ANALYSIS: Islamic Republic Faces Paralysis If West Toughens Sanctions
By Ahmad Rafat
The Islamic Republic of Iran currently finds itself engulfed in a multitude of crises: a deepening water shortage as reservoirs run dry; an electricity crisis marked by relentless blackouts; the fallout from...
ANALYSIS: What A New Nuclear Deal Would Mean for Iran and the West
By Hamed Mohammadi
According to some Iranian officials and Western diplomats, parties involved in the Vienna talks are close to reaching a “nuclear deal.”
Officially, some warn that “many issues remain unresolved,” others, including Russian Foreign...
ANALYSIS: Reopening of Iran Nuclear Talks Poses Challenges to the U.S.
By Ahmad Rafat
While some White House remarks reveal that there are serious problems with the rebooting of the JCPOA, they also signal a new diplomatic game, which began when President Biden took office a...
ANALYSIS: Iran, Looking To The Future
special report
“Iran: Looking To The Future”
House of Commons
South Asia &Middle East Forum
London, April 18th, 2018
★★★★★
OVERVIEW
Khalid Nadeem was chairman of the “Iran: Looking to the Future” session of the South Asia &...
ANALYSIS: Despite Its Inflammatory Rhetoric, Iran Is Unlikely to Attack Israel
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
BY Shahram Akbarzadeh
Iran has warned Israel of severe consequences from “multiple fronts” if it does not halt its relentless bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
This warning is widely interpreted as a declaration of...
ANALYSIS: Iran’s Water Resources Require Urgent Action
By Hamed Mohammadi and Roshanak Astaraki
Water has always occupied an important and unique place in the global culture and literature of Iran. It is no accident that the Persian nouns Abadi and Abadani (development, settlement, village) start with...
ANALYSIS: Biden Will Not Rejoin Iran Nuclear Deal Quickly
By Ahmad Rafat
U.S. electors will meet in their respective states on Dec. 14 to finalize the presidential election results, which handed the challenger Joe Biden a decisive win over the incumbent President Donald Trump....
ANALYSIS: Iran’s Ownership Rights in the Caspian Basin
By Natasha Phillips
Iranians online have expressed concerns over the impact that a convention signed by the Iranian government in 2018 might have on Iran’s rights of ownership in the so-called Caspian basin.
Fears that the...
Why Iran’s Regime Is Cracking Down On Celebrities Now
Angered by the world's reactions to its brutal crackdown on weeks of mass protests, Iran's clerical regime has turned on both prominent and less prominent voices and faces in the arts and sports, to...
ANALYSIS: Has Iran Sidelined Former IRGC Intelligence Chief Hossein Taeb?
By Kayhan Life Staff
On June 23, Iran appointed Brigadier General Mohammad Kazemi as the new head of the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
General Kazemi replaced Hossein Taeb, who had chaired...
