Joint Attack on Iran Launched by U.S. and Israel
Daytime Opening Strikes: The United States and Israel launched joint strikes on Iran on February 28, after negotiations over the regime’s nuclear program failed to yield progress....
Ali Khamenei
How US Strikes on Iran Can Aid the Protest Movement
US and Israeli strikes on Iran should actively degrade the regime’s ability to kill protesters—including by directly targeting the Basij troops working to suppress them.
Op-eds
Iran and U.S. Set To Meet for New Talks as University Students Revive Domestic Protests
Students Spark New Protests: Iranian university students led renewed anti-regime protests on February 22, calling for the fall of the Islamic Republic and commemorating those murdered...
Flash Briefs
Iran’s Khamenei Invites Conflict, Not Compromise
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei doubled down on threats against the U.S. while denigrating President Donald Trump in a February 17 speech. Speaking on the same day that top Iranian officials concluded talks with U.S. negotiators in Geneva, Khamenei flatly ruled out abandoning uranium enrichment. He also dismissed U.S. demands that Tehran’s ballistic missile program and support for terrorist proxies be included in the negotiations.
Policy Briefs
Turkish foreign minister warns of nuclear arms race if Iran gets the bomb
On February 9, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan suggested that Turkey would begin developing nuclear weapons should Iran obtain them. During a televised interview with CNN Turk, Fidan warned that...
Op-eds
Iran Exploits Diplomacy With U.S. To Execute Protesters
As the authorities in Iran staged nationwide rallies on February 11 to mark the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Republic, the spirit of last month’s wave of anti-regime protests was very much in evidence....
Policy Briefs
Al Jazeera Centre for Studies: Academic Veneer Normalizing Terrorism
Is Al Jazeera using its “academic” arm, the Al Jazeera Centre for Studies (AJCS), to normalize Hamas’s atrocities, while hiding behind the veneer of a purportedly rigorous research institution?...
Insights
A ‘Venezuelan model’ in Iran would be a disaster for Israel, Iranians
Removing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei without dismantling the regime risks betraying the Iranian people and leaving Israel facing the same threats under new leadership.
Op-eds
Jordan’s Hedging on Iran Is Standard Practice
As the United States deliberates between negotiations with, or military action against, Iran. Jordan has become the latest Arab state to express disquiet over the latter option. Jordan is being characteristically...
Policy Briefs
Previewing Talks with Iran
Media Calls
As Erdogan Declines, Turkey’s Succession Crisis Is America’s Problem
Could a post-Erdogan Turkey replace Iran as the Middle East’s most destabilizing power?
Op-eds
Trump must not negotiate with Iran unless the regime first meets strict preconditions
The world is focused on a single question: will President Donald Trump strike Iran, or will he once again attempt negotiations – and if force is used, what form will it take and what...
Op-eds
Sanctioned Iranian leader denounces US, but his daughter lives here
Ali Larijani likely regards himself as a principled man. As the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, he remains a loyal foot soldier of the Islamic Republic, boasting a lifetime...
Op-eds
Iran Is Killing Protestors. Europe Is Issuing Statements.
The EU has the tools to impose real costs on the IRGC’s repression and its operations in Europe. What’s missing is action.
Op-eds
Trump’s noose tightens on Iran — here’s what must come next
Nobody can say President Donald Trump didn’t give Tehran a chance. Even at the11th hour, with massive military assets pouring into the Middle East after Iran’s brutal attacks on its own protesting...
Op-eds
Iran and its proxies threaten retaliation against US and Israel amid US military buildup
Tehran and its regional proxies are escalating threats against the United States and Israel as Washington moves additional naval forces into the Middle East. The US military buildup follows US President...
Op-eds
Hezbollah: We will not remain neutral if Islamic Republic endangered
Hezbollah is arguably the Islamic Republic of Iran’s primary and central extension, having described itself as such in the 1985 Open Letter, the group’s founding and constitutional document. As...
Op-eds
Erdogan chooses the ayatollahs over the Iranian people
While Iranian protesters are being beaten, imprisoned, and killed by the Islamic Republic, Turkey’s government is busy running diplomatic interference for the mullahs. Ankara’s...
Op-eds
The enemies of America’s enemies
Iran, Venezuela, and Ukraine are very different countries, but most Iranians, Venezuelans and Ukrainians want the same thing: to not be ruled by tyrants. They look to America for support – which...
Op-eds
As Iran’s uprising intensifies, Israel cannot afford to sit this one out
As Iranians rise against the Islamic Republic amid a brutal crackdown, Israel has both a moral duty and strategic interest to act now, warning that delay risks crushing the uprising and strengthening a regime that remains Israel’s core adversary