Is Iran’s Rouhani a lame duck president?
Having staked everything on a now-crumbling nuclear deal, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has little to show for his five years in power and is seeing his support evaporate. The fifth…
Nuclear deal a challenge for Rouhani as Iran hardliners close in
Iran's hardliners are preparing to bring President Hassan Rouhani to heel if the US President Donald Trump scraps Tehran's nuclear deal with major powers, officials and analysts believe. Trump has…
‘Words and no facts’ so far from foreign investors as Iran votes on Rouhani
Desperate to show off the rewards of his landmark deal to get sanctions lifted from Iran, President Hassan Rouhani has rolled out the red carpet for global investors before he…
After Rouhani re-election, expect hardliners to ‘settle scores’
Iranians yearning for detente abroad and greater freedoms at home have handed President Hassan Rouhani a second term, but the hardline forces he defeated in elections on Friday will remain…
Rouhani faces pressure for release of Iran’s political prisoners
Having struck a historic nuclear deal to end decades of enmity between Iran and the West, President Hassan Rouhani faces a fresh challenge at home, to win the release of…
The task before Rouhani
The landslide victory of a moderate Hassan Rouhani in the recent presidential election in Iran has sprung up a pleasant surprise both nationally and internationally. While the Iranian nation is…
Iran vote winner could ease, but won’t end, nuclear tensions: analysts
Masoud Pezeshkian’s victory in Iran’s presidential elections has given a rare boost to efforts for scaling down years of tensions over Tehran’s nuclear programme, even with no indication of any…
Will Iran’s climate inaction fuel rising disaster threats?
In just over a year, Iran has endured deadly flash floods, crop-ruining drought, punishing dust storms and heatwaves that have pushed temperatures as high as 48 degrees Celsius (118 degrees…
How serious is the coronavirus crisis in Iran?
Even according to official figures, the coronavirus epidemic has killed over 1,800 people in Iran, prompting unprecedented measures that have included closing holy Shiite shrines. But could the authorities in…
Resolving conflict
Amid the US-China tussle, Pakistan has maintained an impartial stance, wisely balancing its relations with the two. It stresses a non-partisan approach as it wants to refrain from joining any…
