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...
Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i
Will Trump Finish the Job in Iran?
The Islamic Republic has been severely degraded, but it will continue to pose a threat to the Gulf.
Op-eds
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 Exploits Diplomacy With U.S. To Execute Protesters
As the authorities in Iran staged nationwide rallies on February 11 to mark the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Republic, the spirit of last month’s wave of anti-regime protests was very much in evidence....
Policy Briefs
Washington’s Human Rights Sanctions Against Tehran Won’t Halt Regime Brutality
The Trump administration issued its first round of Iran-related human rights sanctions on January 15, almost three weeks after Iranians took to the streets in the largest protests in the Islamic Republic’s...
Policy Briefs
Tehran Regime Kills Thousands, Crossing Trump’s Red Line
“We are locked and loaded and ready to go,” President Donald Trump told the people of Iran, pledging “the United States of America will come to their rescue” if the clerical regime in Tehran guns...
Policy Briefs
Tehran Ramps Up Executions Amid Fears of Post-War Unrest
In Iran, espionage trials have become a form of theater in which political prisoners face very real executions. It’s an attempt by the regime to mask its failure to stop Israel’s spy agency, the Mossad,...
Policy Briefs
Israel widens air campaign, hits Iran’s critical infrastructure, propaganda hubs (June 15–16 updates)
Israel has expanded its precision strikes across Iran. As Iran’s missile stockpile dwindles and top regime officials are either dead or in hiding, the Israeli military has now begun targeting critical...
Op-eds
‘A Ruling From God’: Iran’s Judiciary Chief Defends Amputation of Thieves’ Hands
Tehran Upholds Brutal Punishment: The amputation of thieves’ hands as a judicial penalty reflects the divine will, said Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, the chief of Iran’s judiciary,...
Flash Briefs
Iran’s FM warns Israel against attack on Lebanon amid Hezbollah’s attacks
Meanwhile Iran continued to support attacks on Israel in the region. The pro-Iran Al-Mayadeen media noted that Palestinian terrorists in Jenin had fought with the IDF.
Op-eds
Iran Publicly Hangs Two Afghan Prisoners
Iran publicly hanged two Afghan nationals on July 8 on charges of efsad-fil-arz (corruption on earth) and baghy (armed rebellion) after trials devoid of due process that relied on confessions elicited...
Flash Briefs
Iran Surpasses 500 Executions in 2022
Tehran executed a prisoner today for allegedly wounding a paramilitary officer during nationwide protests, the first formal execution of a demonstrator since the unrest began in September. The sentence reportedly followed a brief trial devoid of due process in which the conviction rested on a confession elicited through torture. Iran has executed more than 500 people to date in 2022, constituting “the highest rate in five years,” according to the Norway-based nonprofit Iran Human Rights (IHR). This figure does not include the more than 450 protesters whom security forces have killed since September.
Flash Briefs
How Biden Can Stand With the Iranian People
With the prospect of reform non-existent, the Iranian protests offer Washington a chance to do well by doing good.
Op-eds
The Revolutionary Guard’s Disinformation Campaign to Dominate Iran’s Economy
hen Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was formed shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution,[note][1] Mohsen Sazegara, “The Revolutionary Guard and the Three Perversions,” Personal...
Op-eds
Tehran Sentences U.S. Hostage to 10 Years in Prison
Tehran has sentenced another Western national to a lengthy prison term on...