The Telegraph: "Iran will regain its lost position after a settlement in Syria"

The independent US publication Counter Punch wrote that Russia has every chance of restoring order in the Middle East. About two weeks ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin managed to fill the political vacuum of Washington due to the situation in Syria, thus changing the balance of forces in the world political arena. The lack of  competence of the US authorities in terms of foreign policy has played a cruel joke on the state, depriving it of its benefits in the Middle East. The foreign policy decisions taken in the last seven years have been a complete fiasco for the United States.

Currently, the only effective force fighting Islamic State is Russia and its Iranian allies. Neither the US, nor the coalition led by it has shown obvious results in a year of airstrikes, while the Kremlin has managed to destroy several important terrorists in a week. The reason for this success of the Russian command in Syria is due to the debugged actions coordinated with the Syrian leadership, aimed at combating terrorism, while the Western powers and their Middle Eastern partners rather pursue their own goals than fight ISIS.

The geopolitical outcome of the recovery of Russian power in the Middle East will be the elimination of ISIS and thousands of the refugees will return to their country, but they will need lots of efforts and financial investments in order to restore the destroyed cities. Nevertheless, Syria, in contrast to Lebanon and Iraq, has a chance to preserve its statehood thanks to the efforts of Moscow. In addition, the stabilization of the situation in the Middle East is also an extremely important task for Russia, and, most likely, the country's leaders will be able to do this.

The British Telegraph newspaper wrote that the lifting of sanctions against Iran will lead to competition among energy suppliers. Tehran’s return to the world market as a country that has significant reserves of oil will have a lasting impact on the international companies, such as, for example, Royal Dutch Shell, which once spent billions of dollars on the development of natural gas production in Australia. Now these investments could result in economic collapse for the corporation, as it is clear that Iran will seize this opportunity to begin the export of energy resources to all regions of the world.

However, despite significant prospects that are opening up for the country, Iran will need at least five years on the development of its oil and gas infrastructure. Most likely, the major Western countries will invest in Iran's energy sector, which, in turn, will lead to a rising rate of energy production capacity and will enable Iran to restore its economic situation affected by the sanctions imposed  by the Western countries.

Of course, the economic development is inextricably linked with the situation in the Middle East as a whole. If the Iranian-Russian alliance will be able to resolve the Syrian crisis, it is quite obvious that Iran will regain its lost position not only in the region but in the world.