Friday, January 23, 2026

[ANALYSIS]Exclusive: Interview with a Member of the Airborne Special Forces Brigade Operating in Syria

Kayhan London Exclusive: IRGC hero-making operation increasing Iranian casualties in Syria Thursday, May 19, 2016 For sometime now Iran has deployed the 65th Airborne Special Forces Brigade, known as NOHED, in Syria.  This is in addition to...

ANALYSIS: U.S. Could Soon Engage in Negotiations With Islamic Republic

By Ahmad Rafat President Donald Trump of the United States and his advisors have consistently expressed their intention to engage in negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran and pressure Tehran’s leadership into altering its...

ANALYSIS: Biden Sticks to Israel-Gaza Playbook, Irking Progressives and Allies

By Matt Spetalnick, Steve Holland and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - With his muted response to the Gaza conflict, President Joe Biden is largely sticking to a time-worn U.S. playbook despite pressure from...

ANALYSIS: ‘Snapback’ Sends West Back to the Drawing Board on Iran’s Nuclear Program

By Parisa Hafezi, John Irish and Francois Murphy UNITED NATIONS/VIENNA, Sept 28 (Reuters) - The "snapback" re-imposition of U.N. sanctions on Iran lifted under a 2015 nuclear deal sends Western powers back to the drawing board on how to...

ANALYSIS: Iran, Looking To The Future

special report “Iran: Looking To The Future” House of Commons South Asia &Middle East Forum London, April 18th, 2018 ★★★★★ OVERVIEW Khalid Nadeem was chairman of the “Iran: Looking to the Future” session of the South Asia &...
European Commission's Federica Mogherini

ANALYSIS: Europe Distances Itself from Iran

By Ahmad Rafat Germany, Britain, and France have warned that they will withdraw from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran nuclear deal, if Tehran were to continue to...

ANALYSIS: What Is Iran’s Role in the Future of Lebanon?

By Ahmad Rafat   The head of Lebanon’s Maronite Church, Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, has warned against the perils facing the country and has called for early parliamentary elections. “Lebanon is facing its biggest danger,” Patriarch al-Rahi...

ANALYSIS: Inside Trump’s Middle East Mess

By Amir Handjani June 14, 2017 (Reuters) President Donald Trump’s attempt to bring peace and stability to the Middle East has backfired. He has put a major U.S. ally, Qatar, in a geopolitical crisis and...

ANALYSIS: ISIS Khorasan Poses A Real Danger to Global Security

By Ahmad Rafat The Islamic State-Khorasan Province (IS-KP), also known as ISIS Khorasan or ISIS-K, has made global headlines since the terrorist attack on the concert hall in Krasnogorsk, near Moscow, which killed 143 people...

ANALYSIS: Why Iran Is Negotiating With the European Union

By Ahmad Rafat   The Islamic Republic — represented by Majid Takht Ravanchi, the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s under-secretary for European and American Affairs — has resumed negotiations with the European Union. Ravanchi recently met with his...