«Iranians believe that their most important neighbor is the United States, represented by the Fifth Fleet and US military bases, not to mention the troops in Afghanistan or UAV’s in Pakistan. This means that for Teheran the solution to its foreign security challenges is deeply connected to the relations with Washington», - PIR Center President Vladimir Orlov.

“Even a brief review of the biographies of Iran presidential candidates gives an idea that each of them at some point in his career served as a negotiator on a wide range of issues. It must be assumed that the experience of negotiating is regarded as an important criterion for the selection of candidates because of the fact that negotiations on the key for Iran issue – nuclear issue – mildly speaking, came to a deadlock,” - PIR Center experts Julia Sveshnikova and Amir Roknifard.

“The second week of massive clashes between protesters and police in Turkey shows the first serious signs to position of Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Party of Justice and Development. The situation emerging in the country may become the beginning of the end of the monopoly of Islamists at power. However, I do not think that Erdogan and his government would resign”, - President of the Institute of Middle East Studies Evgeny Satanovsky.