Banafsheh Keynoush
Contributor
Banafsheh Keynoush is the author of Saudi Arabia and Iran: Friends or Foes? (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016), and the editor and an author of Iran’s Interregional Dynamics in the Near East (New York: Peter Lang, 2021).
Analysis
India and Iran Move Forward on Long-Delayed Chabahar Port Project
Developments with the Chabahar port could turn the trade corridor into a global hub by 2030, if the project can overcome financial hurdles, risks from sanctions, and security threats.
For Raisi, Economic Issues Primed to Drive Iran’s Foreign Policy Agenda
As long as Iran’s economy is spiraling downward, its new government will have some incentive to ease tensions abroad.
Feb 26, 2021
Diplomacy With Iran: Opportunities and Risks for the UAE
As tensions with Iran are expected to ease under the Biden administration, the UAE’s economic ties and legacy relations position it to potentially play a pivotal role in Gulf outreach to Tehran.
Looking to Elections, Supreme Leader Places Allies in Key Positions
Khamenei’s moves to consolidate his power have led to growing speculation in Iran that the position of its president – current or future – will be far less significant in how the country is led.
