ANALYSIS: Iran’s Elections Are Setback for Khamenei
By Ahmad Rafat
On June 28, Iran held an election to choose a successor for the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19 while returning from a visit...
ANALYSIS: How Could Iran Disrupt Gulf Oil Flows?
By Parisa Hafezi, Jonathan Saul and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin
ANKARA/LONDON, July 11 (Reuters) - The commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards said last week that Tehran would block all exports through the Strait of Hormuz in the...
ANALYSIS – As Protests Rock Baghdad and Beirut, Iran Digs In
BEIRUT/BAGHDAD, Nov 1 (Reuters) - As governments in Iraq and Lebanon stagger and stumble under huge waves of popular protest, powerful factions loyal to Iran are pushing to quash political upheaval which challenges Tehran's entrenched influence...
ANALYSIS: What Is Iran Regime-Backed Hezbollah and What Is Its Role in Lebanon?
BEIRUT, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Following are facts about Hezbollah, the Lebanese group locked in a swiftly escalating conflict with Israel:
WHAT ARE HEZBOLLAH'S ORIGINS?
Iran's Revolutionary Guards founded Hezbollah in 1982 during Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war, part of Tehran's...
Haniyeh Assassination: Why Tehran Is Blaming A “Projectile From Abroad”
Kayhan-London Staff
July 31, 2024
-Analysis-
From sources inside Iran, as well as around the Arab world, the first elements are emerging of how the high-stakes mission to assassinate Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran may have been successfully...
Kurdish Oil Smuggling to Iran Flourishes
By Timour Azhari
ERBIL, Iraq, July 11 (Reuters) - Heading for Turkey to the north and Iran to the east, hundreds of oil tankers snake each day from near Kurdistan's capital Erbil, clogging the Iraqi region's often winding and...
ANALYSIS – Russia Confronts Waning Influence Over Karabakh Foes, Must Reckon With Turkey
By Mark Trevelyan and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber
Oct 1 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has fired off one appeal after another for a ceasefire between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces, but the new eruption of...
ANALYSIS: House Prices in Iran Reflect Deep Income Inequality
By Kayhan Life Staff
The architects of the Islamic Republic claimed that their 1979 revolution would usher in a new era of economic prosperity, social justice, and equal opportunity for all in Iran.
Nearly 43 years...
ANALYSIS: “Qatar’s Foreign Policy: Balancing New Alliances in a Contested Region”
SPECIAL REPORT
“Qatar’s Foreign Policy:
Balancing New Alliances in a Contested Region”
Chatham House
London, October 22nd 2018
★★★★★
Overview
In a meeting chaired by Neil Quilliam, a Senior Research Fellow of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham...
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...
