OPINION: Why Will Iran Not Tell the Truth About Ukrainian Plane Crash?
By Hamed Mohammadi
On Jul. 24, the Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA) concluded its examination of the two black boxes that were retrieved from the wreckage of the Ukrainian commercial...
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: Britain Must Stand Alongside the Protesters Against the Islamic Republic
By Catherine Perez-Shakdam
As the somber anniversary of Mahsa Amini's murder is upon us, we find ourselves at a crossroads where the plight of Iranians voicing their defiance against the Ayatollah's totalitarian regime demands our...
OPINION: Iran Is an Obstacle to Peace and Stability in the Middle East
By Hamed Mohammadi
The Iranian authorities have urged the public to take part in the forthcoming presidential election in June.
In his first public address since the start of the Iranian new year on March 21,...
OPINION: Iran and U.S. Both Declare Victory in Their War of Words
By Rafiq Khoury, Independent Arabia online news website
In his memoirs, former Israeli President Shimon Peres (1923-2016) writes: “ Ben Gurion and I were traveling together from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem one day. Ben Gurion,...
OPINION: White House Must Choose Between Tough Iran Sanctions and Moderate Gasoline Prices
By John Kemp
LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - The White House can drive Iran’s oil exports to zero, or it can have moderate U.S. gasoline prices, but it probably cannot have both.
The awkward tension between...
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...
OPINION: Oil Market Power Ebbs from OPEC to the Troika
By John Kemp
LONDON, Nov 26 (Reuters) - The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has been marginalised as critical decisions about the oil market are taken by a troika of the United States, Russia...
OPINION: How Temporary Marriage, or Sigheh, is Spreading in Iran
By Shokouh Mirzadegi
There have been news reports about the mushrooming of “chastity houses,” particularly in holy cities, and their increasing popularity with male foreign tourists visiting Iran. Though they are yet to become legal,...
OPINION: Where Is Trump Headed with His Tougher Policy Toward Iran?
By Phil Stewart
WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's offer of dialogue with Tehran belies a hardening of U.S. policy that intensifies economic and diplomatic pressure but so far stops short of using...
