ANALYSIS: Iran’s Top Security Officials Prefer Direct Talks with U.S.
By Hamed Mohammadi
During a speech at a military event on January 8, Brigadier-General Gholamhossein Gheybparvar, the head of the Basij Resistance Force, warned those pushing for a new round of talks with the U.S....
ANALYSIS: President Macron’s Efforts to Save the Iran Nuclear Deal
By Hamed Mohammadi
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif made a surprise visit to the seaside town of Biarritz, France on August 25, where he met and held talks with President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines...
ANALYSIS: Russia Is Mastermind of Rocket Attacks on Iraqi Kurdistan
By Ahmad Rafat
The Islamic Republic’s regional adventurism and meddling in Iraqi affairs continue.
On March 13, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) reportedly launched multiple Fateh-10 ballistic missiles from Iran’s northwestern province of East Azerbaijan...
ANALYSIS: U.S. May Be Getting Ready to Resume Talks With Iran
By Hamed Mohammadi
On June 4, the Iranian authorities released Michael White, a U.S. Navy veteran who had been arrested in July 2018 in the city of Mashhad, the capital of the northeastern province of...
ANALYSIS: How Iran Is Seeking to Strengthen Ties With the Taliban
By Hamed Mohammadi
Although the deep rift between Shias and Sunnis is the source of longstanding sectarian conflict in the Middle East, their mutual hatred of the U.S. prompts them to join forces sometimes. If...
ANALYSIS: Assassinations in Iran Increase Tensions With Israel
DUBAI, June 22,(Reuters) - Iran said this week it will soon put on trial what it said were three Mossad-linked agents arrested in April amid simmering tensions between the Islamic Republic and arch-foe Israel who have been...
ANALYSIS: Pakistan’s Vision for the Future
“Pakistan’s Vision for the Future”
International Institute for Strategic Studies
London, February 13th, 2018
OVERVIEW
The meeting was chaired by Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, Senior Fellow for South Asia. Dr. Ahsan Iqbal, Pakistan’s Minister for Interior and Planning, Development and Reform, was...
ANALYSIS: “Iran’s Foreign Policy Priorities”
“Iran’s Foreign Policy Priorities”
Chatham House
London, February 22nd 2018
★★★★★
OVERVIEW
In a well-attended meeting at Chatham House, Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for political affairs who had previously served as the number two to Foreign Minister...
ANALYSIS – Lebanon Is Dragged Back Into Eye of Iranian-Saudi Storm
By Tom Perry and Ghaida Ghantous
BEIRUT, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Already mired in economic collapse, Lebanon is facing a blast of the Persian Gulf's Arab anger after a prominent broadcaster-turned-minister levelled blunt criticism at...
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...
