ANALYSIS – Coronavirus and Sanctions Hit Iran’s Support of Proxies in Iraq
July 2 - Iran’s financial and military support for Shi’ite proxy paramilitary groups in Iraq, a linchpin of its regional foreign policy, has been dramatically disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and U.S. sanctions, according to people...
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: Europe Concerned About Iran’s Regional Ambitions, Missile Program
By Ahmad Rafat
In a meeting on December 12 with the families of Iranian servicemen killed in the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88) and the Syria conflict, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that the country had...
ANALYSIS: “Iranian Foreign Policy: Prospects for Change”
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“Iranian Foreign Policy: Prospects for Change”
Chatham House
London, May 9th 2018
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Overview
In a meeting chaired by Nomi Bar-Yaacov, Associate Fellow, International Security, Chatham House, Professor Mahmood Sariolghalam of Shahid Beheshti University (former National...
ANALYSIS: Iranian Executives Found to Have Bought African Passports as Sanctions Bit
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and David Lewis
LONDON/NAIROBI, June 29 (Reuters) - In January, the Comoros Islands quietly cancelled a batch of its passports that foreigners had bought in recent years. The tiny nation off the...
ANALYSIS: Iran’s Energy Crisis Signals Imminent National Catastrophe
By Kayhan Life Staff
Indicators of an energy crisis in Iran have been apparent for some time, but new developments have emerged in recent weeks. The Ministry of Energy has taken the unprecedented step of...
ANALYSIS: Iran’s Money Laundering Problem
By Ahmad Rafat
In a recent interview with the Khabar Online news agency, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has indicated that some influential people in Iran have benefited from money-laundering schemes. His comments have...
ANALYSIS: How to Strike a Better Deal With Iran
By Natasha Phillips
The 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal marked its four-year anniversary on 14 July but while its future hangs in the balance some analysts say the deal could be...
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: Iran Has Executed 225 People Since Late March
By Ahmad Rafat
The Islamic Republic of Iran has conducted 70 executions in the space of two weeks. It is hanging people at the rate of three a day. Iranian authorities have executed 225 people...
