The rising tensions in the Middle East are fostering enhanced cooperation and coordination between Turkiye and Iran, both of which agree on the need to prevent the expansion of Israeli aggression.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi's Gulf tour aims to ease escalating tensions with “Israel” amid threats of retaliation and complex diplomatic relations.

Since taking office, reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian has made provocative statements courting the U.S., while affirming Iran and Hezbollah's right to retaliate.

Iran has accused “Israel” of the assassination of several of its military leaders and nuclear scientists over the years, and these would be the latest killings as Iran moves closer to nuclear weapons capability.

By winning the second round of the snap Iranian presidential elections, Masoud Pezeshkian thwarted the conservatives’ dominance of the country’s rule, and returned the reformists to the political scene after more than 19 years.