ANALYSIS-Smoldering Iran Nuclear Crisis Risks Catching Fire
Arshad Mohammed, John Irish, Jonathan Landay and Parisa Hafezi
WASHINGTON/PARIS/DUBAI, May 5 (Reuters) - Even as the United States and its European allies grapple with Russia's invasion of Ukraine and rising tensions with China, the smoldering crisis...
ANALYSIS: Efforts to Reboot Iran Nuclear Deal Are Faltering
By Ahmad Rafat
For the past few months, European and American officials have warned that the “window of opportunity” for reaching a new nuclear deal with Iran is “closing fast.”
Speaking to French lawmakers on July...
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...
ANALYSIS: Iran Is Accused of Leading ‘Campaign of Meddling’ in the West
By Natasha Phillips
Iran is being accused of interfering with the internal affairs of Western governments as it responds to their treatment and sentencing of senior Iranian officials.
Last month, a Swedish court sentenced former Iranian government official Hamid Nouri to...
ANALYSIS: What Is Iran Regime-Backed Hezbollah and What Is Its Role in Lebanon?
BEIRUT, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Following are facts about Hezbollah, the Lebanese group locked in a swiftly escalating conflict with Israel:
WHAT ARE HEZBOLLAH'S ORIGINS?
Iran's Revolutionary Guards founded Hezbollah in 1982 during Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war, part of Tehran's...
ANALYSIS: Why the Potential for Another Donald Trump Presidency Is Making Iran Very Nervous
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
By Amin Naeni : PhD candidate at Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
There’s been much talk in recent months about what a possible second Donald Trump presidency in the...
ANALYSIS: A Marriage of Convenience Bolsters Iran’s Mideast Presence
By Ahmad Rafat
The Lebanese press and broadcast media have reported extensively on the recent marriage between Zeinab Soleimani, the daughter of General Ghasem Soleimani -- the slain commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’...
ANALYSIS: Can the Iran Nuclear Deal Be Revived?
By Ahmad Rafat
The ongoing efforts to revive the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Iran nuclear deal, bring to mind the story of Lazarus -- in the Gospel of John (John 11:1-4)...
ANALYSIS: Iran-U.S. Nuclear Talks Stall Amid Threats of War
By Ahmad Rafat
The fifth round of negotiations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States over Tehran’s nuclear program took place on May 23 at the Omani ambassador’s residence in Rome.
The discussions,...
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...
