Thursday, August 6, 2026

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’s Workers Struggle With Low or Unpaid Wages, Fixed-Term Contracts

By Kayhan Life Staff Iranian workers face serious challenges, including low wages, fixed-term contracts, unsafe workplace environments, job insecurity, and a lack of benefits. Millions of Iranian households live under the poverty line. The current average...

ANALYSIS: Islamic Republic Is Badly Weakened in Mideast

By Ahmad Rafat The Islamic Republic of Iran is facing significant losses as a Middle Eastern power, not only in terms of its proxy armed groups but also in countries that were previously part of...

ANALYSIS: Death of A Dervish – How The Revolutionary Guards Turned On One Of...

Potkin Azarmehr  Mohamad Raji, one of the Dervishes arrested during the recent clashes between Iran's security forces and the Gonabadi Dervishes, died on Sunday, while in custody. Raji was a former Revolutionary Guard, and considered a national...
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-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...

Hamas Can’t Be Destroyed Says IDF as Netanyahu Eyes War With Hezbollah

By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION Fighting continues in central and southern Gaza, as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continue to encounter resistance from units of Hamas fighters, despite a...

Lebanon Slips Further Into Iran’s Orbit as Hariri Bows Out

By Tom Perry and Laila Bassam BEIRUT, Jan 26 (Reuters) - A decision by Sunni Muslim leader Saad al-Hariri to step away from Lebanese politics opens the way for Shi'ite Hezbollah to extend its already...

ANALYSIS: “Iranian Foreign Policy: Prospects for Change”

SPECIAL REPORT “Iranian Foreign Policy: Prospects for Change” Chatham House London, May 9th 2018 ★★★★★   Overview In a meeting chaired by Nomi Bar-Yaacov, Associate Fellow, International Security, Chatham House, Professor Mahmood Sariolghalam of Shahid Beheshti University (former National...

ANALYSIS: Oil Traders Sanguine About Risks From Israel-Iran Conflict

By John Kemp LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) - Petroleum prices have fallen following Iran's missile and drone assault on Israel, confounding expectations that the escalation of the shadow war would cause them to rise. Like major industrial accidents, extreme...