EghtesadOnline: Qatar and Saudi Arabia square off in a major diplomatic feud. Suicide bombers strike at the heart of the Iranian capital. Kurdistan moves toward independence, and war rages on in Syria and Yemen.

EghtesadOnline: The United States and Israel seek the protraction of crises in the Middle East in order to be able to sell more weapons to regional countries, Iranian Parliament speaker's special advisor on international affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, says.

EghtesadOnline: Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that crisis in the region may bring about an increase in arms purchase by certain regional states.