Hossein Salami

March 19, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh, Bridget Toomey

Iran urges the Houthis to de-escalate ‘tensions’

Iran has made private requests to Yemen’s Houthis to “cool tensions” in the Red Sea, according to Reuters. The report states that two senior Iranian officials said Iran sent a message to...

March 14, 2025 | Orde Kittrie, Andrea Stricker, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Iran’s Nuclear Disarmament

The Only Deal That Protects U.S. and Allied Security

November 5, 2024 | |

Palestinian Terrorists Received Instruction in Homegrown Arsenals in Iranian Classroom

• Student’s Handwritten Notes: In a November 5 exclusive, Bloomberg reported that 14 pages of notes obtained by unnamed intelligence officials were evidence of classes that Iran...

November 4, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran wants to hold region hostage with ‘retaliation op’

Iran has preferred to keep the retaliation cycle going by continuing to claim it has an open account with Israel and could carry out new attacks.

November 3, 2024 | |

Iran Issues Fresh Threats Against Israel, U.S.

Latest Developments Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei openly threatened both Israel and the United States on November 2, 2024, one week after Israel’s retaliatory strikes targeted Iran’s...

October 30, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran invests in new Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem

Iran likely believes Israel’s campaign will shift from high intensity to low intensity as it did in Gaza.

September 20, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israel prepared for Hezbollah response after Beirut strike

The Israel Defense Forces prepared for possible Hezbollah escalation on September 19 and September 20 as the IDF carried out a strike on a Hezbollah commander in Beirut and struck numerous Hezbollah rocket...

August 29, 2024 | Orde Kittrie, Bradley Bowman, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Deterring Iran’s Dash to the Bomb

July 18, 2024 | Janatan Sayeh, Ahmad Sharawi

Iran-backed militias target US base in Iraq

Two drones targeted the Ain al-Asad Airbase in Iraq on July 16, a military outpost that hosts American and coalition forces. The drone strikes mark the second attack on American forces in Iraq...

June 14, 2024 | Joe Truzman |

The West Bank: A 3-year crisis led by Palestinian terrorist groups

For three years, violence in the West Bank has persisted with no signs of abatement, fueled mainly by Iran-backed terrorist groups. While Israeli forces conduct near-daily counterterrorism raids, attacks...

June 4, 2024 | |

Alleged Israeli Airstrike Kills Iranian Military Advisor in Syria

An Israeli airstrike killed a military advisor belonging to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) near Aleppo, Syria, Iranian state media claimed on June 3. The death...

May 24, 2024 | |

Iran’s Terror Proxies Gather On Sidelines of Raisi’s Funeral

Representatives from Iran’s network of terror proxies convened on May 22 on the sidelines of the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s funeral. Raisi died alongside Iranian...

February 2, 2024 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Should America strike back at Iran?

Tehran knows that it's winning its proxy wars

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 19, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Ten things Iran thinks it achieved on Oct. 7 – analysis

Iran’s IRGC leader gave a speech providing insight into the Iran regime’s prophecies about Israel and the US being defeated.

October 26, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran FM in the US as proxies plot multi-front war – analysis

Iran is also trying to put out messaging suggesting that Gaza will “swallow” IDF forces if Israel launches the expected incursion.

July 16, 2023 | Joe Truzman |

Post Jenin Operation, Questions Linger About the State of the West Bank

Shortly after 1:00 am local time on July 3, the Israeli military began an operation targeting the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. This area is a hub for various armed Palestinian organizations,...

July 3, 2023 | |

Iran Foments Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Jenin

Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanani accused Israel on July 3 of “state terrorism” following the launch of a major Israeli military operation in Jenin to weaken the presence of Iran-backed...

June 27, 2023 | Joe Truzman |

Unrest in the West Bank: More Than Two Years of Escalating Violence

May 5, 2023 | |

Raisi Affirms Iranian Coordination with Palestinian Terrorist Groups

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi met with leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad on May 4 during his trip to Syria, where he predicted the imminent “collapse of the Zionist regime.”...