ANALYSIS: World Leaders Discuss Iran at Centenary of End of WWI
By Ahmad Rafat
November 12: More than 70 world leaders and senior government officials were in France last week for the Armistice ceremonies held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de...
ANALYSIS: President Macron’s Efforts to Save the Iran Nuclear Deal
By Hamed Mohammadi
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif made a surprise visit to the seaside town of Biarritz, France on August 25, where he met and held talks with President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines...
ANALYSIS – Nagorno-Karabakh: Old Tensions Erupt Again Into Violence
Sept 27 (Reuters) - Nagorno-Karabakh is a mountainous and heavily-forested patch of land that sits inside the territory of ex-Soviet Azerbaijan.
Under international law, Nagorno-Karabakh is recognised as part of Azerbaijan. But the ethnic Armenians who make...
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: Iran and Russia’s Growing Drone Alliance Amid Western Outcry
By Michael Georgy
DUBAI, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Iran has promised to provide Russia with surface to surface missiles, in addition to more drones, said Iranian officials, a move that has infuriated the United States and other Western powers...
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...
ANALYSIS: Who Is Khamenei’s Choice for President?
By Ahmad Rafat
Iran is to hold a presidential election on June 28 to find a successor to Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19. The incident also claimed the lives...
ANALYSIS: What Is Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’ and Why Are These Groups Uniting to...
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
Days after a drone attack killed three US soldiers at a military outpost in Jordan – an attack blamed on a shadowy Iranian-linked militia group – it appears a wider regional conflict...
ANALYSIS: Why Europe Is Unlikely to Designate IRGC As Terrorist Group
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was established in May 1979 on the orders of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic.
Yet the Iranian armed forces celebrate the anniversary...
[ANALYSIS]Exclusive: Interview with a Member of the Airborne Special Forces Brigade Operating in Syria
Kayhan London Exclusive: IRGC hero-making operation increasing Iranian casualties in Syria
Thursday, May 19, 2016 For sometime now Iran has deployed the 65th Airborne Special Forces Brigade, known as NOHED, in Syria. This is in addition to...
