Friday, July 4, 2025

ANALYSIS: Iran Employs Global Criminal Networks to Kill Opposition Figures

By Ahmad Rafat The escalation of the conflict in the Middle East following Israel’s recent missile and drone strikes on Lebanon and the deaths of Hezbollah military leaders, coupled with the detonation of communication devices...

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...

ANALYSIS: Israel’s Killing of Hezbollah, Hamas Leaders Won’t Reduce Threat

By Hamed Mohammadi Four months into the military operation in the Gaza Strip, Israeli military and security organizations have launched an unprecedented operation to assassinate senior officials of Hamas and Hezbollah. Except for Salah al-Arouri --...

ANALYSIS: Iran’s Economic Crisis Is Sparking New Wave of Civil Unrest

By Ahmad Rafat The volatile foreign exchange market is the leading indicator of the economic crisis in Iran -- even for those who live abroad and are not part of the everyday struggle in the...

ANALYSIS: Warsaw Summit Boosts Global Effort Against Iran, Though Syria Talks Fail

By Ahmad Rafat The 4th trilateral Syrian peace conference held by Iran, Russia, and Turkey on February 14 in the Black Sea resort of Sochi produced no concrete results. Presidents Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyab Erdogan,...

How Dried-Out Wetlands on the Iran-Iraq Border Threaten the Region

By Sanam Mahoozi LONDON, May 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The dust storms that have choked Iranians and Iraqis for weeks and hospitalised thousands, are the canary in the coalmine for a complex environmental disaster unfolding in wetlands...

Islamic Republic Is Condemned for Human Rights Violations at UN Human Rights Council 

By Natasha Phillips The Islamic Republic of Iran faced withering criticism for its human rights violations from the United Nations fact-finding mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFMI) and Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur...

ANALYSIS: Quest for More Leverage Drives Iran’s Nuclear Stalling Tactic, Analysts Say

By Parisa Hafezi and John Irish DUBAI, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Western powers have been trying for weeks to get Tehran's answer to one question - when will the Islamic Republic return to nuclear talks...

ANALYSIS: A Look Back At President Raisi’s First Year in Office

 By Roshanak Astaraki President Ebrahim Raisi formed Iran’s 13th government soon after coming into office last August with the slogan of “people’s government; a strong Iran,” but he and his cabinet have failed to address...

ANALYSIS: Iran Deal Collapse Would Endanger U.S. In Iraq

By Nussaibah Younis May 7 (Reuters) - May 12 is more than the deadline for Donald Trump to withdraw from the Iran nuclear agreement. It’s also the day that Iraqis are due to go to the polls...