Sunday, October 6, 2024

ANALYSIS: Can Israel and Hezbollah Both Claim Success After Weekend Strikes?

Source: THE CONVERSATION By: Ian Parmeter - Research Scholar, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University For weeks, Israel had been anticipating a major attack from Hezbollah in retaliation for its killing of Hezbollah commander...

3 Years After the Taliban’s Return, Afghanistan Is a Broken Country Swarming With Terrorists...

By Amin Saikal Source: THE CONVERSATION This week marks the third year since America’s retreat from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s return to power. The United States had intervened in Afghanistan in response to the September 11 2001...

Islamic Republic Faces Challenges As It Prepares Response to Haniyeh Killing

By Ahmad Rafat Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas’s political office, was killed in Tehran on July 31. In response, the Islamic Republic quickly announced its plan to take retaliatory action against Israel, even though...

Haniyeh Assassination: Why Tehran Is Blaming A “Projectile From Abroad”

Kayhan-London Staff July 31, 2024 -Analysis- From sources inside Iran, as well as around the Arab world, the first elements are emerging of how the high-stakes mission to assassinate Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran may have been successfully...

Gaza Update: Netanyahu Gets a Mixed Reception in Washington

SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION As the violence continued to rage in Gaza and on the West Bank – and Israeli protesters made their anger at their government felt on the streets of Tel Aviv – Benjamin...

ANALYSIS: Iran’s Foreign Policy Under Pezeshkian Is More of the Same 

By Ahmad Rafat Weeks after the election of Masoud Pezeshkian as the new Iranian President, the Islamic Republic is facing significant challenges on the global stage. One critical factor that could push Iran into further international...

Islamic Republic Is Allegedly Hiring Crime Gangs to Kill Opponents in Europe

By Ahmad Rafat   The arrest of two individuals in the Netherlands has exposed a strong link between the security agencies of the Islamic Republic and the infamous “Mocro-Maffia” drug gang operating in the Netherlands and...

ANALYSIS: Iran’s New President Is Unlikely to Alter Nation’s Foreign Policy

By Kayhan Life Staff On July 6, Masoud Pezeshkian was elected president of the 14th government of the Islamic Republic of Iran amidst a muddle of crises across all sectors. Even the most optimistic analysts...
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ANALYSIS: Iran’s New President Masoud Pezeshkian Is No Moderate

By Ahmad Rafat Western governments have eagerly been awaiting the election of a new Iranian president – one who could be perceived as a reformist and moderate figure, and allow them to justify restarting nuclear...

Kurdish Oil Smuggling to Iran Flourishes

By Timour Azhari ERBIL, Iraq, July 11 (Reuters) - Heading for Turkey to the north and Iran to the east, hundreds of oil tankers snake each day from near Kurdistan's capital Erbil, clogging the Iraqi region's often winding and...