ANALYSIS – What’s To Gain For Iran If Biden Beats Trump
By Hammed Mohammadi
Much of Iran's ruling class is hoping for the defeat of U.S. President Donald Trump, whose administration has been particularly hostile toward Iran's clerical regime.
The country's reformist media is also hoping for...
ANALYSIS: Joe Biden’s First 100 Days: A Nostalgia for Past Foreign Policy Bravado?
The Conversation - Who could blame United States President Joe Biden for celebrating the Perseverance mission to Mars? The February Rover landing is an irresistible symbol for Biden as he nears the 100-day mark...
ANALYSIS: Will the Israel-Hamas War Become a Regional Conflict?
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
By Jessica Genauer
Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Flinders University
Fears are escalating the conflict between Israel and Hamas could spill over into a broader war involving other countries in the region.
Neighbouring countries such...
ANALYSIS: Strikes Threaten Survival of Islamic Republic
By Ahmad Rafat
The nationwide protests in Iran, sparked by the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died in the custody of the morality police on Sept. 16 in Tehran, have entered...
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: Iran’s June Elections Loom Over Vienna Talks, U.S. Rejoining Nuclear Deal
By Ahmad Rafat
A fifth round of talks on the U.S. rejoining the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran nuclear deal, is currently taking place in Vienna. Former U.S....
ANALYSIS: Iran and Russia’s Growing Drone Alliance Amid Western Outcry
By Michael Georgy
DUBAI, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Iran has promised to provide Russia with surface to surface missiles, in addition to more drones, said Iranian officials, a move that has infuriated the United States and other Western powers...
ANALYSIS: Europe’s Patience with Iran Wears Thin, Tiptoes Towards Trump
By Robin Emmott and John Irish
BRUSSELS/PARIS, Jan 18 (Reuters) - In Tehran on Jan. 8 during a meeting with European envoys, Iranian officials abruptly stood up, walked out and slammed the door in an extraordinary...
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 – As Protests Rock Baghdad and Beirut, Iran Digs In
BEIRUT/BAGHDAD, Nov 1 (Reuters) - As governments in Iraq and Lebanon stagger and stumble under huge waves of popular protest, powerful factions loyal to Iran are pushing to quash political upheaval which challenges Tehran's entrenched influence...
