Nov 22, 2018 | Iran, Menas Associates
One of the known political patterns of the Islamic Republic is that increased external pressure leads to increased internal cohesion. Nonetheless, the competition for power means that factionalism has not been stamped out. Even though the top leadership has instructed...
Oct 16, 2018 | Iran, Thought Piece
Three months before Menas Associates published the first issue of Iran Focus – later renamed Iran Strategic Focus – in October 1988, Iran had accepted UN Security Council Resolution 598, putting an end to the devastating 1980–1988 Iran–Iraq War. It had cost the lives...
Oct 11, 2018 | Iran, Menas Associates
As Iraq’s economy struggles to get back on the right track, the country has been dealt another formidable challenge in the form of Washington’s decision to renew sanctions on neighbouring Iran. The first set of sanctions were re-imposed by the Trump...
Sep 30, 2018 | Iran, Menas Associates
One of the major secondary US sanctions to be introduced on Iran is a ban on the purchase of Iranian oil, gas, and petroleum products starting on 4 November – when the second wave of sanctions is re-imposed. The re-imposition of sanctions has already significantly...
Aug 30, 2018 | Iran, Menas Associates
Ever since the US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran and the remaining signatories of the nuclear deal have tried to devise strategies to sustain the accord and immunise their trade and transactions from US pressure. Politicians on...
Jul 26, 2018 | Iran, Menas Associates
In this months edition of Iran Strategic Focus, our consultants have picked out some of the key discussion points around the implications of the current Iran-US war of words and the fear that they could well reach a level of possible military confrontation. Donald...
