ANALYSIS: How Iran-EU Relations Are Strained by Terrorism and Sanctions
By Ahmad Rafat
The European Union announced a new set of sanctions on January 8 against a particular unit of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and against two individuals -- Asadollah Assadi and Saeed Hashemi Moghadam...
ANALYSIS-Iraq Enjoys Respite From Turmoil but Risks Remain
By Timour Azhari, Amina Ismail and Ahmed Rasheed
BAGHDAD, June 16 (Reuters) - Helped by buoyant oil prices and a period of political calm at home and in the region, Iraq appears more stable than any time...
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 – Despite Talk of Options on Iran, U.S. Has Few Good Ones
By Arshad Mohammed
WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has few real diplomatic alternatives to trying to persuade Iran to resume compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal and all appear harder to achieve, current...
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 – 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: The Iran Regime’s ‘Axis of Resistance’ Against Israel
By Parisa Hafezi, Laila Bassam and Arshad Mohammed
DUBAI, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader delivered a clear message to the head of Hamas when they met in Tehran in early November, according to three senior...
ANALYSIS: Iran Is Closer Than Ever to Developing Nuclear Weapons
By Ahmad Rafat
In June 2015, the Islamic Republic and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, namely Britain, France, Russia, China and the U.S. plus Germany (P5+1), signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan...
EXCLUSIVE: Why Islamic Republic Allowed Prompt Release of Italian Reporter
By Ahmad Rafat
In less than a week, two hostages were freed from prisons in the Islamic Republic of Iran and returned to their respective countries: Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist, and Nahid Taghavi, a...
ANALYSIS: Iran Is Using COVID-19 to Further Its Political Goals
By Ahmad Rafat
After more than a year, the European Union has activated the Instrument to Support Trade Exchanges (INSTEX), enabling Iran to buy medicine and medical supplies and equipment to help the country in...
