He was an intellectual who dismissed easy answers and easy solutions to questions of Indianness and the unifying power of the Indian community.

The widespread waves of protests that have swept Iran in the past few weeks suggest the meltdown of the theocratic ideology in Iran.

The more the US puts pressure on Iran, the more the strategies pursued by Tehran become riskier – simply because Iranian authorities are desperate and they feel that they have nothing to lose.

Trump’s decision to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organisation complicates all diplomatic efforts to resolve historical differences.

Civil society, more than the state apparatus, has become the core actor of democratisation in Algeria, as it was the case in the Jasmin Revolution in Tunisia.

The foreign minister's departure shows that the Iranian political and religious nomenclature must make drastic changes in domestic and foreign policies if it hopes to escape a possible collapse of the system.

With many players left with skin in the game, the Syrian conflict still represents multiple dangers for the security of the world.

A thorough review of US interests in the Middle East and its policies toward Iran will also be based on the future of the civil war in Yemen and the level of financial engagement of Iran in the region.

The recent attacks in Ahvaz could play in favour of the Islamic republic, which is trying to give the image of a peaceful and innocent regime being bullied by the “Great Satan”, the hostile Trump administration.

While Iran has made amply clear that it will agree to talks if the US shows returns to the nuclear deal and reduces his hostility towards the Islamic republic, Trump and his advisors are doing exactly the opposite.

With Iran's top leadership rejecting talks with the US, Russia seems to be the last lifeboat for the Iranian sinking ship.

For young Iranians, before Trump became president, the world was finally opening up. How do they now view the 'humanisation' of North Korea, another member of 'the Axis of Evil'?

Neither Trump nor its allies in the Middle East seem interested in pursuing avenues of entente.

The simple fact that the Saudis are going nuclear in order to counter Iran is not an encouraging factor for the future stability of the Middle East.

The view in the region is that more than Israel or any other lobby in Washington, it is the Saudis and Emiratis who are behind the firing of Trump's secretary of state.

The level of trust the Iranian public has towards the regime has never been so low.

After 39 years of the revolts that dislodged the Shah, there is an absence of an organisational factor to unite the diverse inspirations of Iranians. 

The Iranian regime may have succeeded at ending the street protests, but it has not been able to put off the fire beneath the ashes.

Unorganised and leaderless, the violent protests in Iran are a reaction to rampant corruption, unemployment and an economy in decline.

Now that former President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh is dead, Iran's direct support for the Houthis can grow in importance in the coming months.