ANALYSIS-Tanker Attacks Seen as Calibrated but Risky Iranian Response to U.S. Sanctions
By Babak Dehghanpisheh
GENEVA, June 18 (Reuters) - If, despite its firm denials, Iran was behind attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf last week and a further four last month, they represent a calibrated yet...
ANALYSIS: Bolton 2.0: Trump’s Tough Guy on Iran Picks His Battles
By Steve Holland, Jeff Mason and Jonathan Landay
WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Hanging on a wall in John Bolton's West Wing office is a memento of his proudest achievement as national security adviser: a...
ANALYSIS: What Is the Future of the Iran Nuclear Deal?
By Ahmad Rafat
What will be the outcome of the Vienna talks aimed at rebooting the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or Iran nuclear deal? That is the question that all participants are...
ANALYSIS: How Iran’s Economy is Faring, Forty Years After the Revolution
By Natasha Phillips
FEB 7 - As the Islamic Republic of Iran marks its 40th anniversary, the country finds itself at a crossroads. Four decades of decisions on internal policy and international affairs have led...
ANALYSIS: Iran and U.S. Enter Third Round of Nuclear Talks
By Ahmad Rafat
Negotiations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States, mediated by the Sultanate of Oman, are currently under way.
The third round of talks is scheduled for April 26 in Muscat,...
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: What Is Iran Regime-Backed Hezbollah and What Is Its Role in Lebanon?
BEIRUT, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Following are facts about Hezbollah, the Lebanese group locked in a swiftly escalating conflict with Israel:
WHAT ARE HEZBOLLAH'S ORIGINS?
Iran's Revolutionary Guards founded Hezbollah in 1982 during Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war, part of Tehran's...
ANALYSIS: Iran Will Play No Role in Syria’s Future
By Ahmad Rafat
When Syrian people poured into the streets on March 15, 2011, demanding sweeping political reforms, they did not expect their anti-government protests to spark a devastating civil war that still rages today.
The...
Fugitive Iranian Judge’s Death in Bucharest: Was It Really Suicide?
By Ahmad Rafat
The death of a 52-year-old former Iranian judge, Gholamreza Mansouri, at the Duke Hotel in Bucharest has cast a shadow on relations between Iran and Romania. At around 2:30 pm local time...
ANALYSIS: Much of Iran Is Threatened By Drought and Water Scarcity
By Ahmad Rafat
Climate change poses a clear and present danger to our planet. The situation is even more critical in the Middle East and Iran, where water shortage, drought, and forest fires have turned...
