Nicole Grajewski

After nearly a decade of work on the Russia-Iran relationship, I wrote a book about it. hurstpublishers.com/book/russia-an…

Dry taps, empty lakes, shuttered cities: A water crisis batters Iran. After a five-year drought and decades of mismanagement, Tehran is at risk of running out of water in several weeks. w/ @SanamMahoozi & Leily Nikounazar nytimes.com/2025/07/26/wor…

E3 and EU PDs met Iranian DFMs to discuss Iran’s nuclear programme. E3 are ready to trigger snapback, however we offered a snapback extension should Iran meet their legal obligations and specific criteria. We urge Iran to choose the path of diplomacy.

Nikolai Patrushev, Head of Russian Maritime Collegium: "In the coming years, Black Sea Fleet can expect further reinforcements with new ships, aircraft and marine robotic systems." iz.ru/1926277/2025-0…

1/ IAF F-16I WSO on working with the F-35I and on Iranian SAMs: "F-35 missions ... gave us a lot of information that other planes like the F-16I don’t have ... [They] say to the F-16I, be aware you’re going to meet this kind of missile or another kind." twz.com/air/flying-and…

رئیس سازمان فضایی: نمونهٔ دوم ماهوارهٔ ناهید ۲ ساخته شده و توسط پرتابگر داخلی پرتاب خواهد شد. ماهوارهٔ ناهید ۳ هم با پهنای باند و امکانات بیشتر در فرایند طراحی و ساخت قرار گرفته است.

In the last few hours, Syria went public on two major issues: joint anti Islamic State operations with Turkey and the US in al-Bab & direct high level talks with Israel with the meeting between Ron Dremer and @AsaadHShaibani in Paris

While France and Germany must address many questions about Europe's next-generation fighter jet by year-end, both say they are committed to advancing the program. politico.eu/article/france…

It is 13:25 in Istanbul and the Iran-E3 meeting is still ongoing.

Key here, amid talk of E3 offering #Iran an extension to #snapback deadline (Ie delaying time window in which E3 could reimpose UN sanctions), from @IRIMFA_SPOX : "We oppose this." 1/3 irna.ir/news/85896542/…

Today, from Russian Vostochny cosmodrome was launched the Soyuz-2.1B SLV with Russian Ionosphere-M №3 and №4 and other satelites including the Iranian Nahid-2 telecommunications satellite made by the Iranian Space Research Center.

"Had Iran fired a few more large volleys of missiles, Israel could have exhausted its supply of top-tier Arrow 3 munitions, one of the U.S. officials said." wsj.com/world/israel-i…

Consistent with its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will recognize the State of Palestine. I will make this solemn announcement before the United Nations General Assembly this coming September.…

European diplomat. "Our main goal continues to be to find a diplomatic solution for the situation with Iran, but we are aware of the fact that 1/ time is running out and 2/... -1-

Hitting a target that is 600m in diameter is not a demonstration of "precision"

The experience with Iran and Russia makes it abundantly clear: while oil sanctions are good for restructuring oil flows around geopolitical relationships, they fall short on changing state behavior. Lessons for US policy on decoupling from China. My latest for @ForeignPolicy

Scoop: For weeks, fires and explosions have erupted in Iran almost daily. Officials say they suspect sabotage & have trained their suspicions on Israel, pointing to its history of covert operations in Iran. w/ @ErikaSolomon nytimes.com/2025/07/23/wor…

Min. @Antonio_Tajani reiterated to 🇮🇷MFA @araghchi the importance of resuming negotiations. "We look forward to resumption of dialogue with the #US to reach a nuclear deal that guarantees stability of the #MiddleEast. Italy is ready to facilitate 🇮🇷dialogue with 🇺🇸 and @iaeaorg."

Given the many questions surrounding a recent and highly controversial decision passed by the Ukrainian parliament, led by the President's party, I’ve summarized key points from reports by The Kyiv Independent and The Financial Times. Full article links are provided at the end:

Instead of replying to each question, I decided to put together a thread that better explains the context of the recent protest, and why this particular law triggered such an unexpected reaction, especially for those, who don’t follow internal Ukrainian politics. 🧵Thread:

To be clear: it was not the Rada, this was not good tsar, bad boyars – it was Zelensky and Yermak who organized this and pushed it through. Orders came from the office of the president last night and the law enforcement committee passed it early morning in such great haste that…