Iran Embarks On Middle East Charm Offensive – Will It Work?
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani and his Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif have each ...
Imad Mughniyeh
Iran’s Very Active Posture Against IS in Iraq Finds No Match in Syria
Since her return from Tehran in April, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has argued that Iran can be a reliable partner in the fight against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. At the Paris talks this m...
Op-eds
If You Liked Baghdad Bob, You’ll Love Iran’s Chief Nuclear Negotiator, Javad Zarif
At the Iran nuclear talks, one of the chief fixtures has been Iran’s foreign minister and chief negotiator, Javad Zarif. He’s the bearded fellow you’ve seen in the endless photo...
Op-eds
The Ayatollah in Winter
The Lord works in mysterious ways. That sentence does not appear in the Koran. Nor, actually, is it found in the Bible. But in recent days it has probably occurred to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran...
Op-eds
Iran Working as Strategic Partner with Hezbollah Against Israel
Co-authored by Jonathan Spyer All is not quiet on the northern front between Israel and Syria/Lebanon. The recen...
Op-eds
Senior Qods Force General Killed in Suspected Israeli Airstrike
A senior general in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps - Qods Force was among six Iranians and six Hezbollah operatives who were killed in yesterday's airstrike in southern Syria...
Op-eds
Hezbollah commanders killed in suspected Israeli airstrike
Hezbollah announced the death of six of its commanders and fighters, including the son of its slain former military chief Imad Mughniyah, in what is believed to be an Israeli airstrike in souther...
Op-eds
US policy hostage to the hostage-takers
Iran's troubling official statements and actions should serve as a warning to Obama
Op-eds
Argentine Prosecutor Found Dead, Fought Iran-Backed Terror Around World
Alberto Nisman, the special prosecutor who had been investigating the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center (the AMIA building) in Argentina, has been ...
Op-eds
Iran’s Nuclear Shadow
During the past decade, Western diplomats have been engaged in protracted negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran over its nuclear program. Though a deal remains elusive, Western policymak...
Op-eds
The Amazing Coincidences of Iran’s Javad Zarif
On Wednesday, in the Red Sea, Israeli commandos intercepted a freighter carrying a secret cargo of munitions loaded in Iran and hidden under bags of cement. The weaponry included dozens of Syrian...
Op-eds
The 1994 Argentina Bombing Perpetrators: Where Are They Now?
One year ago today, on January 27, 2013, Argentina announced a memorandum of understanding with Iran for a “tr...
Policy Briefs
‘World Powers Surrender to Iran’
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani last week tweeted a...
Op-eds
Obama Is Eagerly Mainstreaming the Iranian Regime
A State Department spokesman announced Monday...
Op-eds
Iran’s Foreign Minister Pays Respects to Hezbollah’s Terror Master
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif laid a wreath on the grave of Imad Mughniyeh on Monday. Hezbollah's infamous military commander, Mughniyeh was responsible for a...
Policy Briefs
Iran Honors Al-Qaeda Mentor
During his visit to Lebanon on January 13, Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif Khonsari placed a wreath at the tomb of Imad Mugniyah and then bowed his head in reverence. Zar...
Op-eds
The Disinformation Age
Walter Cronkite, the great CBS anchorman from 1962 to 1981, was called “the most trusted man in America” — and polling supported that claim. He’d conclude his CBS Even...
Op-eds
Who Took Out Hezbollah’s Hassan al-Laqqis?
Minutes after Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah finished a lengthy televised appearance late Tuesday night, a team of unknown assailants assassinated Hassan al-Laqqis, one of the...
Policy Briefs
The Secret History of Hezbollah
Thirty years ago last month, Hezbollah blew up the barracks of the U.S Marines and French paratroopers stationed at the Beirut airport, killing 241 U.S. servicemen and 58 Frenchmen. It wasn&rsquo...
Op-eds
Qatar Journalism
Al Jazeera America launched last week. The new television station features such broadcast luminaries as Soledad O’Brien, Joie Chen, Sheila MacVicar, John Seigentha...