5 Men Now Running Iran
The joint U.S.-Israeli campaign has eliminated the Islamic Republic’s former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, and his son and successor Mojtaba has yet to appear publicly. However, the regime remains intact. The...
Alireza Arafi
Israel Strikes Tehran Regime’s Assembly of Experts, Underlining Efforts to Disrupt Succession Process
Israel’s military isn’t making it easy for the Islamic Republic of Iran to choose a new leader. On March 3, the Israeli Air Force reportedly carried out strikes against a building housing the Assembly...
Policy Briefs
Iran Stands At A Crossroads. What Comes Next Could Change Everything.
What began as a theocracy could harden into an overt military dictatorship.
Op-eds
Khamenei is Gone, But the Regime Isn’t
The Tehran regime’s octopus may have lost its head, but its tentacles still grip the country and the region. The joint military campaign by the United States and Israel launched on February 28 has...
Policy Briefs
US-Israeli campaign hits Iranian regime’s military and repression apparatus, regime forms leadership council (March 1 updates)
The joint US and Israeli operation entered its second day, with American forces targeting command-and-control centers, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) headquarters, air defense systems, ballistic...
Op-eds
Iran’s House of Cards
The Islamic Republic’s succession games are just getting started.
Op-eds
Syria’s Assad Meets With Putin as Russia Draws Closer to ‘Resistance Axis’
Latest Developments Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow on July 24 to discuss recent events in the Middle East and beyond. Russian state media circulated...