Wednesday, January 21, 2026

OPINION: Why Europe Fears Collapse of the Iran Nuclear Deal

By Maysam Behravesh (Maysam Behravesh is a journalist and a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Sweden’s Lund University. The opinions expressed are his own.) Dec 12 (Reuters) - Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran’s nuclear...

OPINION: The Solution to the ‘Iran Problem’ is Regime Change

By Amir Taheri “What to do about Iran?” For more than four decades, that is to say since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, the question has intrigued analysts and policymakers across the world. The answer is:...

OPINION: Director Babak Payami Remembers His Own Tehran Arrest

By Babak Payami Almost 19 years ago last month, I was arrested on the streets of Tehran by the notorious plain-clothed agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran security forces. Jafar Panahi and I...

OPINION: The Wave of Conspiracy Theories Around Iran’s Fuel Protests

By Majid Mohammadi There has been no shortage of conspiracy theories issued by the Islamic Republic officials in recent weeks, accusing foreign powers and Iranian opposition groups outside the country of engineering the nationwide civil...

OPINION: Could Saudi Arabia Replace All the Barrels Lost from Iran Sanctions? 

By John Kemp LONDON, July 9 (Reuters) - The United States wants to eliminate all Iran’s crude oil exports from November, and is relying on Saudi Arabia and other OPEC and non-OPEC members to fill...

OPINION: Iran’s Ambitions to Gain Access to the Red Sea

  By Musa Sharifi The Red Sea is one of the most vital economic arteries in the world, with nearly 17 percent of all global trades moving through its international waterways. More than 200 million people...

OPINION: Oil Jumps as Traders Weigh Uncontrolled Escalation Risk in Middle East

By John Kemp LONDON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. air strike that killed a top commander of Iran's revolutionary guard in Baghdad seems to have been intended to restore strategic deterrence in the aftermath of...

OPINION: Islamism, a British Colonial Tool in Iran

By Reza Parchizadeh During the 2015 nuclear negotiations with the P5+1, the Tasnim news agency, which has strong links to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), reported that “elements within the seditious faction,” namely the...

OPINION: A Post-Islamic-Republic Iran Will Bring Stability to the Middle East

By Potkin Azarmehr Iran has risen again, this time with a fervor and a determination unlike anything the country has seen before. Yet there is still some reluctance among Western leaders to contemplate regime change...

OPINION: Iranians Want Change, But What Direction Will the Country Take?

By Elahe Boghrat Many Iranians believed that their country would enter a new era of reconstruction after the turbulent events of the 1979 Islamic Revolution and an eight-year war with Iraq (1980-88) that cost so...