This past March, China, Russia, and Iran held joint naval drills in the Gulf of Oman, near the mouth of the Persian Gulf. Top Saudi and Iranian diplomats also met in China for the first time in ...

Iran is increasingly interested in investing in infrastructure for a north-south economic corridor that would link the Caspian Sea with the Persian Gulf. This is part of a much wider plan that ...

EU states and other countries in order to resolve the issues in the Persian Gulf. In July, the Russian Foreign Ministry introduced a concept of collective security in the Persian Gulf region.