Sawsan al-Shaer

Sawsan al-Shaer

Iran's Mistakes United the World Against It

Gulf diplomacy must intensify after the changes and turning points of recent days. Joint delegations should engage European allies, as well as other countries with which the Gulf maintains strong relations, such as China and Russia, and urge them to help introduce the final chapter of Iran's…

The Gulf Statement and Iranian Threats

Since February 28, the Iranian regime has attempted to send contradictory messages to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states: at times, conciliatory political messages, and at other times, military messages involving direct bombardment of civilian targets. There were two discourses: the…

"The Promised Day"

An Iranian official said that “we have prepared a vast arsenal of weapons, missiles, and drones for this promised day.” When Iran came under Israeli-US attack on February 28, we assumed that arsenal would be directed at the enemy that struck it. That, after all, is what this “promised day” was…

Israel and the World’s Rage

When you see the "diligence" of an Israeli with the audacity to appear in Western media and try to justify their government's actions, watching them spectacularly fail to defend their position or respond to their interlocutor, you notice that it does nothing to soften the cutting criticism of…

Iran’s Interest Hinges on it Changing its Behavior

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi stated on Tuesday that Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al-Saeed had informed him that Egypt wants to restore relations with Tehran. Raisi informed Sultan Haitham that Tehran welcomes the position. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry, however, has not commented on the…

The Story of Bahraini Women in Short

In the summer of 2011, I had a meeting with then British Ambassador Ian Lindsay in wake of the so-called Arab Spring movement. Bahrain at the time was engaged in a conflict with major powers that were trying to impose on us backwards forces, led by Khamenei’s official agent in Bahrain, under the…