{"id":19426,"date":"2026-04-28T21:47:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/?p=19426"},"modified":"2026-04-28T21:47:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:47:24","slug":"neither-peace-nor-war-us-iran-confrontation-pushes-the-middle-east-into-a-dangerous-dilemma-ahmad-shahidov-speaks-to-arb24-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/?p=19426","title":{"rendered":"Neither peace nor war: US\u2013Iran confrontation pushes the Middle East into a dangerous dilemma \u2013 Ahmad Shahidov speaks to ARB24 Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ibCqM5BED8U?si=sWuMxsHih2IJ-C-E\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nRising tensions between the United States and Iran, Israel\u2019s military operations across the region, and the ongoing confrontation along the Lebanese front remain among the main issues on the international agenda. Although diplomatic contacts continue, the failure to reach a concrete agreement increases the risk of new military escalation and keeps the region in a state of \u201cneither peace nor full-scale war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Political analyst Ahmad Shahidov stated in his interview with ARB24 Television that the Middle East is currently experiencing not a classic diplomatic crisis, but a phase of simultaneous military confrontation and parallel negotiations: \u201cThe United States is trying to limit Iran\u2019s nuclear program and its regional influence, while Tehran demands the lifting of sanctions and security guarantees. Although negotiations formally continue, there is no serious trust between the sides, and for this reason military risks remain high. Today, the region is moving neither toward full peace nor away from open war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad Shahidov also emphasized that the visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to Russia and his meeting with Vladimir Putin have brought Moscow\u2019s role in the process further to the forefront: \u201cRussia is not acting as a fully neutral mediator here; rather, it holds a position closer to Iran\u2019s interests. At the same time, the active role of Hezbollah along the Israel\u2013Lebanon line shows that the region could be dragged into a much larger war at any moment. This has already become not only a Middle Eastern issue, but also a matter of global security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/arb24_27.04.2026b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19427\" src=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/arb24_27.04.2026b-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/arb24_27.04.2026b-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/arb24_27.04.2026b-475x267.jpg 475w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/arb24_27.04.2026b-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/arb24_27.04.2026b-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/arb24_27.04.2026b.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/arb24_27.04.2026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19428\" src=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/arb24_27.04.2026-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/arb24_27.04.2026-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/arb24_27.04.2026-475x267.jpg 475w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/arb24_27.04.2026-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/arb24_27.04.2026-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/arb24_27.04.2026.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/arb24_27.04.2026a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19429\" src=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/arb24_27.04.2026a-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/arb24_27.04.2026a-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/arb24_27.04.2026a-475x267.jpg 475w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/arb24_27.04.2026a-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/arb24_27.04.2026a-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/arb24_27.04.2026a.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rising tensions between the United States and Iran, Israel\u2019s military operations across the region, and the ongoing confrontation along the Lebanese front remain among the main issues on the international&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[232,220],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","category-slider"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/arb24_27.04.2026b.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19430,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19426\/revisions\/19430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}