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: Why Europe Is Unlikely to Designate IRGC As Terrorist Group
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was established in May 1979 on the orders of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic.
Yet the Iranian armed forces celebrate the anniversary...
ANALYSIS: Iran Cracks Down on Hijab Violations, Sends Cellphone Warnings
By Firouzeh Nordstrom
On July 6, 2019, the head of Tehran’s “Prosecutor’s Office for Guidance,” Mohammad Mehdi Haji-Mohammadi, said his office had launched an official channel (@dadresa_ershad), available on various messaging platforms including Telegram, where...
ANALYSIS: Iran’s June Elections Loom Over Vienna Talks, U.S. Rejoining Nuclear Deal
By Ahmad Rafat
A fifth round of talks on the U.S. rejoining the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran nuclear deal, is currently taking place in Vienna. Former U.S....
ANALYSIS: Europe’s Patience with Iran Wears Thin, Tiptoes Towards Trump
By Robin Emmott and John Irish
BRUSSELS/PARIS, Jan 18 (Reuters) - In Tehran on Jan. 8 during a meeting with European envoys, Iranian officials abruptly stood up, walked out and slammed the door in an extraordinary...
ANALYSIS: Hamid Nouri’s Life Sentence Is A Condemnation of Iran
By Ahmad Rafat
On July 14, a court in Stockholm found Hamid Nouri, an Iranian official, guilty of “crimes against humanity,” “war crimes,” and “premeditated murder,” sentencing him to life in prison.
The court found that...
How Dried-Out Wetlands on the Iran-Iraq Border Threaten the Region
By Sanam Mahoozi
LONDON, May 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The dust storms that have choked Iranians and Iraqis for weeks and hospitalised thousands, are the canary in the coalmine for a complex environmental disaster unfolding in wetlands...
The Iran Regime’s ‘Axis of Resistance’: How Hamas and Tehran Are Attempting to Galvanise...
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
By Hussein Abou Saleh
The devastating attack on Israel by Hamas on 7 October has transformed the Middle East, thrusting the Israeli-Palestinian question – considered a diplomatic side-issue for at least a decade...
ANALYSIS: Europe Alarmed By Iran’s Nuclear Program; U.S. Holding Back
By Ahmad Rafat
European countries are increasingly worried about the Islamic Republic of Iran’s advancing nuclear program and a potential alteration of its nuclear doctrine. U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration has further complicated the situation...
ANALYSIS: Iranian Security Forces Are Bracing For New Wave of Protests
By Kayhan Life Staff
Fearing that the chronic economic crisis could spark another nationwide protest, the country’s security apparatus, particularly the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and the Basij (volunteer paramilitary forces), have been trying...
