ANALYSIS: Iranian Government’s Two-Year Non-Oil Budget Is a Fanciful Plan
By Roshanak Astaraki
The Iranian government is to submit its two-year budget proposal for 2020-22 (year starting March 21) to the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) on December 6, Mohammad Bagher Nobakht, the head of the Planning...
ANALYSIS – Many Iranian Options to Retaliate Against Israel, but All Carry Risk
By Idrees Ali and Arshad Mohammed
WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) - Iran faces a dilemma following an Israeli attack on its embassy in Syria: how to retaliate without sparking a wider conflict that Middle East analysts said Tehran...
ANALYSIS – What’s To Gain For Iran If Biden Beats Trump
By Hammed Mohammadi
Much of Iran's ruling class is hoping for the defeat of U.S. President Donald Trump, whose administration has been particularly hostile toward Iran's clerical regime.
The country's reformist media is also hoping for...
ANALYSIS – Iran’s Leaders Are Safe but Protests Raise the Stakes Over Imposing Veil
By Michael Georgy
DUBAI, Sept 23 (Reuters) - The popular revolt in Iran triggered by the death of a woman held by police is unlikely to pose an immediate threat to clerical rulers whose elite security forces have crushed...
ANALYSIS: Extended Talks on Iran, Trade, but Little Change After Biden-XI Virtual Meeting
By David Brunnstrom, Yew Lun Tian, Michael Martina and Gabriel Crossley
WASHINGTON/BEIJING, Nov 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping just completed their longest exchange as world leaders - but...
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...
ANALYSIS: Economic Pain May Push Tough-Talking Iran to Show Nuclear Flexibility
By Parisa Hafezi and John Irish
DUBAI/PARIS, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Iran insists the new U.S. administration act first to save the collapsing 2015 nuclear deal but faces pent-up pressures, from ruinous sanctions to internal...
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: Wielding Fresh Leverage, Iran to Play Hardball at Nuclear Talks
By Parisa Hafezi, John Irish and Arshad Mohammed
DUBAI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Iran will adopt an uncompromising stance when it resumes nuclear talks with major powers, betting it has the leverage to win wide sanctions relief...
ANALYSIS: Iranians Face Severe Economic Hardship As Prices Soar
By Roshanak Astaraki
Since the start of the current Iranian year on March 21, economic conditions in Iran have taken a turn for the worse.
While wages have increased by 57 percent in the past two...
