ANALYSIS: Why the West Seeks to Avoid Ukraine-Like Conflict in Mideast
By Hamed Mohammadi
It has been nearly four months since the Oct. 7 deadly attack by Hamas on Israel, which sparked the war in Gaza. During the same period, the Houthi rebels in Yemen have...
ANALYSIS: Hitler and Reza Shah: Mullahs and Pro-Israel Writers Sing Together
By Amir Taheri
That political life is full of surprises may be an old adage. However, there are times when something so unexpected happens that one has to look beyond surprise to understand it.
One such...
ANALYSIS: Who Are the Men Serving in Iran’s IRGC, Basij, and Police Forces?
By Simorgh (Iran)
The recent publication of photographs of underage children in riot police uniforms carrying compliance tools has raised eyebrows and sparked public outrage.
However, a closer examination of the photographs shows that the small...
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...
EXCLUSIVE – Qatar Held Separate Talks With Iran, US on Nuclear, Drones
By Samia Nakhoul, Andrew Mills and Parisa Hafezi
Sept 20 (Reuters) - Qatar wants to capitalise on a U.S.-Iranian detainee deal that it mediated during months of delicate diplomacy to find common ground on a more intractable issue between...
ANALYSIS: The Future of the Iran Nuclear Deal
London, October 24, 2017 Key Points from a Meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Iran: Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA,) held at the House of Commons (Committee Room 12.)
Introduction In a well-attended 90-minute meeting...
Khamenei Rejects Any Talks With Donald Trump Amid Revolution’s 46th Anniversary
By Ahmad Rafat
On the eve of the 46th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution, led by Ruhollah Khomeini, and shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump released a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM)...
ANALYSIS: Biden Would Face Uncertain Path to Detente With Wary Iran
By Parisa Hafezi and Arshad Mohammed
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Joe Biden plans to scrap what he calls the "dangerous failure" of President Donald Trump's maximum pressure policy on Iran should he win the U.S. election,...
ANALYSIS: U.S. Urges Global Coalition Against the Islamic Republic of Iran
In a video message to the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 22, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo praised President Donald Trump’s administration for confronting the Islamic Republic of Iran’s harmful activities...
ANALYSIS: The Future of the Iran Nuclear Deal is Uncertain
By Ahmad Rafat
In recent days, several members of U.S. President Joe Biden’s team have reaffirmed his commitment to rejoining the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran nuclear deal....
