Qatar’s wealth and prestige are built on the incompetence of the rulers of Iran’s Islamic Republic. As long as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his gang of fools are in charge in Tehran, Doha...
On a recent trip to Israel, Mark Walker, President Trump’s nominee to be Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, did not mince words about the administration’s priorities. “We want...
Jon Snow, the longtime British broadcaster, once spoke at a London roundtable about his trips to Tehran. Asked how Channel 4 gained such easy access to Iranian officials, he paused and replied, “They...
Mahmoud Reza Aghamiri, the president of Iran’s Shahid Beheshti University and one of the Islamic Republic’s prominent nuclear scientists, offered a rare glimpse into Tehran’s calculus behind weaponization. During...
On Sunday, October 12, Hezbollah hosted a massive scouting event in Beirut’s Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Lebanon’s largest sporting complex. The event was dubbed “The Sayyed’s Generations”...
Push to Delay Rejected: The UN Security Council on September 26 rejected a last-ditch proposal put forward by Russia and China to delay the reimposition of UN sanctions against...
Iran is in a vulnerable position. President Trump should seize the moment to sink Iranian oil revenues and force Tehran to dismantle its nuclear program.
Khamenei Rejects Talks: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected direct talks with the United States over the future of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program,...
The US State Department designated four Iran-backed militias in Iraq as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) on September 17. These militias, Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba, Kataib Sayyid al Shuhada,...
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Husseini Khamenei inherited and amassed incredible power across decades at the helm of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He holds dominion over Iran’s three branches of government and commands the armed forces, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which serves as Iran’s primary means for exporting the revolution. The Iranian economy is also largely governed by the state, with the Ayatollah and the IRGC controlling oil revenue and the country’s charitable foundations which account for billions of dollars in assets. No high-level decision making in Iran is done outside of his purview. ...
Iran’s NPT Obligations Not Optional: The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, stated ahead of a September 8 meeting of the IAEA’s...
It was a decision years in the making. Canberra will now proscribe the entirety of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. On August 25, Australian Foreign Secretary...
President Donald Trump can keep Iran from rebuilding its nuclear weapons program — but he’ll have to act fast. By Friday, the president must spur Britain, France and Germany to trigger the “snapback”...
Russia Circulates Draft To Block Renewed Sanctions on Iran: Russia has reportedly drafted a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution that would delay the decision to reimpose sanctions...
With water shortages, heat waves and power outages, if the population rises up in protest, Washington must be ready to help.
2 Attacks Linked to Iran: Australia announced the expulsion of Iran’s ambassador in Canberra as well as its designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist...
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has restructured the Islamic Republic’s national security apparatus to cover up Iran’s gaping weaknesses.
In the post-war era, the power players are no longer focused solely on succession; they are now deeply invested in survival in the post-Islamic Republic era as well.