Jun 25, 2017 | Iran, Menas Associates
This is an excerpt from an article in our monthly Iran Strategic Focus publication. Despite having some of the world’s largest hydrocarbon reserves, Iran is investing heavily in renewable energy. This focus is part of a strategy to become a major regional...
May 25, 2017 | Iran, Menas Associates
This is an excerpt from an article in this month’s Iran Strategic Focus publication. In the country’s presidential and local elections on 19 May, Iranians surprised analysts and more casual observers alike with a 73% voter turnout. And with 57.1% of voters...
Apr 18, 2017 | Iran, Menas Associates
Events of the past few weeks over the Syrian crisis have escalated tensions between Russia and the United States. Their deteriorating bilateral relationship will affect many other policy areas and one concern at this stage is the negative impact on the implementation...
Mar 28, 2017 | Iran, Menas Associates
In an attempt to find a unifying candidate ahead of the May 2017 presidential election, the county’s conservative political forces have fallen into disarray. Evidently, Iranian conservatives understand how difficult it will be to defeat Hassan Rohani, who is...
Jan 27, 2017 | Iran, Menas Associates
Many analysts have interpreted the 8 January 2017 death of the former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani — one of the leading political figures in the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution — as a blow to the moderate political forces for whom he was a mentor and...
Nov 30, 2016 | Iran, Menas Associates
This is an excerpt from an article in our monthly Iran Strategic Focus publication. The election of Donald Trump has sent jitters through the international business community. One reason is the question of whether a Trump administration will fulfill a campaign promise...
