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-Smoldering Iran Nuclear Crisis Risks Catching Fire
Arshad Mohammed, John Irish, Jonathan Landay and Parisa Hafezi
WASHINGTON/PARIS/DUBAI, May 5 (Reuters) - Even as the United States and its European allies grapple with Russia's invasion of Ukraine and rising tensions with China, the smoldering crisis...
ANALYSIS: Europe Is Reluctant to Designate IRGC As A Terrorist Organization
By Ahmad Rafat
European governments are in the process of deciding whether to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.
On Jan. 18, the European Parliament overwhelmingly supported a proposal urging the...
ANALYSIS: The Iranian Economy Is On the Brink of Collapse
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iran has seen an unprecedented acceleration in its inflation rate over the last few weeks. Economists attribute this rise to the depletion of the government’s foreign exchange reserves, the high rate...
ANALYSIS: The Iran Regime’s ‘Axis of Resistance’ Against Israel
By Parisa Hafezi, Laila Bassam and Arshad Mohammed
DUBAI, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader delivered a clear message to the head of Hamas when they met in Tehran in early November, according to three senior...
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: Iran’s Achilles’ Heel? Security Gaps and Possible Enemy Infiltration
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The killing of Iran's top nuclear scientist has exposed security gaps which suggest its security forces may have been infiltrated and that the Islamic Republic is vulnerable to...
ANALYSIS: Security Crackdown Worsens Job Prospects for Women in Iran
By Roshanak Astaraki
When it comes to the job market in Iran, there is a staggering gender gap. The unemployment rate for women is more than double that of men. Women make up only 16...
ANALYSIS – U.S. Leaves Door Open for Iran Nuclear Diplomacy
By Arshad Mohammed and John Irish
WASHINGTON/PARIS, Dec 19 (Reuters) - For nearly two years the United States has tried and failed to negotiate a revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal yet Washington and its European allies refuse to...
ANALYSIS: Iran and Its Proxies and Widening Violence in the Middle East
By John Davison
Jan 18 (Reuters) - Iran launched missile strikes on three different countries this week - Iraq, Syria and Pakistan - while proxy militant groups it backs continue to target U.S. and Western interests and fight Israel, stoking...














