Chabahar

February 14, 2025 | Saeed Ghasseminejad, Janatan Sayeh

U.S. Should Rescind Sanctions Waiver for Iranian Port at Chabahar

Donald Trump has reignited Washington’s economic war on Tehran, and New Delhi is now caught in the crossfire. India signed a 10-year deal in 2024 to develop and operate the port of Chabahar on Iran’s...

October 26, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israel strikes Iran: Is deterrence the key to prevent an all-out war?

The ball is now back in Tehran's court - if Iran is not deterred, further escalation may occur.

October 4, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Recent IDF casualties show deadly drone threat from Iraq, Yemen is increasing

The Iranian-backed drone programs that proliferated in the Middle East in recent years have become increasingly deadly.

May 22, 2024 | Saeed Ghasseminejad, Janatan Sayeh

U.S. Should Revoke Chabahar’s Sanctions Waiver

India Ports Global Limited (IPGL) and the Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran signed a 10-year deal on May 13 that allows New Delhi to develop and operate the Iranian port of Chabahar. Washington issued...

April 4, 2024 | Janatan Sayeh |

Iran’s grasp is loosening on its eastern borders

On April 4, Iranian media reported a series of attacks by the Baluch separatist group Jaish al-Adl in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan Province. The militants claimed they targeted six regime...

March 14, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Russia, China, and Iran deepen ties with naval drill

Russia, Iran, and China have conducted at least four naval drills in the past. However, this year’s are larger, and they come amidst rising tensions in the Red Sea and off the coast of Yemen.

February 1, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Can the Iranian initiative in the Middle East be reversed?

The question is not whether the whole Iranian proxy octopus can be dismantled, but whether Israel, the US and others will seize the initiative.

November 30, 2023 | Bradley Bowman, Ryan Brobst

Deploy the Precision Strike Missile to the Middle East

The US Army is about to get its hands on a brand new long-range strike capability. In this op-ed, two FDD analysts have ideas about where it's desperately needed.

November 19, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran, Houthis attack with impunity in Red Sea – analysis

The Houthis have launched drones, cruise missiles, and a ballistic missile at Israel over the last month and a half, believing they are not deterred.

November 5, 2023 | Cleo Paskal, Col. Grant Newsham

Seven ways China can benefit from the Israel-Hamas war

Serious aggression by China in Taiwan or elsewhere won’t be as shocking to those in the West given what’s going on.

September 1, 2021 | Richard Goldberg, Matthew Zweig, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Biden, Congress Should Not Give the Taliban and al-Qaeda a Seaport

Iranian officials announced last week that Tehran would continue to allow road and rail commercial shipping between Afghanistan and Iran’s Chabahar Port following Kabul’s fall to the Taliban. This development...

March 4, 2021 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Iran Conducts Major Wave of Executions and Shootings of Ethnic Minorities

Tehran has killed dozens of members of Iran’s ethnic minorities in recent weeks, especially among Iran’s Baluch and Ahwazi Arab communities. Ethnic minorities are increasingly conducting anti-regime...

March 25, 2015 | FDD Policy Brief |

Unanswered Questions Surrounding Tehran-Pyongyang Cooperation

With the deadline for nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group drawing near, unanswered questions about the nature of the relationship between Tehran and Pyongyang are taking on new s...

July 4, 2014 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

The Man And The Myth

Urbi et Orbi, the city and the world, Tehran and the globe. In his turban and clerical robe, softly speaking of peace, Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, resembles a spiritual guide mor...

December 19, 2010 | Michael Ledeen Faster, Please! |

The Iranian Death Spiral Speeds Up

The picturesque city of Chabahar is right on the Gulf of Oman , and was supposed to become Iran's biggest and mos...

December 15, 2010 | The Long War Journal |

Jundallah Claims Suicide Attack at Iranian Mosque

Jundallah, a Sunni terrorist group, claimed it carried out a suicide attack today that targeted Shia worshipers at Imam Hussein Mosque in Chabahar in Iran's Sistan-Baluchistan province....