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Ahmadinejad’s Tumble and Iran’s Political Terrain
via Lobe Log Sadeq Zibakalam, University of Tehran professor and the closest the Islamic Republic has to an intra-systemic gadfly, has written an interesting commentary in the new daily Arman regarding...
View ArticleSanctions Continue to hit Average Iranians
via Lobe Log The US-led sanctions regime isn’t directly targeting Iran’s healthcare system but reports continue to suggest that critically-ill Iranians are being affected. The Al Jazeera English clip...
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Does Tehran want Obama or Romney?
via Lobe Log The answer to this question is simple: there is no such thing as one Tehran. Opinions vary and arguments to back up the case for either Barak Obama or Mitt Romney are sometimes unexpected....
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On what a Second-Term President Obama should do with Iran
via Lobe Log George Washington Political Science Professor Mark Lynch in Foreign Policy: With military action in the background but not imminent, and sanctions taking a real political and economic toll...
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Iran and the United States: Ready, set, go?
via Lobe Log Former Iran-desk State Department staffer Reza Marashi and journalist Sahar Namazikhah remind us that Iran’s influnetial Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) has publicly...
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Gaza and Iran
via Lobe Log What a difference four years can make! Almost a week into Operation Pillar of Defense and the Israelis have yet to make the case for the necessity of continuing the attacks on Gaza in...
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Gaza, Iran and Israel’s Never-ending War with Reality
via Lobe Log Okay, it seems I spoke too soon. Hamas is now back in the “Iranian-supported” camp according to this editorial in the New York Times, which identifies Hamas as both “backed by Iran” and...
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The Gaza Crisis: A Strategic Boon for Iran
via Lobe Log By Richard Javad Heydarian The recent war in Gaza has been portrayed as a political dividend for the main protagonists, namely Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, Egypt’s Mohammad Morsi, and the...
View ArticleGary Sick on Iran’s Foreign Policy
via Lobe Log Gary Sick, who served as an Iran specialist on the National Security Council staffs of Presidents Ford, Carter and Reagan, speaks to Foreign Affairs editor Gideon Rose about an article...
View ArticleIran in 2012: A Year in Review
via Lobe Log For Iran, 2012 will go down as the year of economic woes. The mantra of the “enemy’s psychological war against Iran” will no longer be blamed more than internal mismanagement even by the...
View ArticleIran’s Economy Faces Grim 2013
By Kevan Harris via USIP What is the state of Iran’s economy in 2013 compared to a year ago? Iran’s economy enters 2013 significantly worse than a year ago, particularly with higher inflation and...
View ArticleIs Iran on the Brink?
via Lobe Log In the past few days there have been a string of reports regarding the harmful impact of sanctions on the Iranian population. Issues related to rising prices, the inability to import...
View ArticleIran Shoots Itself in the Foot
via Lobe Log By Robin Yassin-Kassab In August 2012 Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi attended a meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Tehran. His presence at the conference was something of a...
View ArticleIran-Turkey Relations Heading into a Tough Year
via Lobe Log Since the advent of the Syrian Revolution and tightening transatlantic sanctions against Iran in 2011, Tehran and Ankara have had a particularly tough time maintaining a facade of mutual...
View ArticleExpect the Unexpected for Iran’s 2013 Presidential Election
via Lobe Log Sociologists sometimes get lucky. In June 2009 I arrived in Tehran for a routine research trip. Over the next several months I witnessed the largest political demonstrations in Iran since...
View ArticleLow Chance for Nuclear Deal Before Iran’s 2013 Presidential Election
via Lobe Log After the nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 (the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany) in Moscow last June, dialogue at the senior political level was put on ice...
View ArticleIran’s Economy After Devaluation
via Lobe Log by Djavad Salehi-Isfahani Four months after the collapse of the rial earlier this fall, Iran’s economy is still reeling from its effects. The rial lost 40% of its value in one week late...
View ArticleDon’t Rule Out Bilateral Talks with Iran
via Lobe Log by Peter Jenkins I was in Berlin on Monday when Iran’s Foreign Minister, MIT-educated Ali Akbar Salehi, spoke to a large audience at the premises of the German Association for Foreign...
View ArticleOptimistic in Almaty? How to Move the Iran Impasse Forward
via Lobe Log by Laicie Heeley & Usha Sahay After months of deliberation, Iranian negotiators and representatives of the 6-world power P5+1 negotiating team have agreed to meet on February 26 in...
View ArticleKhamenei’s Mounting Pressures
by Alireza Nader Negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program are set to re-start in February, but Iran’s previous foot dragging in agreeing to a time and venue for the negotiations has been vexing for...
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