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Gallant: New Hezbollah leader won't last long

The Lebanese Shia militia Hezbollah has appointed Naim Qassem as new leader. A safe hand, according to Middle East expert Rouzbeh Parsi.

Gallant: New Hezbollah leader won't last long

Expert: Israel wants to draw the US and Iran into the war

Now it's total war and Nasrallah is dead, says Iran expert Rouzbeh Parsi. According to him, it can lead to the region's heavyweights – the USA and Iran – being forced into the war.

Expert: Israel wants to draw the US and Iran into the war

Expert: New President Will Have Little Impact on Djalali

Iran's new president is described as a person who stands for a slightly more open relationship with Europe. But it does not necessarily have to have a greater impact on the situation of the Swedish-Iranian imprisoned researcher Ahmadreza Djalali, according to Iran expert Rouzbeh Parsi.

Expert: New President Will Have Little Impact on Djalali

Detail about Noury's release: Iran wants to silence

From murderers and war criminals to wrongly convicted. The Iranian version of Saturday's prisoner exchange is a reversed mirror image of the Swedish one.

Detail about Noury's release: Iran wants to silence

Iran Expert: Sweden Has Played Its Cards

A win for the Iranian regime and a defeat for Swedish diplomacy. So comments Arvin Khoshnood, Iran expert affiliated with Lund University, on the prisoner exchange.

Iran Expert: Sweden Has Played Its Cards

Iran recruits gang youths – "Sign of weakness"

Why does Iran seek help from Swedish criminal teenage boys to get its affairs in order? A sign of weakness, interprets Iran expert Rouzbeh Parsi as. It shows a lack of capacity when one has to take help from people who, at least from an intelligence perspective, can be seen as unprofessional.

Iran recruits gang youths – "Sign of weakness"