Sunday, June 14, 2026

ANALYSIS: Who Will Succeed Ali Khamenei as Iran’s Supreme Leader? 

By Ahmad Rafat   Elections for the 16th Majlis (Iranian Parliament) and for the sixth Assembly of Experts (which has the power to appoint Iran’s Supreme Leader) were held on March 1 in Iran. These elections marked...

ANALYSIS: Iran’s Ability to Disrupt Oil Flow in Persian Gulf: Der Spiegel Report

As the U.S. prepares to impose a new set of sanctions on Iran sometimes in early November, Tehran is threatening to disrupt the flow of oil in the Persian Gulf. The following is an...

ANALYSIS: After Currency Devaluation, Iran’s Economic Outlook Is Bleak 

By Roshanak Astaraki The Iranian foreign exchange (forex or FX) market experienced one of its most volatile periods in the last week of January, with a dramatic devaluation of the Iranian rial. On Jan. 23, the...

ANALYSIS: How the Iran-Backed Houthis Rule in Yemen

By Maggie Michael and Amr Alfiky ADEN, Yemen, Oct 15 (REUTERS) - Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi paramilitary has been lionized at pro-Palestinian protests around the world and on social media for its missile strikes on Israel over the...

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: U.S. Could Soon Engage in Negotiations With Islamic Republic

By Ahmad Rafat President Donald Trump of the United States and his advisors have consistently expressed their intention to engage in negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran and pressure Tehran’s leadership into altering its...

ANALYSIS: Lebanese Army Walks Political Tightrope to Disarm Hezbollah

By Maya Gebeily and Laila Bassam BEIRUT, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Lebanon's army has blown up so many Hezbollah arms caches that it has run out of explosives, as it races to meet a year-end deadline to...

ANALYSIS: Why Arab Leaders of the Persian Gulf Are Staying Quiet — for Now

REUTERS: It’s generally reckoned to be one of Donald Trump’s few major foreign policy achievements. On August 13 2020, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel signed a historic agreement normalising relations between the...

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 and China’s Controversial 25-Year Deal

By Ahmad Rafat Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi signed a 25-year accord between the two countries on March 27 in Tehran. Many Iranians inside and outside the country...