Published by Al Majalla The ongoing talks between Iran and the United States are steaming ahead with the latest round held on 26 April in Muscat. The first two rounds couldn’t have gone better, with… US-Iran talks steam ahead
Published by Al Majalla Offering both carrots and sticks is standard procedure in diplomatic negotiations, but US President Donald Trump takes it to new heights. Whatever else he might prevaricate on, he has always been… What if the US-Iran talks fail?
Published by the National Late March is happy season in Iran as the festival of Nowruz marks the end of winter and the start of a new calendar year. But the government of reformist President… The US-Iran talks have given Pezeshkian a boost
Published by Perry World House A few months into the second Trump administration, its differences with the first are evident. One major difference concerns the balance of power between various forces inside the Trump camp.… The Second Trump Administration and Its Approach to Iran
Published by the Atlantic In the first few weeks of Donald Trump’s second term, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, repeatedly rejected the U.S. president’s offer of negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, just as he… Iran Couldn’t Avoid Talking With Trump Any Longer
Published by the National If you hear of Iranian police forcibly bringing an end to a hijab-related rally in front of the parliament, you might imagine this was a classic case of the Islamic Republic… Why did Iran crack down on a pro-hijab rally?
Published by the Atlantic Donald Trump loves letters. We know this from his first term, when he exchanged 27 letters with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in the course of 16 months and wrote a particularly memorable missive to… Iran Wants to Talk
Published by the National If you hear of Iranian police forcibly bringing an end to a hijab-related rally in front of the parliament, you might imagine this was a classic case of the Islamic Republic… Why did Iran crack down on a pro-hijab rally?
Published in Al Majalla Although Iran and the US are not directly talking to each other, indirect talks have been ongoing. Earlier this month, Trump revealed that he had sent a letter to the Iranian leadership. It was delivered… Iran’s coming concessions to Trump
Published in the National With a reputation for making dramatic pronouncements, Mohammad Javad Zarif’s resignation as Iran’s vice president for strategic affairs earlier this month – his second in seven months – didn’t raise many eyebrows. One… Iran’s reformists have a lot to feel despondent about