Friday, April 24, 2026

ANALYSIS: Hedge Funds Doubt Saudi Arabia Will Replace Iranian Oil

By John Kemp LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Hedge fund managers are increasingly betting Saudi Arabia and its allies cannot or will not replace all the crude lost from the market when U.S. sanctions on...

ANALYSIS: IRGC, Iran’s Leading Economic Force, May Withstand U.S. Assault 

By Natasha Phillips APRL.19 - Iran’s top military unit, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), has become the country’s most powerful economic actor, experts say. Its financial interests now span banking, construction, oil and gas...

ANALYSIS: Islamic Republic Is Set to Post Major Budget Deficit in 2026-27

By Roshanak Astaraki As work begins on next year’s budget bill, a looming deficit in the 2026–27 fiscal year has become a central concern. For years, successive governments of the Islamic Republic of Iran have...

ANALYSIS: With Iran Purportedly Capable of Making a Nuclear Bomb in a Matter of...

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Twelve-Day War With Israel Deepens Crisis in Islamic Republic

By Ahmad Rafat The twelve-day war with Israel, which took place between June 13 and 24, has intensified the political crisis engulfing the Islamic Republic -- a regime established following the 1979 anti-monarchy revolution led...

ANALYSIS: How Bullying Iran Could Backfire For Trump

By Seyed Hossein Mousavian May 1 (Reuters) - Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Iran of lying “big time” about its nuclear program. In a theatrical announcement Monday, the Israeli prime minister presented files and CDs that he...

ANALYSIS: Has Iran Lost the Yemen War?

Kayhan Staff 18th March, 2018 On April 3rd, the United Nations and governments of Switzerland and Sweden will sponsor a meeting labeled “High-Level Pledging Event in Geneva for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen.” The official aim of...

ANALYSIS – As Protests Rock Baghdad and Beirut, Iran Digs In

BEIRUT/BAGHDAD, Nov 1 (Reuters) - As governments in Iraq and Lebanon stagger and stumble under huge waves of popular protest, powerful factions loyal to Iran are pushing to quash political upheaval which challenges Tehran's entrenched influence...

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: As Tensions Soar in the Persian Gulf, Experts Call for Negotiation

By Natasha Phillips JUNE 14 - Two alleged attacks on oil tankers close to the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf have inflamed relations between the U.S. and Iran and raised concerns that the...