What a Second Trump Presidency Might Mean for Iran and the Rest of the...
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
By Christopher Featherstone
Just over six months ahead of the US election, the world is starting to consider what a return to a Trump presidency might mean. While Americans might be weighing...
ANALYSIS: Enforcing the Mandatory Hejab Is A Massive Economic Cost
By Roshanak Astaraki
The suppression of women in Iran, most recently through the nationwide ‘Noor Project’ aimed at enforcing the mandatory hejab, has garnered significant attention both domestically and internationally. The Noor Project was launched...
ANALYSIS: Who Could Be the Successor to Ali Khamenei?
By Ahmad Rafat
Elections (or, more accurately, appointments) of 290 seats in the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) and 88 seats in the sixth Assembly of Experts (which has the power to appoint Iran’s Supreme Leader) were held on...
ANALYSIS: Why the Potential for Another Donald Trump Presidency Is Making Iran Very Nervous
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
By Amin Naeni : PhD candidate at Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
There’s been much talk in recent months about what a possible second Donald Trump presidency in the...
How Iran’s New Local Headscarf Crackdowns Blend With Looming Wars Abroad
KAYHAN-LONDON
ENGLISH EDITION • WORLDCRUNCH
The Islamic Republic of Iran has resumed its drive to enforce requirements of women wearing the hijab, after a lull for the Persian new year holidays that coincided with a threat of a major...
ANALYSIS: Netanyahu Faces Blame for ‘Harmless Attack’ on Islamic Republic
By Kayhan Life Staff
Reports suggest that following the Israeli air strike on Isfahan’s defense facilities in central Iran on April 19, the authorities of the Islamic Republic were expecting a second wave of attacks....
ANALYSIS: Oil Traders Sanguine About Risks From Israel-Iran Conflict
By John Kemp
LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) - Petroleum prices have fallen following Iran's missile and drone assault on Israel, confounding expectations that the escalation of the shadow war would cause them to rise.
Like major industrial accidents, extreme...
ANALYSIS: Iran and Israel Are On the Brink of An All-Out Military Conflict
By Ahmad Rafat
In the aftermath of the large-scale drone and missile attack launched by the Islamic Republic on Israel on April 13 and 14, there are heightened concerns about the possibility of a full-blown...
ANALYSIS: ISIS Khorasan Poses A Real Danger to Global Security
By Ahmad Rafat
The Islamic State-Khorasan Province (IS-KP), also known as ISIS Khorasan or ISIS-K, has made global headlines since the terrorist attack on the concert hall in Krasnogorsk, near Moscow, which killed 143 people...
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...
