Friday, July 11, 2025

ANALYSIS: To Contain Iran, Look First To Yemen – Not Sanctions

By Carlos Pascual April 30 (Reuters) - In the Middle East, all eyes are fixed on Syria’s ongoing carnage and the international response to the latest chemical attack by Bashar al-Assad’s regime. But if the...

[ANALYSIS] Pakistan-US Relations: New Challenges and Prospects

SPECIAL REPORT “Pakistan-US Relations: New Challenges and Prospects” International Institute for Strategic Studies London, March 13th 2018 ★★★★★ OVERVIEW In a meeting chaired by Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, the International Institute For Strategic Studies (ISS) Senior Fellow for South Asia, the veteran Pakistan...

ANALYSIS: Envisioning an Endgame in Syria

“After Afrin and Sochi: Envisioning an Endgame in Syria” International Institute for Strategic Studies London, February 7th, 2018   OVERVIEW In a meeting chaired by Dr. Nicholas Redman, Director of Editorial at the International Institute For Strategic Studies (IISS), Emile Hokayem, the Senior...

ANALYSIS: How Iran-EU Relations Are Strained by Terrorism and Sanctions 

By Ahmad Rafat The European Union announced a new set of sanctions on January 8 against a particular unit of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and against two individuals -- Asadollah Assadi and Saeed Hashemi Moghadam...
Michael White, a freed U.S. Navy veteran detained in Iran since 2018, poses with U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Brian Hook in Zurich

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...

ANALYSIS: Despite Its Inflammatory Rhetoric, Iran Is Unlikely to Attack Israel

SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION BY Shahram Akbarzadeh Iran has warned Israel of severe consequences from “multiple fronts” if it does not halt its relentless bombardment of the Gaza Strip. This warning is widely interpreted as a declaration of...

ANALYSIS: Iran’s Money Laundering Problem

By Ahmad Rafat In a recent interview with the Khabar Online news agency, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has indicated that some influential people in Iran have benefited from money-laundering schemes. His comments have...

ANALYSIS-U.S. Says U.N. Sanctions on Iran to Be Reimposed Saturday. What Does That Mean?

By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK, Sept 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration says that on Saturday (2000 EDT/0000 GMT Sunday) all United Nations sanctions on Iran have to be restored and a conventional arms embargo...

ANALYSIS: A Year After Soleimani’s Death, Iran’s influence Is Receding

By Ahmad Rafat January 3 marked the first anniversary of the death of the former Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Qods Force (IRGC-QF), Lieutenant General Ghasem Soleimani, who was assassinated in a U.S....

ANALYSIS: Why Did Foreign Minister Javad Zarif Resign?

By Roshanak Astaraki In a surprise move, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif resigned from his post on February 26. On the same day, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei met and held talks with...