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Last Year’s Deadly Gasoline Protests Come to Haunt Iran

Iranian Society’s Strategies to Cope With COVID-19

PMF’s Disintegration is Iran’s Worst Nightmare in Iraq

German Government Bans Hezbollah: Will the Rest of Europe Follow Suit?

Iran Faces Uphill Battle in Syria

Iran’s Ambitious Route to Space

Iran’s Space Program: Timeline and Technology

COVID-19 and Poor Forecasts Delay Iran’s Final Budget for the Year Ahead

Iran’s Actions in the Gulf Linked to Iraq Tensions

Qom and Al-Azhar: Is There any Sign of Rapprochement?

Consequences of Iran’s Return to the FATF Blacklist

Iran Adopts High-Risk Economic Policies in the Wake of Fresh US Sanctions and COVID- 19

COVID-Infected Iran Poses a Severe Health Risk to Pakistan and Afghanistan

Iran Likely to Experience Further Negative Growth in 2020

The US-Taliban Peace Deal Frustrates Iran in Afghanistan

COVID-19 Widens the Trust Deficit Between the People and the Government

Trade between Iran and Afghanistan Remains Steady, Despite US Sanctions

US Sanctions Are Working: Political Participation Is Declining

The Coronavirus Dilemma: News Blackouts Worsen the Economic Situation in Iran

Iran’s 2020 Parliamentary Elections: A One-sided Contest

“Hardliners” Insist on Victory and Unity After the Iranian Parliamentary Elections

Iranian Genius Child Migrates to the Netherlands

Countdown to the Nuclear Breakdown With Iran

The “Reformist” Camp Buttresses the Islamic Republic

Gen. Hajizadeh’s Audacity May Not Cause Harm to Iran’s Proxies in the Short-Run

The Impact of Soleimani’s Killing on Iranian Domestic Politics: The Winners and Losers

Iran’s Draft Budget Bill and the Impact of Soleimani’s Killing on Military Spending Trends

The Position of the Iraqi Shiite Marjaya on the Iranian-American Escalation and the Factions of the Popular Mobilization Forces

Repressing Sufism in Iran: Ideological Differences or Concerns About Increasing Popularity?

Iran Desperately Seeking Japanese Help to Ease US Pressure

What Would Future Uprisings in Iran Look Like?

The Six European Countries’ Accession to the Financial Mechanism INSTEX: Implications and Future Scenarios

Iranian Draft Budget for 2020/2021: False Growth and Upcoming Public Anger

Iran’s November 2019 Uprisings: Iranian Society in Transition

What Lies Beneath Shifting the IRIN’s Headquarters to Bandar Abbas

The Decline in Protests in Iran: Dimensions and Results

Iran Mulls Over Quitting the NPT

Gasoline Riots in Iran Expose Deep Political Rifts and Potential Regime Instability

Rouhani’s Push for a Referendum: What Is His Proposal? Why Has It Failed?

Iraq’s Kurds Face Dilemma Over Future Relations With Iran

Iran’s Fingerprints Are Visible in the Suppression of Iraq’s Protests

Hope Is Dying in the French Bid to Rescue the JCPOA

Will China Give Iran a Big Credit Line?
