ANALYSIS: Foes Over Ukraine, Russia and Western Unity Tested in Iran Talks
By John Irish, Parisa Hafezi and Francois Murphy
PARIS/VIENNA, March 1 (Reuters) - Western powers and Russia have for almost a year worked closely to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, but the war in Ukraine is creating a...
ANALYSIS – Countries Where Iranian Oil and Gas Revenues Are Blocked
LONDON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Iran has been unable to obtain tens of billions of dollars of its assets in foreign banks, mainly from exports of oil and gas, due to U.S. sanctions on its banking...
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 Presidency Could Cut Slow Path to Resumed Iran, Venezuela Oil Exports
By Timothy Gardner, Marianna Parraga and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin
WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY/LONDON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. presidential hopeful Joe Biden's promised return to diplomacy with OPEC-members Iran and Venezuela could cut a path for a return of...
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: Nasrallah’s Death Is Major Blow to Iran
By Ahmad Rafat
Israel’s killing of Hassan Nasrallah, the Secretary General of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, has dealt a significant blow to the so-called “Axis of Resistance,” which was established by the Islamic Republic of Iran in...
ANALYSIS: Was the Death of Raisi An Accident or An Act of Sabotage?
By Ahmad Rafat
The helicopter crash that on May 19 claimed the life of Ebrahim Raisi, the eighth president of the Islamic Republic of Iran has sparked intense speculation regarding the true nature of the...
ANALYSIS: Politics, Not Substance, Seen Guiding U.S. And Iran on Terror Listing
By Arshad Mohammed and Parisa Hafezi
April 11 (Reuters) - One of the last obstacles to reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal - Tehran's demand to remove its Revolutionary Guards from a U.S. terrorism list - is...
ANALYSIS: Iran’s Zarif Concludes European Tour to Revive Nuclear Deal, Sell Oil
By Ahmad Rafat
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif concluded his tour of several European countries, which had begun in Damascus, with a visit to Dublin, in Northern Ireland.
In what may be his last official...
ANALYSIS: Iran’s June Elections Loom Over Vienna Talks, U.S. Rejoining Nuclear Deal
By Ahmad Rafat
A fifth round of talks on the U.S. rejoining the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran nuclear deal, is currently taking place in Vienna. Former U.S....
