The article goes over the massive trade deals that China has between Saudi Arabia and parts of the middle east. The article mentions that China is Saudi Arabia’s largest trading partner, with trade between the two countries reaching $87.3bn. Saudi Arabia is going to host a China-Arab summit, which will be attended by Xi Jinping and Mohamad Bin Salman, President… Read more »
Recently in Afghanistan, there were two attacks in the Afghani capital of Kabul. One of the attacks was an attempted assassination of a Pakistani government official. The other attack was an attempted assassination of a prominent politician, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the former prime minister of Afghanistan. He was in a mosque for prayer when two men dressed as women were caught… Read more »
Iran imprisoned 7 people they suspected to be working alongside Israel in the destruction of Iranian property, kidnapping, and theft. Iran believes that the “operatives” were receiving instructions from an Israelite located in Sweden. All individuals were believed to have previous legal issues, most notably, who they believed to be the ringleader, was arrested for attempting to traffic humans from… Read more »
Iran has supposedly made threats to Saudi Arabia concerning their coverage of the protests happening in Tehran due to the morality police. The US has received word of the conceived threat and have publicly stated that they would be willing to act in defense for the interests of the US and their middle east partners. Iran obviously denies that these… Read more »
Iran’s currency has recently plunged due to mounting protests and recent holds up with negotiating the nuclear deal. The rial has continuously declined, falling to about 362,000 rial per 1 USD. When the nuclear deal was signed, the rial was exchanging at around 10 times the amount that it currently is. However, after the US had backed out of the… Read more »
Moscow and Iran are improving their relations amidst the Ukrainian war. Iran has expressly stated that it doesn’t support the war and is in favor of a cease fire. However, their relations are supposedly improving on a “strategic” level in response to the sanctions placed by the US and western partners. This meeting happened following Iran’s admission to selling military… Read more »