Ali Motahari

May 12, 2022 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

Iran’s Hard-Liners Believe They’re Winning on Nuclear Weapons

In the Tehran echo chamber, Putin’s war is another indication of the cost of trusting America.

June 14, 2021 | Saeed Ghasseminejad, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Khamenei is Iran’s most important voter, and he wants more extremism, not less

Elections have consequences, even in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Nobody knows this better than Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the country’s most powerful person and most important “voter.” Through...

May 2, 2016 | Amir Toumaj |

Iran: Former IRGC Commander Reveals Its Meddling in Elections

Mansour Haghighatpour, an Iranian parliamentarian and former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander,...

September 8, 2015 | |

Rohani Under Fire as Iran Power Struggle Sharpens

Iranian President Hassan Ro­hani won the war, so to speak, but risks losing the peace. He managed to reach an interna­tional diplomatic solution in the confrontation over Iran’s nu&...

June 19, 2015 | |

The IRGC v Rohani: Spy v Spy

While the United States has pinned its hopes for a ne­gotiated solution to the dispute over Tehran’s nuclear programme on Iranian President Hassan Rohani’s government, the “...

January 30, 2014 | Clifford D. May |

Iran and Diplomacy vs. Engagement

‘Iran’s rulers are not open to engagement no matter what mix of carrots and sticks are offered.” Peter Beinart, a contributing editor of The Atlantic, attributed that r...

January 23, 2014 | Clifford D. May |

‘World Powers Surrender to Iran’

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani last week tweeted a...

January 3, 2014 | Clifford D. May |

The Persian Triangle

On November 24, 2013, a “Joint Plan of Action” was concluded in Geneva by Iran and the permanent members of the UN Security Council—the United States, the United Kingdom, France...

November 21, 2013 | Clifford D. May |

The Iranian Rapprochement Fantasy

‘Any agreement that does not recognize the rights of the Iranian people and does not respect these rights, has no chance,” Mohammad Javad Zarif said last week. The Iranian fo...

November 13, 2013 | Mark Dubowitz |

Examining Nuclear Negotiations: Iran After Rouhani’s First 100 Days

Chairman Royce, Ranking Member Engel, Members of the Committee, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, thank you for inviting me to testify today on this important topic....