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June 27, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh |

5 More Pillars of Iran’s Repressive Regime Targeted by Israel

Israel has turned key components of Iran’s tyrannical regime into rubble. In solidarity with the Iranian people who have long endured the regime’s brutality, the first wave of Israeli strikes from...

June 24, 2025 | Bridget Toomey, Joe Truzman, Bill Roggio

Iraqi military bases targeted in overnight strikes

As Israel and Iran exchanged final volleys of fire in the early hours of June 24 after US President Donald Trump brokered a still-uncertain ceasefire, unknown actors, strongly thought to be Iran-backed...

June 22, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh |

Israel targets IRGC officials, nuclear scientist, and missile bases in Iran (June 22–21 updates)

Over the past 72 hours, Israel has intensified its air campaign across Iran, striking missile and drone infrastructure in Esfahan, Bushehr, Ahvaz, Yazd, and Qom. Targets included the Imam Hossein missile...

June 19, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh |

Israel targets nuclear sites, Iran appoints new officials (June 19 updates)

Israel has expanded its military campaign against Iran with targeted strikes on nuclear facilities, missile infrastructure, and security institutions. Leadership changes within Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary...

June 13, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh |

Israel targets Iran’s nuclear sites and senior military figures

In a joint operation led by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and the Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, Israel targeted Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure and key leaders. The attack, reported by...

April 11, 2025 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Why do Iraqi Shiites hate the new Syria and its leader?

One might assume that the most unpopular individuals in Iraq are US President Donald Trump or Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

February 25, 2025 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Hezbollah is the Antithesis of Shia Islam

A video went viral of a Lebanese woman standing at the Beirut Airport and berating other passengers, shouting: “We sacrificed our blood, this is our country, and whoever does not like it should emigrate.”...

November 4, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iranian militias in Iraq could take center stage against Israel

Other groups, such as Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq, are closely aligned with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and have carried out attacks on US troops in Iraq and Jordan.

April 11, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran has ten ways to attack Israel; which one will it choose?

Iran's vowed punishment of Israel might manifest either through proxies or direct means, including ballistic missiles and drones.

November 13, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israel acknowledges fight on a third front: Mounting diplomatic pressure

Pressure is mounting on Israel in a new way as the country prepares to do battle on a third front: diplomatically. Yes, Israel is concentrating on defeating Hamas in Gaza. And Hezbollah is also increasing...

October 18, 2023 | |

Iran-Backed Militias Attack U.S. Forces in Iraq

Shiite militias backed by Tehran targeted two U.S. bases in Iraq on October 18 with Iranian-made suicide drones. The militias claimed the attacks were a response to Washington’s...

October 18, 2023 | Joe Truzman, Bill Roggio

Iran-backed Shia militias target 2 U.S. bases in Iraq

Iran-backed Shia militias have targeted two U.S. bases in Iraq as the war between Israel and Hamas escalates. The attacks took place as Hezbollah Brigades, a dangerous Iranian proxy, threatened U.S. forces...

December 14, 2022 | |

UN Votes to Remove Iran From Women’s Rights Commission

The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) decided today by a vote of 29-8, with 16 abstentions, to remove Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women. The decision reflects women’s second-class status across the Islamic Republic. The rights of women have taken center stage in the protests now consuming Iran: The regime’s killing of 23-year-old Mahsa Amini, whom security forces had arrested for allegedly violating Tehran’s hijab laws, triggered the demonstrations now nearing their fourth month with no end in sight.

February 14, 2022 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Bahrain chooses alignment with Israel over submission to Iran

Since the announcement of the Abraham Accords in August 2020, ties between Bahrain and Israel have grown steadily, reaching a milestone last week when an Israeli military aircraft, carrying Defense Minister...

April 22, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iranian regime center in Vienna: Homosexuality means the end of humanity

Islamic Shi’ite center promotes destruction of Israel.

March 14, 2019 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

U.S.–designated terrorist Soleimani gets Iran’s highest military honor

On Monday, Iran's Supreme Leader and Commander-in-Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...

November 16, 2018 | Tony Badran, Behnam Ben Taleblu, Tyler Stapleton

Treasury and State Target Hezbollah’s Role in Iran’s Threat Network

The U.S. Departments of State and Treasury on Monday used counterterrorism authorities to collectively...

February 16, 2018 | David Adesnik |

Militias in Syria could next attack Israel and launch a new war

The Iranian drone launched...

April 28, 2016 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Hezbollah: Iran’s Henchmen in Brazil

Across Latin America, Iran’s public face appears innocuous: mosques, cultural centers...

March 16, 2016 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

After Saddam Was Hanged

Before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, no voice arguing for the overthrow of Saddam Hussein had greater moral weight than that of Kanan Makiya. As Dexter Filkins put it in a 2007 New York Times Magazi...