Hassan Rouhani

Germany’s ‘anti-Semitism is the socialism of fools’ enters a third century

The Social Democrats need to reverse their pro-Iranian regime and pro-Palestinian terrorism policies, or it will be business as usual.

German Appeasement Of Khamenei Endangers Iranians And The World

Back in 2008, the Wall Street Journal ran an editorial titled “Germany Loves Iran” and a piece headlined “Berlin ♥ Iran III” that covered workshops designed to help companies boost trade with...

Biden Team Discovers Merit of Trump’s Iran Approach

The Biden administration and its advocates have never hidden their contempt for Trump’s policy of maximum pressure on Iran. According to Robert Malley, the lead U.S. negotiator at nuclear talks in Vienna,...

It’s Time for Biden to Leave a Bad Deal in the Past

A change in Iranian presidents doesn’t change the badness of the Iran deal.

The EU Is Only Too Happy to Appease Iran

European leaders appear to be eager for a new nuclear deal that would allow them to reap the rewards of investing in the Islamic Republic.

What Does the Rise of Baqeri Mean for the Iran Nuclear Deal?

Ebrahim Raisi, who will take office on August 8 as president of the Islamic Republic in Iran, met with India’s foreign minister last week, with two top officials in tow: Mohammad Javad Zarif, Tehran’s...

Canadian government policy is strengthening Iran’s malign regime

Canada should rescind its support for reviving the JCPOA nuclear deal and demand Tehran address the full range of its malevolent conduct

The Coming Sanctions Battle Over Iran’s New President

What good does it do to feign accountability over Raisi but offer impunity and financial access to a regime that has employed and promoted men like Raisi to the heights of political power?

Why Ebrahim Raisi could be ‘good for the Jews’

Similar to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in his day, there are no fake smiles to the West and no illusions when it comes to Iran's president-elect. He openly states his very clear views, and it will be hard to argue, as a result, that Iran needs to be treated sympathetically.

Iranian presidential selection paves new path for nuclear extortion

Following a performative election on June 18, Iran will have a new president: the hard-line Ebrahim Raisi. Raisi’s rise will likely mean a different nuclear negotiating team after August in Vienna,...

In Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s clerics have groomed and promoted their ruthless enforcer

This month, Iran held the most boring — and most consequential — presidential election in its history. Boring because the election was rigged virtually from the start. What made it consequential is...

Iran’s Leading Presidential Candidate Has Committed Crimes Against Humanity

Even the prison guards were horrified. In the summer of 1988, at the behest of Iran’s then-supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the regime executed thousands of political dissidents incarcerated...

Khamenei is Iran’s most important voter, and he wants more extremism, not less

Elections have consequences, even in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Nobody knows this better than Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the country’s most powerful person and most important “voter.” Through...

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Early May

Hezbollah’s al-Qard al-Hasan and Lebanon’s Banking Sector

Iran Is More Than Persia

Ethnic Politics in the Islamic Republic

Washington Must Confront Iran Over Sensitive Nuclear Work

With Israel’s alleged covert action against Iran’s Natanz enrichment plant on April 11, Tehran’s latest breaches of the 2015 nuclear deal are in danger of premature burial by the news cycle. Yet the...

Iran, Terrorism Finance, and Money Laundering: A Status Update Before FATF Meets Next Week

When the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) convenes its plenary next week, while not formally on the agenda, buzz on the sidelines will concern Tehran’s constant push to be removed from the FATF blacklist....

Shining a Light on the Iran Deal’s Sunset Problem

If the new administration is serious about reinvigorated diplomacy, it must resist Iran’s nuclear extortion and forgo the temptation of re-joining the JCPOA. Breathing life into an expiring accord will not help dampen the Islamic Republic’s nuclear, missile, and military threats.

Iran is already winning

The ayatollahs are smiling