How Tehran is using Red Sea naval bases to encircle Saudi Arabia
Naveed Ahmad| Iran has come out with blazing guns, laying bare its grand strategy, step by step, to the world. Extending the frontier of the...
Can ISIS be stopped from expanding into Asia?
Naveed Ahmed | Quietly but surely, the Islamic State group (IS, formerly known as ISIS) is benefitting from the failures of al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Roughly...
Will Iranian posturing through ballistic tests threaten an arms race in Middle East?
Iran’s attempt to solidify its defensive fence by testing ballistic missiles and conducting military exercises alarmed its Gulf neighbors, Israel and United States. The...
Iran allows women spectators to watch “Men Sporting events”
Dr. James Dorsey Iran, bowing to external pressure, has allowed women spectators to attend a premier international men’s volleyball tournament on the island of Kish....
Can Ex-Head Iranian TV & Hostage taker at US Embassy become President of Iran?
Saeid Jafari | With the Iranian presidential elections in May, rivals of incumbent Hassan Rouhani continue to assess possible candidates. In recent weeks and months,...
Business demands sacrifice? Swedish executives to put Hijab in Iran
Sweden's government takes great pride in being the world's first to have adopted an overtly feminist stance. Nevertheless, a Swedish government minister and her...
Twitter suddenly defines a pro-American mood in Iran
The tension between Iran and the United States have been on the rise since President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning travel from...
Russia cautions US: Don’t break US-Iran Deal
News Analysis It was never clear how long Donald Trump’s honeymoon was going to last with Russia, but it seems the first hiccup to the...
Trump Team’s Dark View of Islam: Where its coming from?
On Feb 1, 2017, three leading investigative reporters of New York Times, each distinguished in his own right - Scott Shane, Mathew Rosenberg and...
By targeting Iran Trump stokes sectarian fires across the Middle East
James M. Dorsey| By singling out Iran rather than tackling root causes, the Trump administration risks fuelling sectarianism across the Muslim world and exacerbating multiple...
American NSA Flynn says we are “officially putting Iran on notice”
Donald Trump’s national Security advisor Michael Flynn, a retired Army general and former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, called Iran’s testing of a...
What’s really behind the immigration ban on Iranians: Politics or terrorism fears?
Daniel McAdams | So what's really driving the immigration ban on Iranian Muslims? In these early days of the Trump Administration, many on both the...