ANALYSIS: The New Wave of ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ Protests in Iran
By Roshanak Astaraki
The ongoing protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa (Zhina) Amini while in the custody of the morality police (guidance patrol) in Tehran on Sept. 16 have spread to 120 cities...
Twelve-Day War With Israel Deepens Crisis in Islamic Republic
By Ahmad Rafat
The twelve-day war with Israel, which took place between June 13 and 24, has intensified the political crisis engulfing the Islamic Republic -- a regime established following the 1979 anti-monarchy revolution led...
Lebanon Slips Further Into Iran’s Orbit as Hariri Bows Out
By Tom Perry and Laila Bassam
BEIRUT, Jan 26 (Reuters) - A decision by Sunni Muslim leader Saad al-Hariri to step away from Lebanese politics opens the way for Shi'ite Hezbollah to extend its already...
ANALYSIS: Iran’s Economy Suffers from Government’s Revolutionary Aspirations
By Roshanak Astaraki
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has voiced optimism about the future of the country’s economy, despite a recent report by the Statistic Center of Iran showing the annual inflation rate reaching 42 percent...
ANALYSIS – In Striking Israel, Hamas Also Took Aim at Middle East Security Realignment
By Samia Nakhoul, Nidal al-Mughrabi, Matt Spetalnick and Laila Bassam
DUBAI/GAZA/WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - When Islamist group Hamas launched a spectacular attack against Israel, it also took aim at efforts to forge new regional security alignments that could...
ANALYSIS: How Iran Systematically Persecutes Artists, Rappers
By Ahmad Rafat
Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi’s trial was held on Jan. 12 at branch102 of Shahin Shahr’s criminal court in the central province of Isfahan. A few hours before the start of the court...
ANALYSIS: Iran and China’s Controversial 25-Year Deal
By Ahmad Rafat
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi signed a 25-year accord between the two countries on March 27 in Tehran. Many Iranians inside and outside the country...
ANALYSIS: What is Lebanon’s Hezbollah?
Sept 16 (Reuters) - Hezbollah began importing Iranian fuel to Lebanon via Syria on Thursday, a move the Shi'ite Islamist group says aims to ease a crippling energy crisis but which its opponents say...
ANALYSIS: America’s Unending Hostage Crisis with Iran
By Yeganeh Torbati and Joel Schectman
WASHINGTON, August 1 (Reuters) - A year before leaving office, Barack Obama stunned the world with a prisoner trade with Iran. After more than a year of secret negotiations,...
ANALYSIS: Iranian Executives Found to Have Bought African Passports as Sanctions Bit
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and David Lewis
LONDON/NAIROBI, June 29 (Reuters) - In January, the Comoros Islands quietly cancelled a batch of its passports that foreigners had bought in recent years. The tiny nation off the...
