Monday, May 19, 2025

ANALYSIS: Iran-Allied Militias, Other Groups, Blamed for Islamic State Advances in Iraq and Syria

By John Davison JALAWLA, Iraq, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Yousif Ibrahim no longer travels by night along the roads around his hometown of Jalawla in northeastern Iraq. He fears getting caught up in attacks by...

ANALYSIS: Iran’s Ruling Factions Are Deeply Divided On Nuclear Deal

By Hamed Mohammadi Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met the Vatican’s Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, and Secretary for Relations with State, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, in Vatican City on July 13. Mr. Abdollahian assured...

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 – 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...

ANALYSIS: Dissent by Public Figures Has Amplified the Protest Across Iran – And the...

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ANALYSIS: A Year After Soleimani’s Death, Iran’s influence Is Receding

By Ahmad Rafat January 3 marked the first anniversary of the death of the former Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Qods Force (IRGC-QF), Lieutenant General Ghasem Soleimani, who was assassinated in a U.S....

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...

Albania Severs Ties with Iran, Expels Diplomats 

By Ahmad Rafat Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Sept. 7 that his country had severed ties with the Islamic Republic, giving Iranian diplomats 24 hours to leave the country. In a televised statement, Prime...

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: 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...