{"id":8570,"date":"2020-12-08T18:45:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T15:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/?p=8570"},"modified":"2020-12-08T18:45:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T15:45:57","slug":"rasanah-issues-iran-case-file-for-october-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/news\/rasanah-issues-iran-case-file-for-october-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Rasanah Issues Iran Case File for October 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The International Institute for Iranian Studies has issued its Iran Case File (ICF) for October 2020, providing readers in general and researchers in particular with an in-depth analysis and detailed review of Iranian affairs and interactions at variant levels.\u00a0 The file is divided into three main parts: Internal Affairs, Arab Affairs and International Affairs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the political level, the file sheds light on the direct threat which Iran has not faced since 2001 on its border: the hostile jihadist groups stationed on its borders due to the outbreak of fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Moreover, the protests staged by Iran\u2019s Azeri population pose a domestic threat for Iran, although Iran portrayed itself  as a friend to both parties in  the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other  files in relation  to Iran were no less dynamic than the Political File. At the ideological level, the interaction between the religious seminaries in Najaf and Qom poses a threat to Iraqi-Iranian relations insomuch as it is one of the reasons for strengthening ties between  the two countries. Araki, one of Qom\u2019s  marjas, attacked the Najaf  marja Kamal al-Haydari  over his interpretation of Shiite jurisprudential heritage in relation to declaring people from non-Shiite sects  to be disbelievers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the economic level, the file discusses the findings of a report conducted by the Iranian Parliament\u2019s Research Center about the surge in the country\u2019s debt to GDP ratio. This crisis has existed throughout the period  of sanctions and the government has faced ongoing budget deficits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the level of Arab affairs, the file reveals Iran\u2019s  continuous attempts  to perpetuate the control of  its militias over the Iraqi scene while the Iraqi  government is undertaking  concerted efforts  to resolve the structural problems which weaken the strength of the Iraqi state and prevent Baghdad from establishing sovereignty over its territories. But in Yemen, Iran failed to present a valid excuse for its ongoing support for the Houthi militia. Iran\u2019s violations of  UN Security Council resolutions and  international law  are unambiguous. In addition to these violations, Iran has plainly announced that it provides the Houthis with weapons  and the technology to manufacture  weapons. This coincided with the arrival of Hassan Erlo, an IRGC commander, in Sana\u2019a under the guise of an  ambassador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the international level, the file reviews Iran\u2019s role in the US 2020 election campaign   while Trump   continues to impose sanctions on Iran. Iran does not possess any new cards as it has already undertaken the five steps to reduce its  nuclear commitments. The only card it has left is its desire to drive  US troops  out from the region. The Russia-Iran relations file was much more dynamic because of  the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict. The deployment of Russian forces along the lines of contact caused Russia to be an immediate neighbor of Iran, which  Tehran has not experienced since the  collapse of the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The International Institute for Iranian Studies has issued its Iran Case File (ICF) for October 2020, providing readers in general and researchers in particular with an in-depth analysis and detailed review of Iranian affairs and interactions at variant levels. The file is divided into three main parts: Internal Affairs, Arab Affairs and International Affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":8571,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2451,1],"tags":[12,2726,5707,2731],"class_list":["post-8570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monthly-reports","category-news","tag-iran","tag-iran-case-file","tag-october-2020","tag-rasanah-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8574,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8570\/revisions\/8574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}