Sunday, March 29, 2026

How Iran’s New Local Headscarf Crackdowns Blend With Looming Wars Abroad

KAYHAN-LONDON ENGLISH EDITION • WORLDCRUNCH The Islamic Republic of Iran has resumed its drive to enforce requirements of women wearing the hijab, after a lull for the Persian new year holidays that coincided with a threat of a major...

ANALYSIS: Warsaw Summit Boosts Global Effort Against Iran, Though Syria Talks Fail

By Ahmad Rafat The 4th trilateral Syrian peace conference held by Iran, Russia, and Turkey on February 14 in the Black Sea resort of Sochi produced no concrete results. Presidents Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyab Erdogan,...

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: Efforts to Reboot Iran Nuclear Deal Are Faltering

By Ahmad Rafat For the past few months, European and American officials have warned that the “window of opportunity” for reaching a new nuclear deal with Iran is “closing fast.” Speaking to French lawmakers on July...

ANALYSIS: Iran’s Khamenei Holds Key to Talks With U.S.

By Ahmad Rafat Joe Biden is the sixth U.S. president to have had to deal with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the past 31 years. Contrary to popular belief, and despite Mr. Biden’s...

ANALYSIS: Iranian Economy at Risk As U.S. Lifts Waivers on Oil Sanctions

  By Roshanak Astaraki On April 22, U.S. President Donald Trump ended sanctions exemptions on Iranian oil imports for China, India, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Greece, Taiwan, and Turkey. The measure will go into effect on...

ANALYSIS: Iran’s Nuclear Talks In Vienna Reach Deadlock

By Ahmad Rafat The fifth round of talks on the U.S. rejoining the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran nuclear deal, concluded in Vienna, Austria, without producing concrete results. The...

ANALYSIS: Rise of Arab-Israel Axis Pushes Iran to Redouble Nuclear Talks Push

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, June 30 (Reuters) - The spectre of an emerging Arab-Israeli bloc that could tilt the Middle East balance of power further away from Iran is driving the Islamic Republic to pursue nuclear talks with world...

Albania Severs Ties with Iran, Expels Diplomats 

By Ahmad Rafat Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Sept. 7 that his country had severed ties with the Islamic Republic, giving Iranian diplomats 24 hours to leave the country. In a televised statement, Prime...

Islamic Republic Is Allegedly Hiring Crime Gangs to Kill Opponents in Europe

By Ahmad Rafat   The arrest of two individuals in the Netherlands has exposed a strong link between the security agencies of the Islamic Republic and the infamous “Mocro-Maffia” drug gang operating in the Netherlands and...