Iranian Green Movement

December 2, 2024 | Saeed Ghasseminejad, Janatan Sayeh

Natural allies: Iranians reject regime’s anti-Israel policies

Once allies, Iran and Israel now face deep hostility due to the Islamic Republic’s anti-Israel stance; many Iranians, frustrated with the regime’s oppression and failed policies, view Israel as a natural ally, embracing shared interests and historic bonds

March 7, 2023 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Iran’s Slow Boil

The clerical regime in Tehran has held the streets. It remains to be seen, however, if the strategies employed to keep the ayatollahs afloat will prevail. When Mahsa Amini, a young Sunni Kurdish-Iranian girl, died on September 16 in the custody of the morality police, nationwide demonstrations erupted, often with young women and girls on the frontlines.

January 10, 2023 | Mark Dubowitz, Orde Kittrie

Strategy for a New Comprehensive U.S. Policy on Iran

January 2, 2023 | Eric S. Edelman, Ray Takeyh

Iran’s Protesters Want Regime Change

America Should Lend Them a Hand

September 3, 2022 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

Waiting for Thermidor: America’s Foreign Policy Towards Iran

The Islamic Republic of Iran may be on an accelerated schedule for revolutionary decay, at least if compared to the USSR.

May 23, 2022 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Protests in Iran Are Surging. The Biden Administration Can Help.

U.S. policy can no longer afford to be limited to seeking a new nuclear deal.

January 26, 2022 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

The Post-Post-JCPOA World

Is a nuclear Iran something Republicans must now simply accept?

June 25, 2021 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

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...

June 9, 2021 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Why the Coming Iranian Elections Will Challenge the Biden Administration

Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei seems inclined to promote a candidate who will quash dissent over someone who could work with the West.

December 17, 2020 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

Trump’s Iran Achievement

Among Donald Trump’s proudest achievements as president was his withdrawal of the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), his predecessor’s nuclear agreement with Iran. The...

October 19, 2020 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

The IRGC runs for high office in Tehran

It’s not every day that a former hostage-taker and a man essential to the founding of a designated terrorist organization throws his hat into the ring for president, not even in the Islamic Republic of...

April 14, 2020 | Eric S. Edelman, Ray Takeyh

The Next Iranian Revolution

Why Washington Should Seek Regime Change in Tehran

April 14, 2020 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Iran vs. Trump: Suleimani’s Legacy, and Khamenei’s Ambitions

The supreme leader and Trump may well end the long-running, region-defining clash. We just don't know yet quite how.

April 13, 2020 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

The Islamic Revolution vs. Donald Trump

Iran and Ayatollah Khamenei are more influential today than at any time since 1979.

August 24, 2019 | |

Iran’s regime stokes more antisemitism amid Gulf tensions, ADL report

"A Persian-language cartoon published by Fars News in April solely blamed the Jewish people or Israel for tightening U.S. sanctions on Iranian energy exports."

August 9, 2019 | Mark Dubowitz, Bradley Bowman

Trump ignores Hong Kong protesters and focuses on China’s money

The demonstrators are standing up to an authoritarian bully — and the president's indifference to their plight is both immoral and reckless.

July 5, 2019 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Mullah report

When President Trump withdrew the United States from his predecessor's nuclear deal with Iran last May, he set in motion what he wanted to avoi...

June 26, 2019 | Mark Dubowitz, Reuel Marc Gerecht, Behnam Ben Taleblu

What “Yes” With Iran Looks Like

November 6, 2018 | Annie Fixler, Frank Cilluffo

Evolving Menace

Iran’s Use of Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare

June 12, 2018 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Don’t Fear Regime Change in Iran

President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran deal, and to relentlessly pressure the Islamic Republic, has elicited a predictable response. Critics cite history, particularly a count...