks on Iran, the entire Middle East feels like a powder keg one spark away from catastrophic escalation. As Russia marked Diplomatic Workers’ Day last week, RT spoke to Alexey Dedov, the Russian ambassador in Iran, to get an on-the-ground perspective of how the situation might developed and whether conflict is inevitable. RT: In an interview with RT ahead of Diplomat’s Day, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov noted that today there are many “time bombs” present in the Middle East. How has the situation in the region changed over the past year? Which of these “time bombs” do you personally consider the most dangerous, and why? Unfortunately, the destructive policies of the United States, Israel, and a number of Western countries have led to a significant complication of the situation in the Middle East over the past year. It...
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Ankara is telling the world that a selective and force-driven approach to the Iranian nuclear issue could ignite a chain reaction In Ankara, the idea of Türkiye one day seeking a nuclear weapons option has never been entirely absent from strategic conversation. Yet in recent days it has acquired a sharper edge, as the region around Türkiye is sliding toward a logic in which raw deterrence begins to look like the only dependable language left. Türkiye’s foreign policy has expanded far beyond the cautious, status-quo posture that once defined it. It has positioned itself as a mediator on Ukraine and Gaza, pursued hard security aims through sustained operations and influence in Syria, Iraq, and Libya, and inserted itself into competitive theaters from the Eastern Mediterranean to the Horn of Africa. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has long framed this activism as a corrective to an international order he portrays as structurally unfair. His slogan that the world is bigger than five – ref...
The Hungarian prime minister has slammed Brussels’ continued backing of Ukraine, suggesting Kiev will not win the conflict EU leaders are wrong to believe that they can exhaust Russia and help Ukraine win the conflict, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said. The remarks came in response to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s statement at the Munich Security Conference last week, where he suggested that Brussels exacting “unprecedented losses and costs on Moscow” could weaken it and force it to “agree to peace.” “Who believes that the Russians will run out of steam sooner than Ukraine? It’s a fantasy, an illusion, and irresponsible,” Orban said in a speech on Tuesday, criticizing Brussels’ continued financial and military aid to Kiev. During his Munich address, Merz claimed that the EU has not used its full potential against Moscow, saying that while the bloc’s GDP is “almost ten times higher” than that of Russia, “Europe today is not ten times stronger than Russia.” Read...
The US leader believes such an operation won’t be necessary due to the worsening US-induced energy shortage Kidnapping Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel would be an easy operation for the American military, US President Donald Trump has claimed. Speaking on Tuesday to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump praised his strategy of economically isolating the island nation, which has been under a US trade embargo since 1960, as a means of forcing Havana to make concessions. “In the meantime, there’s an embargo. There’s no oil. There’s no money. There’s no anything,” he said. When asked whether he was considering an operation similar to the one that led to the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro last month, Trump replied: “I don’t want to answer that. Why would I answer that?” He then added: “If I was, it wouldn’t be a very tough operation as you can figure, but I don’t think that’ll be necessary.” The US abducted Maduro and put him on trial on American soil last month, ...
The authorities have also not allowed family members to meet him despite a serious eye condition, Naureen Niazi has told RT Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been denied medical care in prison, his sister has alleged. Khan has been in prison since August 2023, when he was convicted in a case for profiting from the sale of state gifts. The authorities have denied permission to family members or doctors to meet him recently, his sister Naureen Niazi told RT in an interview. “We don’t really know his real condition because they don’t let our doctors see him. So we can’t trust what they are saying,” she said, adding the family or their doctors haven’t met Khan in the last three months. Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered a medical team to examine Khan and allowed phone contact with his sons after a court-appointed lawyer’s report. Khan has been left with just 15% vision in his right eye after authorities allegedly ignored his complaints for months, lawyer Salman Safda...
Ex-Prince Andrew faces scrutiny over alleged sharing of confidential information with Jeffrey Epstein Members of Britain’s royal family are not above the law, the country’s top prosecutor said on Sunday, as police investigate former Prince Andrew over allegations he leaked information to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Thames Valley Police said last week it was in discussions with the Crown Prosecution Service over allegations of misconduct in public office against Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the brother of King Charles III. “Nobody is above the law,” Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Parkinson told the Sunday Times. The prosecutor added he had “total confidence” that police would act independently and dismissed suggestions that the monarchy would receive special treatment. Read more UK’s King Charles comments on brother’s Epstein links “From my perspective, I don’t find it a difficult offense to prosecute because the core of it is a g...