ANALYSIS: Who Will Succeed Ali Khamenei as Iran’s Supreme Leader?
By Ahmad Rafat
Elections for the 16th Majlis (Iranian Parliament) and for the sixth Assembly of Experts (which has the power to appoint Iran’s Supreme Leader) were held on March 1 in Iran.
These elections marked...
ANALYSIS: Iran’s Ability to Disrupt Oil Flow in Persian Gulf: Der Spiegel Report
As the U.S. prepares to impose a new set of sanctions on Iran sometimes in early November, Tehran is threatening to disrupt the flow of oil in the Persian Gulf. The following is an...
ANALYSIS: After Currency Devaluation, Iran’s Economic Outlook Is Bleak
By Roshanak Astaraki
The Iranian foreign exchange (forex or FX) market experienced one of its most volatile periods in the last week of January, with a dramatic devaluation of the Iranian rial.
On Jan. 23, the...
ANALYSIS: How the Iran-Backed Houthis Rule in Yemen
By Maggie Michael and Amr Alfiky
ADEN, Yemen, Oct 15 (REUTERS) - Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi paramilitary has been lionized at pro-Palestinian protests around the world and on social media for its missile strikes on Israel over the...
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: 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: Lebanese Army Walks Political Tightrope to Disarm Hezbollah
By Maya Gebeily and Laila Bassam
BEIRUT, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Lebanon's army has blown up so many Hezbollah arms caches that it has run out of explosives, as it races to meet a year-end deadline to...
ANALYSIS: Why Arab Leaders of the Persian Gulf Are Staying Quiet — for Now
REUTERS: It’s generally reckoned to be one of Donald Trump’s few major foreign policy achievements. On August 13 2020, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel signed a historic agreement normalising relations between the...
ANALYSIS: Syria Is a Quagmire That Will Soon Engulf Iran
By Ahmad Rafat
Russia is determined to end the Syrian Civil War five years after deploying its military to the country to support President Bashar al-Assad’s government. Before withdrawing its troops from Syria and starting...
ANALYSIS: Iran and China’s Controversial 25-Year Deal
By Ahmad Rafat
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi signed a 25-year accord between the two countries on March 27 in Tehran. Many Iranians inside and outside the country...
