Russia’s FM in Iran seeks closer ties
Iran recently was able to get out from under sanctions on its missile program and is looking to expand its defense imports and exports.
Ebrahim Raisi
Erdogan’s Damning Response to the Hamas Attacks
Turkey’s president is widening the gulf between Ankara and her Western allies and partners.
Op-eds
Forget the Bomb and Help Iranians Fight Their Regime
All the other options have failed.
Op-eds
It’s the hidden hand of Khamenei’s regime in Iran that set the Middle East ablaze — and will trigger all-out war.
Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei has once again set the Middle East on fire. For as the world watches videos and reads reports of savage Hamas terrorists murdering, raping and kidnapping Israeli civilians,...
Op-eds
Attacks on Israel Part of Iran’s Ring of Fire Strategy
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Flash Briefs
Hamas Terror Against Israel Sponsored by Iran
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has hosted numerous meetings with its proxy organizations and called for united action against Israel over the past months, culminating...
Flash Briefs
Reading the UNGA tea leaves
America’s enemies and adversaries reveal their intentions
Op-eds
Israel must not roll the dice when it comes to nuclear threats
If Israel's rejection of allowing enrichment in Saudi Arabia means the derailment of normalization deals, so be it. Israel should seek a deal that overcomes the problematic Saudi demand for an independent fuel cycle on the one hand, and minimizes the damage from the nuclear understandings with Iran on the other hand.
Op-eds
Iran’s President Raisi to Address UN Despite Record of Atrocities
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is scheduled to address the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, September 19. The planned speech comes despite Raisi’s record of human rights...
Flash Briefs
Hostages and a Nuclear Illusion
Biden’s appeasement actually increases the chance that Iran will build a bomb.
Op-eds
Biden’s Iran hostage deal imperils Israel and the rest of the world
This week’s U.S.-brokered hostage exchange with Iran has Jerusalem on edge. The United States is providing Israel’s greatest adversary with billions in sanction relief while making major...
Op-eds
Israel, Partners Foiled 27 Iranian Terror Plots in Last Year
Latest Developments Israel’s intelligence services and their foreign partners have foiled 27 Iranian-orchestrated terrorist plots over the last year, Mossad director David Barnea revealed on...
Flash Briefs
Iran’s Pension Funds Are a Fiscal Time Bomb Waiting to Explode
Protests by Iranian retirees have surged this year, with demonstrations last week in several of Iran’s largest cities. Their calls to increase meager government pensions are both a cry of desperation...
Policy Briefs
Sanctioned Former Prosecutor-General Chosen to Lead Iran’s Supreme Court
Iranian media announced the appointment of Mohammad Jafar Montazeri to the position of the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Iran on August 6. Montazeri, who has served as prosecutor-general of Iran...
Flash Briefs
Iran’s President Conducts Influence Tour in Sub-Saharan Africa
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi wrapped up the final leg of his three-day visit to Sub-Saharan Africa with a stop in Zimbabwe on July 13, seeking to bolster Iran’s influence, trade, and business...
Flash Briefs
Iran Becomes Full Member of Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Iran officially became the ninth member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi participating in the organization’s virtual summit on July 4. Iran’s...
Flash Briefs
Iran Pledges Support for Putin After Failed Mutiny
The chief of the Iranian armed forces general staff, Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, invited Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to visit Iran during a phone call on June 28. According to a readout...
Flash Briefs
Hamas and Islamic Jihad Meet Iranian Leaders in Tehran
Leaders of the Iran-backed Palestinian terror organizations Hamas and Islamic Jihad (IJ) both met this week with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh met with Raisi...
Flash Briefs
Iran and Venezuela Deepen Their Strategic Alliance
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi just wrapped up a two-day visit to Caracas, during which he consolidated Iran’s strategic alliance with the regime of Nicolas Maduro. While talk of American imperialism...
Policy Briefs
Tehran Takes Caracas
On Monday, Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi began a five-day tour of Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua, three Latin American countries governed by authoritarian, anti-Western regimes. Raisi’s three predecessors...