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: How Likely Is a War Between Israel and Iran?
By Natasha Phillips
MAR. 21 - Israel has often been a “hair’s breadth away” from war with Iran-backed Hezbollah, former Israel Defence Forces (IDF) chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot told The Times of Israel on...
ANALYSIS: Israel’s Military Operations Against Iran-Backed Armed Groups in the Middle East
By Jana Choukeir and Tala Ramadan
DUBAI, March 18 (Reuters) - Israel has been fighting wars on several fronts in the Middle East since the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked communities in the country in October 2023...
ANALYSIS: Can Israel and Hezbollah Both Claim Success After Weekend Strikes?
Source: THE CONVERSATION
By: Ian Parmeter - Research Scholar, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University
For weeks, Israel had been anticipating a major attack from Hezbollah in retaliation for its killing of Hezbollah commander...
ANALYSIS: Oil Traders Sanguine About Risks From Israel-Iran Conflict
By John Kemp
LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) - Petroleum prices have fallen following Iran's missile and drone assault on Israel, confounding expectations that the escalation of the shadow war would cause them to rise.
Like major industrial accidents, extreme...
ANALYSIS: Women-Led Protests Are Shifting the West’s Attitude Towards Iran
By Ahmad Rafat
Western governments and politicians have finally focused their collective attention on the nationwide protests in Iran, sparked by the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, a 22-year-old woman, who died while in the...
ANALYSIS: U.S. Tiptoes through Sanctions Minefield toward Iran Nuclear Deal
By Arshad Mohammed and Daphne Psaledakis
WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - As the United States searches for a path back to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, it is tiptoeing through a minefield laid by former...
ANALYSIS: Iran Regime’s Allies in Iraq Are Firing at Israel. What if They Draw...
By Timour Azhari and Laila Bassam
BAGHDAD, June 4 (Reuters) - Iran-backed Shi'ite armed groups in Iraq have ramped up rocket and missile attacks on Israel in recent weeks, raising concerns in Washington and among some Iranian allies...
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...
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...
