Wednesday, July 2, 2025

ANALYSIS: Iran’s Water Resources Require Urgent Action 

By Hamed Mohammadi and Roshanak Astaraki Water has always occupied an important and unique place in the global culture and literature of Iran. It is no accident that the Persian nouns Abadi and Abadani (development, settlement, village) start with...

ANALYSIS: How Iran’s Economy is Faring, Forty Years After the Revolution 

By Natasha Phillips  FEB 7 - As the Islamic Republic of Iran marks its 40th anniversary, the country finds itself at a crossroads. Four decades of decisions on internal policy and international affairs have led...

Iran: President’s Death Has Set Hardliners Jostling for Position to Replace Ageing Supreme Leader

SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION By Afshin Shahi The death of Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, in a helicopter crash in May plunged Iran into political uncertainly. Raisi’s death has set off an intense power struggle within the Islamic...

ANALYSIS: Iran, Looking To The Future

special report “Iran: Looking To The Future” House of Commons South Asia &Middle East Forum London, April 18th, 2018 ★★★★★ OVERVIEW Khalid Nadeem was chairman of the “Iran: Looking to the Future” session of the South Asia &...

ANALYSIS: Afghanistan Will Be the New Base of Operation for Iran and IRGC

By Kayhan Life Staff Afghanistan is facing yet another crisis with Taliban forces extending territories under their control. The reactionary group, known for its inhumane treatment of Afghan citizens, has occupied several cities recently. The Afghan...

ANALYSIS – Coronavirus and Sanctions Hit Iran’s Support of Proxies in Iraq

July 2 - Iran’s financial and military support for Shi’ite proxy paramilitary groups in Iraq, a linchpin of its regional foreign policy, has been dramatically disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and U.S. sanctions, according to people...

[ANALYSIS]Exclusive: Interview with a Member of the Airborne Special Forces Brigade Operating in Syria

Kayhan London Exclusive: IRGC hero-making operation increasing Iranian casualties in Syria Thursday, May 19, 2016 For sometime now Iran has deployed the 65th Airborne Special Forces Brigade, known as NOHED, in Syria.  This is in addition to...

ANALYSIS: Iran and the U.S. Inch Towards Negotiations

By Natasha Phillips May 24 - Prominent Iranian officials have called for an end to the tensions between Iran and the U.S. indicating a shift in the stalemate between the two countries.  Members of the government...

ANALYSIS: Has Iran Lost the Yemen War?

Kayhan Staff 18th March, 2018 On April 3rd, the United Nations and governments of Switzerland and Sweden will sponsor a meeting labeled “High-Level Pledging Event in Geneva for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen.” The official aim of...

ANALYSIS: Iran and U.S. Should Make Concessions to End Deadlock, Experts Say

By Natasha Phillips June 7 - Relations between Iran and the U.S. are in a state of complete deadlock and will only improve if each side makes concessions, according to Dr. Shireen Hunter of Georgetown...