ANALYSIS: After UAE and Bahrain Deals, Is Saudi Arabia Softening Its Stance on Israel?
By Marwa Rashad and Aziz El Yaakoubi
RIYADH/DUBAI, Sept 15 (Reuters) - When one of Saudi Arabia's leading clerics called this month for Muslims to avoid "passionate emotions and fiery enthusiasm" towards Jews, it was...
ANALYSIS: UN Urged to Address Iran’s Human Rights Violations
By Natasha Phillips
Leading human rights organizations have called on the United Nations to address alleged human rights violations in Iran. The appeal was made in a March 24 letter addressed to member states of...
A Year After Mahsa Amini’s Death, Iran’s Women Continue Their Long Fight for ‘Women, Life,...
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ANALYSIS: Netanyahu Faces Blame for ‘Harmless Attack’ on Islamic Republic
By Kayhan Life Staff
Reports suggest that following the Israeli air strike on Isfahan’s defense facilities in central Iran on April 19, the authorities of the Islamic Republic were expecting a second wave of attacks....
ANALYSIS – Despite Talk of Options on Iran, U.S. Has Few Good Ones
By Arshad Mohammed
WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has few real diplomatic alternatives to trying to persuade Iran to resume compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal and all appear harder to achieve, current...
ANALYSIS: New EU Foreign Policy Chief Borrell Is Sympathetic to Iran
By Ahmad Rafat
Josep Borrell -- the current foreign minister of Spain, and soon-to-be High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy -- has, in the past, described Iran as a...
Islamic Republic Is Allegedly Hiring Crime Gangs to Kill Opponents in Europe
By Ahmad Rafat
The arrest of two individuals in the Netherlands has exposed a strong link between the security agencies of the Islamic Republic and the infamous “Mocro-Maffia” drug gang operating in the Netherlands and...
ANALYSIS: Will Iran’s Climate Inaction Fuel Rising Disaster Threats?
By Sanam Mahoozi
LONDON, Sept 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) -
In just over a year, Iran has endured deadly flash floods, crop-ruining drought, punishing dust storms and heatwaves that have pushed temperatures as high as 48 degrees Celsius...
ANALYSIS: Iranian Economy at Risk As U.S. Lifts Waivers on Oil Sanctions
By Roshanak Astaraki
On April 22, U.S. President Donald Trump ended sanctions exemptions on Iranian oil imports for China, India, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Greece, Taiwan, and Turkey. The measure will go into effect on...
ANALYSIS: Bolton 2.0: Trump’s Tough Guy on Iran Picks His Battles
By Steve Holland, Jeff Mason and Jonathan Landay
WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Hanging on a wall in John Bolton's West Wing office is a memento of his proudest achievement as national security adviser: a...
