Haniyeh killing exposes Israel’s reach inside Iran
The killing in Tehran of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, which the Palestinian militant group has blamed on Israel, has exposed the depth of Israeli penetration inside the Islamic republic,…
Iran eyes Biden but could conflict still erupt with Trump?
Iran has opened the new year with a gambit to pressure President-elect Joe Biden, but fears are rising that conflict could erupt instead with Donald Trump, who still commands US…
Squaring the circle in Vienna
The negotiations in the Austrian capital Vienna to revive the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – or the Iran nuclear deal – seem to have reached a critical…
Between the cup and the lip
IT’S still a week to go before Donald Trump demits control of the nuclear codes, and renowned US whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg is seeing mischief afoot in the Gulf. With Iran…
Shifting sands
AT last Sunday’s concluding session of the IISS Manama Dialogue hosted by Bahrain, Saudi prince Turki bin Faisal offered a stinging critique of Israel. A few years ago, a rebuke of this…
King of Israel
“Complex affairs inevitably require further thought; bear in mind the truth that the end is not obvious at the beginning”. This was the advice given in 5BC by Artabanus to…
Provocations in the Middle East
The recent assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has sent tremors through the region. The scientist, considered the godfather of the Iranian nuclear programme, was killed in Tehran Though Fakhrizadeh…
