Ali Khamenei

July 15, 2026 | Bridget Toomey, Edmund Fitton-Brown

Riyadh Strikes Houthi-Controlled Airport To Block Flight From Iran

The Houthis and Saudi Arabia broke a four-year truce after Iran and its Yemeni proxy attempted to establish a direct flight path between Tehran and the Houthi-controlled capital of Sanaa. The flight openly...

July 15, 2026 | Clifford D. May |

What would Joe Biden do?

Vis-à-vis Moscow and Tehran, Trump should do the opposite

July 14, 2026 | Bridget Toomey |

Saudi Arabia and Houthis trade attacks over restarting direct flights between Yemen and Iran

Saudi Arabia struck Sanaa International Airport in the Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital on July 13 to stop the landing of a plane carrying the Houthi delegation to slain Iranian Supreme Leader...

July 14, 2026 | Bridget Toomey, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Between Iraq and a Hard Place

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, only two months into his term, has a busy month of foreign engagements. In early July, he received the body of slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei which was visiting Iraq’s...

July 14, 2026 | Angela Howard, Antonia-Laura Pup

Kazakhstan Bets on Iranian Port Investment

Landlocked Kazakhstan is seeking port access, and Astana is banking on Iran to provide it. On July 8, Kazakhstan signed an agreement to build a logistics and transport terminal at Iran’s largest seaport...

July 10, 2026 | Janatan Sayeh |

Pick To Run Iran’s Judiciary Shows Repression Will Live on Long After Ali Khamenei’s Death

If Iranians were hoping for a softening of the Islamic Republic’s iron rule, new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has wasted no time in disillusioning them. He has appointed Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei...

July 9, 2026 | Bridget Toomey |

Body of slain Iranian leader Khamenei arrives in Iraq for Najaf and Karbala rites

The body of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was taken to the Iraqi holy cities of Najaf and Karbala on July 8 as part of his funeral procession. Large crowds gathered to mourn the slain leader...

July 8, 2026 | Mark Dubowitz |

The time for talk is over — Trump needs to get tough with Iran

Just three weeks after it was signed, the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran is on life support. Tehran’s promise to keep the Strait of Hormuz open for international...

July 7, 2026 | Edmund Fitton-Brown, Bridget Toomey

Sanaa-Tehran Direct Air Route Would Aid Iranian Efforts To Arm Houthis in Yemen

Despite an air blockade imposed by Saudi Arabia, a delegation of Iranian-backed Houthis from Yemen arrived in Tehran on July 3 — marking the first time in roughly a decade that a commercial...

July 2, 2026 | Mariam Wahba, Angelo Schiciano

Is Iran becoming a post-Islamic society?

Washington and Tehran signed a memorandum of understanding that has not stopped the exchange of fire in the Gulf but has already produced a renewed and more aggressive repression campaign inside...

July 1, 2026 | Tzvi Kahn |

How Trump’s Understanding With Iran Echoes Obama’s 2015 Nuclear Deal

If you want to understand Iran’s negotiating posture for the new nuclear deal with the United States, listen to what Washington and Tehran said about the nuclear deal of July 2015. At the time, President...

June 19, 2026 | Janatan Sayeh |

Khamenei warily accepts US deal as Tehran eyes rebuilding Hezbollah

On June 18, the Islamic Republic’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who succeeded his father, issued a statement on the recent memorandum of understanding between Washington...

June 15, 2026 | Janatan Sayeh |

Do not forget the Iranian people who still suffer, President Trump

President Donald Trump has announced that Washington and Tehran have signed an agreement with two pillars: reopening the Strait of Hormuz and ensuring the Islamic Republic cannot develop...

June 10, 2026 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Berri Sabotages President Trump’s Peace Agenda

Lebanon and Israel signed a historic framework deal in Washington last Wednesday that serves as a clear roadmap to disarm Hezbollah, end the war, and put the two countries on the path to peace....

June 8, 2026 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Why Is Saudi Arabia Circumventing the Lebanese State?

Saudi Arabia's decision to actively undermine diplomacy between Lebanon and Israel, a pathway to peace and disarming Hezbollah, should not be tolerated by the Lebanese.

May 26, 2026 | Eric S. Edelman, Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

Iran’s New ‘Nuclear’ Weapon

What happens if the U.S. declines to fight for the Strait of Hormuz.

May 19, 2026 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Breaking the Myth of Hezbollah’s Captive Constituency

Israel’s Alma Center is wrong about Lebanon’s Shia population. In a recent article, the institute claimed that Hezbollah’s Shia constituency is a “captive audience” chained by dependency, fear,...

May 12, 2026 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Saudi Arabia’s strange war: Appease Iran, rebuff Israel

Riyadh’s muted response to Iranian aggression reveals a leadership driven more by fear and domestic troubles than coherent regional strategy

May 4, 2026 | Janatan Sayeh |

In Iran, Behavior Changes Only When The Regime Does

An Islamist system built on anti-Americanism and export of terrorism will not abandon the very tools that sustain it.

April 25, 2026 | Mark Dubowitz |

Think we’re losing the war in Iran? Consider where things really stand

From nuclear setbacks to proxy collapse, the Islamic Republic faces its most severe strategic crisis in 47 years