In shift, State’s Hook says Yemen’s Houthis independent from Iran
Al-Monitor | Laura Rozen: In a shift that analysts said reflects progress in Saudi talks with Yemen’s Houthi rebels to end the…
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Effects of US sanctions on Iranian citizens’ health security
Tehran Times | Hamed Khani: 1. Problem statement Sanctions are one of the punitive measures in international relations that have a lot…
United States and Iran swap prisoners in rare act of cooperation
Reuters | Parisa Hafezi, David Brunnstrom: The United States and Iran each freed a prisoner on Saturday in a rare act of cooperation between…
Iran unveils ‘budget of resistance’ to sanctions with help from $5bn Russian loan
The Guardian – Iran’s president says his country will depend less on oil revenue in a budget designed to resist crippling US…
Iran should call for Israel’s disarmament in response to EU power’s letter: Analyst
Press TV – A political commentator says, Iran — “one of the few subjects of missile war”— has full justification to develop…
Is Iran’s long-serving speaker retiring from politics?
Al-Monitor | Sarbas Nazari: For weeks, speculation had been rife that Iranian parliament Speaker Ali Larijani was deliberating whether to run for…
‘Nuke aimed at Iran’? Tehran raises alarm after Israel test-fires mystery rocket in broad daylight
RT – As the world is abuzz with speculation over Israel’s shadowy “rocket propulsion system” test, Tehran bluntly claimed that the projectile…
Ayatollah Khamenei labels some Iran protesters martyrs
Al-Monitor – In a rare though not unprecedented move, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei indirectly acknowledged excesses in the crackdown on…
World powers press Iran to reverse nuke deal violations
AP | KIYOKO METZLER: World powers pressured Iran on Friday to reverse recent atomic activities that violate the landmark 2015 nuclear deal,…
JCPOA and Europeans need for speech therapy
IRNA – Recently six European countries have voiced readiness to join the trade mechanism called INSTEX in a bid to give a…
Iran retains ‘Strong Voice’ in OPEC ahead of key meeting
AFP | Benoit Pellegrin: Iran, hit by year-long US oil sanctions and recent protests over domestic fuel price hikes, retains a “strong…
Impact of tourism on economic development in Iran
MNA – The rich culture, fantastic history, and mysterious atmosphere of Iran attract tourists from all around the world to this astonishing…
Iran’s Rouhani open for Trump meeting if sanctions lifted
Al-Monitor – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has once again expressed his preparedness for talks on an internationally negotiated solution involving the United…
Iran, cut off from vital cash reserves, faces deeper economic peril, US says
The Wall Street Journal | Ian Talley: While Iran’s sanction-battered economy has sparked protests across the nation, U.S. officials cite new intelligence…
Iran VP admits US pressure hitting economy hard
Al-Monitor – In a series of remarks rarely heard from Iran’s political elites, First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri lamented Washington’s onerous sanctions…
Iraq is facing a familiar problem
Bloomberg | Bobby Ghosh: Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has been here before. Fifteen years ago, after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq had…
New cash transfers may lift 2 million Iranians out of poverty
Bourse and Bazaar | Djavad Salehi-Isfahani: The gasoline price hike of November 15 triggered widespread and violent protests in Iranian cities. Three…
Will Iran’s 50% gas price hike pay off for the economy?
Al-Monitor | Bijan Khajehpour: On Nov. 15, Iran announced a shift in its gasoline subsidy policies that led to massive social protests…
CIA behind recent unrest in Iran: Paul Craig Roberts
Tasnim – Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, former US assistant secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy under President Ronald Reagan in 1981,…
How Iran’s hard-liners tried to ride wave of protests
Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: Feeling the heat, Iranian hard-liners are distancing themselves from the government’s fuel price hike. The government announced Nov.…
Sanctions may have fueled Iran protests, but have yet to further US goals
The New York Times | David E. Sanger: President Trump likes to say that Iran is “a different country” after 18 months…
Taken to brink by Trump, Persian Gulf states are backpedaling on Iran
Bloomberg | Zainab Fattah: An expanded soccer tournament, a direct flight, clandestine meetings and a pledge to release prisoners of war; diplomacy…
Why Tehran doesn’t talk to Washington?
FNA – Despite Washington’s continuous denials, the CIA has a long history of meddling in Iran’s internal affairs. For instance, it supported…
Iranian parliament members seek answers after deadly protests
Al-Monitor – While the protests over gas prices in Iran have completely died down and the internet is back up, Iranians and…
Iraq, rocked by protests, enters new phase of uncertainty after premier’s resignation
The Wall Street Journal | Isabel Coles and Ghassan Adnan: Protesters say they will settle for no less than sweeping away the…
Iran threatens to step back from UN nuclear watchdog
The Guardian | Patrick Wintour: Tehran warns it will reconsider IAEA commitments if EU states trigger possible sanctions Iran has warned it…
Netherlands: INSTEX aims to counterbalance US sanctions
IRNA | Ali Izadi: The Netherlands’ Ambassador to Tehran Jacques Werner says the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) primarily aims…
Iran wants to build a ‘Mega-Ton’ warship
The National Interest | David Axe: The Iranian navy announced it would build a new kind of warship — a destroyer displacing…
Sanctions are weapons of war if they are comprehensive and prolonged
Iran Review – More than a year after the US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, President Donald Trump’s contentious…
Iran official points to more open elections
Bourse and Bazaar | Marc Jourdier: A senior Iranian official has suggested in an interview with AFP that authorities may be more…
Netanyahu’s Iran strategy is a total failure
The National Interest | Uri Bar-Joseph & Benny Miller: Seen today, Netanyahu’s decade-long reign has left Israel more isolated than ever before…
Iran: Gasoline and shock therapy
Financial Tribune | Amin Sabooni: When the government raised pump prices last week by 50%, from 10,000 rials to 15,000 rails (for…
How Iran’s protests could impact foreign policy
Al-Monitor | Hamidreza Azizi: The Iranian administration’s controversial decision Nov. 15 to triple gasoline prices sparked protests across the country. Although the…
Iran hosts Taliban delegation to talk Afghan peace
Al-Monitor – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif confirmed that Tehran is currently hosting a delegation of Taliban leaders to discuss the…
Iran’s military strategy
Iran Review – On 20 June 2019, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shot down a United States RQ-4A Global Hawk BAMS-D…
Iran continues dismantling JCPOA nuclear restrictions
Al-Monitor | Alireza Noori: Iran is taking another step toward expanding its nuclear program by officially starting construction of the second unit…
Pakistan pursues military diplomacy expansion with Iran
Al-Monitor | Sabena Siddiqui: After arriving in Tehran earlier this month, Pakistan’s army chief, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, met with the Iranian…
Iran plans to wean budget off oil income by next year
Al-Monitor | Navid Kalhor: The Iranian government has decided to eliminate its budgetary reliance on oil sales for the fiscal year beginning…
Iran strengthens response to protests
The New York Times | Farnaz Fassihi and Rick Gladstone: The authorities say “six main elements” of unrest in Tehran were arrested.…
Iran lawmakers move to impeach three of Rouhani’s ministers
Al-Monitor – Days could be numbered for President Hassan Rouhani’s ministers of oil, interior and education as he faces one tough challenge…