Helping Iran fail in Iraq
Hours after the failed Nov. 7 assassination attempt on Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al Kadhimi, pro-Iran militias in Iraq claimed responsibility but denied that Tehran had ordered the attack. Not only...
Ahvaz
Biden Looks Away While Iranian Protesters Call for the Regime’s Overthrow
In Iran, nationwide protests are calling for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic. The unrest started in the water-deprived province of Khuzistan but has spread to neighboring provinces and major cities,...
Op-eds
The Impact of the Ahwaz protests in Iran
Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority on July 7 launched extensive anti-regime protests centered in the country’s western Khuzestan Province. Extreme water shortages affecting the Ahwaz were the catalyst for...
Policy Briefs
The US Must Punish Iran’s Regime For Its Lethal Homophobia
As LGBTQ Pride Month concludes in the free and democratic world, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s totalitarian regime continues to violently oppress and eliminate sexual minorities. The existence of the...
Op-eds
The Islamic Revolution vs. Donald Trump
Iran and Ayatollah Khamenei are more influential today than at any time since 1979.
Op-eds
Fighters throughout the Khorasan renew allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
The Islamic State’s Khorasan province has released a 12-minute, 28-second video reaffirming its fighters’ allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The production is part of the self-declared caliphate’s...
Op-eds
Here’s How Trump Should Prepare for Iranian Escalation
Once sanctions are back in full force, the United States needs to be ready for the worst.
Op-eds
With Syria strike, Iran continues ramping up ballistic missile use
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired six ballistic missiles into eastern Syria on Monday. The strike — whose efficacy is debatable — was in response to a Sept. 22 terrorist attack on a military parade in the city of Ahvaz in southwestern Iran. Both the Islamic State, or ISIS, and a local Arab resistance group took responsibility for the attack.
Op-eds
Germany’s best-selling paper calls for end of Iran trade to protect Israel
“It is high time to ask oneself where the money that Iran is earning by this trade is going," Dr. Schuster said.
Op-eds
The IRGC’s New Deployment Pattern
The October 7th death of Brigadier-General Hossein Hamedani, the most senior Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commander killed in the Syrian war, underlines Iran’s growing military...
Op-eds
Dare We Say It? The Mullahs Must Go
Sanctions and diplomacy have thus far failed to induce the Iranian regime to cease its nuclear weapons program. We shouldn’t be surprised by this. Top Iranian leaders, from Supreme Leader A...
Op-eds
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: Guardians of the Revolution and Violators of Human Rights
Honorable members of this subcommittee, I am privileged to appear before you today to discuss the role of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in a vast system of domestic repres...
Congressional Testimonies
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Cracks Down on Christians
As the U.S. and its allies prepare to return to the negotiating table with Iranian representatives, hoping to reach a deal on their nuclear ambitions, the Islamic Republic has significantly ratch...
Op-eds
Why Aren’t There Millions of Iranians in the Streets?
People keep asking me how come the Iranian people seem to be missing in action amidst the Middle Eastern insurrection. Fair enough. No matter that the whole process was kicked off, and inspired b...
Op-eds
The Iranian Death Spiral Resumes
So now the Ahmadinejad people and the Khamenei people are fighting it out in the streets of Tehran, as Reza tells us. Those who have followed this blog for some time will recognize it as the late...
Op-eds
The Iranian Civil War
According to the Daily Beast, yesterday’s demonstrations against the Iranian regime were smaller than those on February 14th, but in fact they were both larger and more aggressive. Th...
Op-eds
Iran continues to train Shia terror groups for attacks in Iraq
A US military map of Iran's operations inside southern Iraq. The map is from 2007, and formed the basis of The Ramazan Corps and the ratlines into Iraq. Click to view full size. Iran...