Fars News Agency

November 21, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran, Arabic media focus on ceasefire talks

At BRICS summit, leaders of Arab countries, along with Brazil, China, Russia, India, and South Africa discuss ceasefire.

November 16, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran reveals its role behind Hamas holding hostages – analysis

Iran’s foreign minister met with ICRC president and discusses Hamas holding "prisoners."

November 8, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Tehran predicts Russia-China-Iran triangle of power – analysis

Iran hopes to ally with Eastern powers to gain economic and political power in the Middle East.

November 7, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran seeks ‘single front’ against US and Israel from Syria-Iraq – analysis

Iran now harnesses militias in Iraq and Syria and, alongside the Houthis in Yemen and Hezbollah in Lebanon, carries out a series of increasing threats against the US and Israel.

November 2, 2023 | David Daoud |

The voice of Hezbollah breaking the silence: Nasrallah to speak on Friday

As Israel inches towards creating a new “security regime” in the Gaza Strip by destroying the military and governmental capabilities of Hamas and the broader Joint Operation Room of the Palestinian...

October 21, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

How Iran keeps the initiative in attacks on Israel, US in MidEast

Iran’s foreign minister went to Qatar and met with the Hamas leadership in the first week of the war, pledging cooperation with Hamas.

October 19, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran continues to lie about hospital explosion to fuel conflict

Iran’s regime has mobilized its media machine quickly, after Hamas claimed an explosion at a hospital in Gaza had led to hundreds of deaths from an Israeli airstrike. It is now known, and widely...

September 15, 2023 | |

U.S. Sanctions 29 Iranian Targets for Human Rights Abuses

The United States on September 15 sanctioned 29 Iranian individuals and entities responsible for human rights abuses against the Iranian people. The designations come one day before...

April 12, 2023 | |

Terrorists Arrested as Iran-backed Militants Foment Chaos in West Bank

Israeli security forces arrested five members of a Palestinian terror cell in Jenin on Tuesday, hours before they planned to carry out an attack. Security forces also confiscated ammunition and military equipment from the group. While it is unclear which organization the individuals arrested were affiliated with, the militant groups Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades — both of which are backed by Iran — announced their members clashed with Israeli troops during the raid.

February 15, 2023 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

Arsenal

Assessing the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program

December 7, 2022 | |

Tehran and Doha Team Up to Repress Iranian Dissidents at World Cup

Iran and Qatar have teamed up to suppress dissent against Tehran at the World Cup, which overlaps with sustained protests against the brutal regime in Iran. Tehran reportedly worked to prevent dissidents from attending the games, while critics of the Islamist regime watching the games in Iran and in Qatar faced harsh treatment.

September 12, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer, Mark Dubowitz

PGMs: Iran’s Precision-Guided Munitions Project in the Shadow of a Nuclear Deal

February 3, 2022 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran regime’s ‘Death to America’ wrestling head cancels match with US team after visa denial

Iranian wrestler Alireza Dabir won a gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 2000 Sydney Olympics

January 12, 2022 | Benjamin Weinthal |

After Fox News report, Iran’s America-hating wrestling boss might be banned from US

Iran's Alireza Dabir urged “Death to America” in a television interview

September 30, 2021 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

The Sanctioned Cabinet of Ebrahim Raisi

May 24, 2021 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

Redefining Iran’s Role in its Latest ‘Shadow War’ Against Israel

As Iran works to make its proxies more militarily self-sufficient, opportunities for weapons interception will be reduced and claims of attribution against Tehran will become harder.

April 28, 2021 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Iran Is More Than Persia

Ethnic Politics in the Islamic Republic

November 17, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iranian disabled bodybuilder jailed for questioning coronavirus restrictions, sparks calls for execution

Reza Tabrizi had called out the Iranian regime for keeping gyms closed during the pandemic.

July 25, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran stokes antisemitism about ‘Esther, The Girl who became Queen’

“A Zionist hero has infiltrated our streaming services” in Iran

April 17, 2020 | Saeed Ghasseminejad, Alireza Nader

Who Runs Iran’s Propaganda Machine Abroad

In its efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the religious dictatorship in Tehran has been consistently negligent. Yet the regime has been remarkably eager to claim that it deserves immediate relief...