ANALYSIS-Tanker Attacks Seen as Calibrated but Risky Iranian Response to U.S. Sanctions
By Babak Dehghanpisheh
GENEVA, June 18 (Reuters) - If, despite its firm denials, Iran was behind attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf last week and a further four last month, they represent a calibrated yet...
EXCLUSIVE: Why Islamic Republic Allowed Prompt Release of Italian Reporter
By Ahmad Rafat
In less than a week, two hostages were freed from prisons in the Islamic Republic of Iran and returned to their respective countries: Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist, and Nahid Taghavi, a...
ANALYSIS: Iran Prepares for Fresh Round of Nuclear Talks
By Ahmad Rafat
On Nov. 27, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, dubbed the “father of Iran’s nuclear program,” was killed by unknown attackers who reportedly used a “remote control weapon” to fire on his car on Mostafa Khomeini...
ANALYSIS-Iran Nuclear Deal Near Death, but West Not Ready to Pull Plug
By Arshad Mohammed, John Irish and Parisa Hafezi
WASHINGTON/PARIS/DUBAI, May 2 (Reuters) - Western officials have largely lost hope the Iran nuclear deal can be resurrected, sources familiar with the matter said, forcing them to weigh how to limit Iran's...
ANALYSIS: Mapping Iran’s Biodiversity Hotspots To Create New Protected Areas
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ANALYSIS: Road to Renewed Iran Nuclear Deal Likely to Be Long and Bumpy
By Arshad Mohammed and Humeyra Pamuk
WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - It took seven years from the summer's day in 2008 when a top U.S. diplomat first sat down with his Iranian counterpart until the two...
ANALYSIS: The Mystery of the Bandar Abbas Explosion
By Ahmad Rafat
On April 26, an explosion rocked Bandar Abbas, one of Iran’s key commercial ports, in the southern province of Hormozgan. The blast claimed more than 100 lives and left more than 1,400...
Iran Opposes Fossil Fuel Phase-Out in COP28 Agreement
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
As negotiators stagger towards their beds in Dubai and another year’s climate talks come to a close, it’s time to take stock. Did COP28 achieve the big breakthrough the world needs on...
ANALYSIS: How Iran Is Seeking to Strengthen Ties With the Taliban
By Hamed Mohammadi
Although the deep rift between Shias and Sunnis is the source of longstanding sectarian conflict in the Middle East, their mutual hatred of the U.S. prompts them to join forces sometimes. If...
ANALYSIS: Iran and U.S. Should Make Concessions to End Deadlock, Experts Say
By Natasha Phillips
June 7 - Relations between Iran and the U.S. are in a state of complete deadlock and will only improve if each side makes concessions, according to Dr. Shireen Hunter of Georgetown...
