What Could Raisi’s Death Mean for Stability in Iran and Beyond? Expert Q&A
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
By Scott Lucas
A helicopter carrying Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and other officials crashed in the mountainous north-west reaches of Iran on Sunday 20 May, sparking a rescue operation in thick fog...
ANALYSIS: How Iran’s Economy is Faring, Forty Years After the Revolution
By Natasha Phillips
FEB 7 - As the Islamic Republic of Iran marks its 40th anniversary, the country finds itself at a crossroads. Four decades of decisions on internal policy and international affairs have led...
ANALYSIS: Why the U.S. Is Avoiding Direct Military Confrontation With Iran
By Ahmad Rafat
The U.S. has launched a series of retaliatory strikes on the military bases of Iran-backed groups in the Middle East. The U.S. military has used its supersonic strategic heavy B1 bombers to...
ANALYSIS: Iranian Security Forces Are Bracing For New Wave of Protests
By Kayhan Life Staff
Fearing that the chronic economic crisis could spark another nationwide protest, the country’s security apparatus, particularly the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and the Basij (volunteer paramilitary forces), have been trying...
ANALYSIS: Iran’s Ruling Factions Are Deeply Divided On Nuclear Deal
By Hamed Mohammadi
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met the Vatican’s Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, and Secretary for Relations with State, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, in Vatican City on July 13.
Mr. Abdollahian assured...
ANALYSIS: Islamic Republic Is Badly Weakened in Mideast
By Ahmad Rafat
The Islamic Republic of Iran is facing significant losses as a Middle Eastern power, not only in terms of its proxy armed groups but also in countries that were previously part of...
ANALYSIS: A Year After Soleimani’s Death, Iran’s influence Is Receding
By Ahmad Rafat
January 3 marked the first anniversary of the death of the former Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Qods Force (IRGC-QF), Lieutenant General Ghasem Soleimani, who was assassinated in a U.S....
ANALYSIS: Death of Iranian Arab in Prison Raises Human Rights Concerns
By Ahmad Rafat
Benyamin Alboghbiesh, a 28-year-old ethnic Arab who along with his brother Mohammad Ali were arrested by security agents on May 26, has died under suspicious circumstances at the Intelligence Detention Center in...
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: ISIS Khorasan Poses A Real Danger to Global Security
By Ahmad Rafat
The Islamic State-Khorasan Province (IS-KP), also known as ISIS Khorasan or ISIS-K, has made global headlines since the terrorist attack on the concert hall in Krasnogorsk, near Moscow, which killed 143 people...
