Friday, April 24, 2026

ANALYSIS: Israel’s Killing of Hezbollah, Hamas Leaders Won’t Reduce Threat

By Hamed Mohammadi Four months into the military operation in the Gaza Strip, Israeli military and security organizations have launched an unprecedented operation to assassinate senior officials of Hamas and Hezbollah. Except for Salah al-Arouri --...

ANALYSIS – Countries Where Iranian Oil and Gas Revenues Are Blocked

LONDON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Iran has been unable to obtain tens of billions of dollars of its assets in foreign banks, mainly from exports of oil and gas, due to U.S. sanctions on its banking...
Josep Borrell and Federica Mogherini

ANALYSIS: New EU Foreign Policy Chief Borrell Is Sympathetic to Iran

By Ahmad Rafat Josep Borrell -- the current foreign minister of Spain, and soon-to-be High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy -- has, in the past, described Iran as a...

ANALYSIS: Twenty-Six Million Iranians Live In Extreme Poverty

By Kayhan Life Staff President Ebrahim Raisi’s government established the “Headquarters for Eradicating Absolute Poverty” in 2022. Yet almost a year later, the number of Iranians forced into poverty continues to increase. In comments reported by the...

ANALYSIS: Iran’s Revolutionary Movement Poses A Severe Threat to Regime

By Ahmad Rafat The nationwide protests sparked by the September death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini while in the custody of the morality police in Tehran have now subsided. Yet there is ample evidence that the unrest,...

ANALYSIS: What Is the Iran-Regime Funded Hezbollah Group Backing Hamas Against Israel?

BEIRUT, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah has been exchanging fire with Israeli forces across the border since its Palestinian ally Hamas in Gaza and Israel went to war on Oct. 7. The violence on the frontier between Israel and Lebanon...

ANALYSIS: Why the West Seeks to Avoid Ukraine-Like Conflict in Mideast

By Hamed Mohammadi It has been nearly four months since the Oct. 7 deadly attack by Hamas on Israel, which sparked the war in Gaza. During the same period, the Houthi rebels in Yemen have...

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 Human Rights Violations Draw Global Condemnation

By Ahmad Rafat The Islamic Republic of Iran’s systematic and gross violations of human rights have once again captured global attention. On Sept. 2, Amnesty International released a comprehensive and damning 80-page report on the Islamic...

ANALYSIS: Trump’s Iran Decision Gives Gift To Putin

By David A. Andelman May 15 (Reuters) - Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear accord has brought a bonus for the Kremlin. The U.S. president’s Iran action means that Vladimir Putin could...