Iran | Vocal Europe

Why Iran can’t take a decision similar to North Korea

22/06/2018 Iran

[authorbox authorid="31" title="The Author"] T he historic meeting between the leaders of the United States and North Korea, and the resulting Korean Peninsula denuclearizing deal, has the potential of resolving a decades-old international crisis. This…

Iran, Oil and the Destabilisation of the Middle East

21/06/2018 Iran

Paul Monaghan

[authorbox authorid="87" title="The Author"] O il prices have increased sharply following President Trump’s unilateral decision to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and to reimpose the "highest level" of economic sanctions on…

The Iranian Pariah and the Zero-Sum Game

20/06/2018 Iran

Rahim Hamid

[authorbox authorid="48" title="The Author"] O ver the last four decades, especially in recent years, Iran’s regime has limited the scope of its policies and activities to brutal, regressive belligerence, which has ultimately led it to…

The two faces of the regime in Iran

19/06/2018 Beyond Europe, Iran

Rahim Hamid

[authorbox authorid="48" title="The Author"] [toggler title="DISCLAIMER" ]All opinions in this column reflect view of the autor(s), not of Vocal Europe.[/toggler] T he Iranian regime has two faces that it presents to the world. The first is…

Trump Leaves Iran Agreement, What does it mean for Oil?

11/05/2018 Beyond Europe, Business, Iran

Vocal Europe

I ts been a zombie agreement for a while. The 2015 Iranian nuclear agreement, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) appeared doomed long before President Trump took office. However, President…

Iran’s nuclear weapons and ‘Project Amad’ – What’s the deal?

04/05/2018 Beyond Europe, Iran

Paul Monaghan

[authorbox authorid="87" title="The Author"] P roject Amad was a covert attempt to develop functioning nuclear warheads by Iran that was rendered inoperable by the ‘Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action’ (JCPOA) signed in July 2015 by…

Should Silence Over Iran Continue?

15/03/2018 Beyond Europe, Iran

Rahim Hamid

[authorbox authorid="48" title="The Author"] W hile Western journalists and politicians see themselves as fit to provide ‘expert’ commentary on Iran and the wider Middle East, the real ‘Iran experts’ – the Iranian people there, more…

Why the collision between Israel and Iran could lead to a new war front in the Middle East

12/02/2018 Beyond Europe, Iran, Israel

Peter De Roover

[authorbox authorid="78" title="The Author"] E arly February I took part in a parliamentary mission to Israel. Not even a week later, Israel and Iran clashed for the first time at the Syrian border, which we…

Iran’s Future, In Its Own Words

06/02/2018 Beyond Europe, Iran

Heshmat Alavi

[authorbox authorid="31" title="The Author"] [dropcap size=small]O n the very sensitive subject of how Iran plans to confront ongoing protests, described by some as an uprising, all the while attempting to resolve the very issues engulfing…

Iran expands its hegemony through information warfare

01/02/2018 Beyond Europe, Iran

Vocal Europe

[toggler title="DISCLAIMER" ]All opinions in this column reflect view of the autor(s), not of Vocal Europe[/toggler] I ran's successful information warfare against its regional rival, Saudi Arabia, paves way for important political victories, easing the…