Sunday, January 11, 2026

[ANALYSIS] Pakistan-US Relations: New Challenges and Prospects

SPECIAL REPORT “Pakistan-US Relations: New Challenges and Prospects” International Institute for Strategic Studies London, March 13th 2018 ★★★★★ OVERVIEW In a meeting chaired by Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, the International Institute For Strategic Studies (ISS) Senior Fellow for South Asia, the veteran Pakistan...

ANALYSIS: Why Did Foreign Minister Javad Zarif Resign?

By Roshanak Astaraki In a surprise move, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif resigned from his post on February 26. On the same day, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei met and held talks with...

ANALYSIS: How U.S. and Its Allies Plan to Counter Iran’s Regional Ambitions

Tehran remains defiant in the face of increasing economic and political pressures from the U.S. and its allies. Iranian leaders have refused to curb the country’s missile program, or comply with the 12 conditions...

ANALYSIS: Envisioning an Endgame in Syria

“After Afrin and Sochi: Envisioning an Endgame in Syria” International Institute for Strategic Studies London, February 7th, 2018   OVERVIEW In a meeting chaired by Dr. Nicholas Redman, Director of Editorial at the International Institute For Strategic Studies (IISS), Emile Hokayem, the Senior...

ANALYSIS-Iran Executions Quash Protests, Push Dissent Underground

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Iran's hanging of protesters -- and display of their lifeless bodies suspended from cranes -- seems to have instilled enough fear to keep people off the streets after months...

ANALYSIS: Paying For Hostages’ Release Involves Moral Risks

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ANALYSIS: Iran Nuclear Talks May Soon Resume

By Ahmad Rafat Enrique Mora, the European Union’s chief negotiator in the Vienna talks to revive the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — the Iran nuclear deal — traveled to Tehran on May...
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ANALYSIS: Death of Iranian Arab in Prison Raises Human Rights Concerns

By Ahmad Rafat Benyamin Alboghbiesh, a 28-year-old ethnic Arab who along with his brother Mohammad Ali were arrested by security agents on May 26, has died under suspicious circumstances at the Intelligence Detention Center in...

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: Iran Prepares for New Round of Talks with The West

By Ahmad Rafat Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has instructed the Expediency Council to revisit the principal components of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations, in an apparent effort to pave the way...