Iran Guards Look Beyond Election to Next Supreme Leader
May 09, 2017
By Babak Dehghanpisheh
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Determined to protect a dominant security role and vast economic interests,Iran's Revolutionary Guards military force is quietly backing a hardliner in May 19 presidential polls, with an...
OPINION: The Road to Middle East Security Goes Through Tehran
By Elahe Boghrat
In the past, the world always expected the Islamic Republic to lash out politically or to respond violently any time it experienced domestic problems or international pressures or felt threatened by genuine...
Iran Should Stop Interfering in Iraq, Iraqi VP Allawi Says
June 16, 2017
By Amina Ismail
CAIRO (Reuters) - Iran's support to Shi'ite groups in Iraq is obstructing efforts to bridge the sectarian divide ahead of a parliamentary election next year, Iraqi Vice President Iyad Allawi said...
Iran’s Unemployment Rate May Soar As High as 26 Percent by 2021
June 14, 2017
Iran’s economy has been growing at a rate of 5 percent a year in the past three decades. According to forecasts by the Research Center of the Majlis (the Iranian Parliament), the...
Iran Says Arrests Seven Suspects Linked to Tehran Attacks
June 10, 2017
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have arrested seven people suspected of helping militants involved in this week's attacks in the capital Tehran, a judiciary official said on Saturday. Islamic State claimed responsibility for...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Warns Against Disrupting Presidential Vote
May 10, 2017
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on Wednesday that any attempts to disrupt the presidential election on May 19 would be dealt with harshly.
The vote has shaped up...
Trump’s Travel Bans Spook Some Students, Fan Fears of Broader Chill
May 16, 2017
By Ann Saphir
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Ramin Forouzandeh had applied to 13 PhD economics programs in the United States, but after President Donald Trump signed his first travel ban in January, the...
Step by Step to Tel Aviv and Haifa; Nekhsa, War and Music on Syrian...
Friday, September 9, 2016
A few days ago the Israeli daily, Yedioth Ahronoth, reported on a joint effort by Iran and Israel to learn the fates of Ron Arad, the Israeli Air Force navigator who...
Iran-backed Iraqi Force Says Takes Islamic State Villages Near Syria
May 29, 2017
By Maher Chmaytelli
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi Shi'ite force backed by Iran said it pushed Islamic State out of several villages on the border with Syria on Monday, potentially reopening a supply...
Letters to a Young Muslim: A Breath of Fresh Air on Normally Taboo Topics
February 19, 2017
Peyman Pejman
Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, in the United States, the topic of radicalization of mostly young men in the Islamic world has become a top political topic. I...
