Friday, April 24, 2026

ANALYSIS: Iran’s Foreign Policy Under Pezeshkian Is More of the Same 

By Ahmad Rafat Weeks after the election of Masoud Pezeshkian as the new Iranian President, the Islamic Republic is facing significant challenges on the global stage. One critical factor that could push Iran into further international...

ANALYSIS: “Qatar’s Foreign Policy: Balancing New Alliances in a Contested Region”

SPECIAL REPORT “Qatar’s Foreign Policy: Balancing New Alliances in a Contested Region” Chatham House London, October 22nd 2018 ★★★★★  Overview In a meeting chaired by Neil Quilliam, a Senior Research Fellow of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham...

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 – Israel’s Gaza Challenge: Stopping Metal Tubes Turning Into Rockets

By Jonathan Saul, John Irish, Arshad Mohammed and Parisa Hafezi JERUSALEM, May 23 (Reuters) - The Israel-Hamas conflict that ended with a ceasefire on Friday showed the Palestinian group's ability to build an arsenal of...

ANALYSIS: Paying For Hostages’ Release Involves Moral Risks

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ANALYSIS: What A New Nuclear Deal Would Mean for Iran and the West

By Hamed Mohammadi    According to some Iranian officials and Western diplomats, parties involved in the Vienna talks are close to reaching a “nuclear deal.” Officially, some warn that “many issues remain unresolved,” others, including Russian Foreign...

ANALYSIS: How Iranian Protesters Unmasked The Regime’s Old Game Of Divide And Rule’

By Elahe Boghrat In Iran, after decades of organized social segregation and the Islamic Republic's exclusion of the vast majority of Iranians in favor of a small minority of devotees, a nation has now risen...

ANALYSIS: Will the Iran-Nuclear Deal Talks Be Resuming in Tokyo?

By Ahmad Rafat Japanese newspapers have reported that Japan will mediate a round of talks to revive the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Iran nuclear deal. While Vienna was the site of...

ANALYSIS: Who Will Benefit From the U.S. Rejoining the Iran Nuclear Deal?

By Kayhan Life Staff Islamic Republic officials hope that the U.S. will rejoin the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran nuclear deal, when President-Elect Joe Biden assumes office in...

ANALYSIS: Iran and Britain’s History of Strained Relations

DUBAI, Jan 14 (Reuters) - British-Iranian relations, which have been strained for decades, were back in the spotlight after Iranian authorities executed British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari for spying, charges he had denied. Here is a timeline of...