ANALYSIS: U.S. May Be Getting Ready to Resume Talks With Iran
By Hamed Mohammadi
On June 4, the Iranian authorities released Michael White, a U.S. Navy veteran who had been arrested in July 2018 in the city of Mashhad, the capital of the northeastern province of...
Iran Denies Death of Senior IRGC Commander During Israeli Air Raid in Syria
By Hamed Mohammadi
Several Arabic-language news outlets and websites have reported in recent days that the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh was killed during an...
ANALYSIS: Iran’s Top Security Officials Prefer Direct Talks with U.S.
By Hamed Mohammadi
During a speech at a military event on January 8, Brigadier-General Gholamhossein Gheybparvar, the head of the Basij Resistance Force, warned those pushing for a new round of talks with the U.S....
ANALYSIS: Iran’s Ruling Factions Are Deeply Divided On Nuclear Deal
By Hamed Mohammadi
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met the Vatican’s Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, and Secretary for Relations with State, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, in Vatican City on July 13.
Mr. Abdollahian assured...
OPINION: Iran Could Be Planning Second Tanker War in Persian Gulf
By Hamed Mohammadi
The Islamic Republic has released several photographs in recent days which showed gaping holes in the hull of its National Iranian Tanker Company’s (NITC) oil tanker, Sabiti, that Tehran said were caused...
Christian Convert Ebrahim Firouzi Released from Iranian Prison
By Hamed Mohammadi
The Iranian authorities have released Ebrahim Firouzi, a Christian convert from a Muslim background, after he served a 5-year sentence at Gohardasht (Rajaei Shahr) Prison in Karaj, 20 kilometers west of Tehran,...
Soleimani Persuaded Putin Fight Against ISIS in Syria, Iranian General Says
By Hamed Mohammadi
Lieutenant General Ghasem Soleimani, the former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ Qods Force (IRGC-QF), persuaded Russia to join the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS)...
ANALYSIS: What A New Nuclear Deal Would Mean for Iran and the West
By Hamed Mohammadi
According to some Iranian officials and Western diplomats, parties involved in the Vienna talks are close to reaching a “nuclear deal.”
Officially, some warn that “many issues remain unresolved,” others, including Russian Foreign...
Iran Explores Economic Opportunities in Syria, Wins Power Station Contract
By Hamed Mohammadi
A privately held Iranian energy company has won the contract to build a 540 megawatts gas-fired power station in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia, Iran’s Minister of Energy Reza Ardakanian has...
Iran Blasts U.S. for Ending Sanctions Waiver for Nuclear Deal Signatories
By Hamed Mohammadi
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) released a statement on May 29 condemning a move by the U.S. State Department two days earlier to end the sanctions waiver for Russia, China,...
