When it comes to Iran’s rulers, there can be no dialogue
Ruling mullahs duly rolled into New York City to attend the U.N. General Assembly, led by Iran’s new “moderate” president, Masoud Pezeshkian.
Iranian peoples
U.S. Sanctions Key Iranian Human Rights Abusers
The Biden administration sanctioned 12 people on September 18 for their “violent repression” of the Iranian people, both within Iran and abroad. The sanctions, imposed in coordination...
Flash Briefs
Iranians Commemorate Mahsa Amini on Second Anniversary of Her Murder
The second anniversary of the killing of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was marked in Iran and around the world on September 16 amid a media blackout ordered by Iran’s rulers. The young...
Flash Briefs
Iran Conducts First Public Execution of 2024 as Hunger Strikes Continue
Iran conducted its first public execution of the year on August 26, hanging Amirreza Ajam Akrami, a man in his early 20s, for killing a lawyer. His death comes as weekly hunger strikes...
Flash Briefs
Maximum Support
A New Strategic Direction for U.S. Iran Policy
Memos
The Islamic Republic’s internal messaging chaos
The Islamic Republic’s internal messaging chaos: Unraveling Iran’s fear of public backlash amid escalations with Israel
Op-eds
Biden’s tone-deaf Iran policy ignores what the Iranian people want: freedom, not terrorism
Persian New Year is over, but the Biden administration’s missteps continue. These own goals perfectly characterize Washington’s policy toward Tehran: inattentive and tone-deaf. Sending Iranians...
Op-eds
Iran’s grasp is loosening on its eastern borders
On April 4, Iranian media reported a series of attacks by the Baluch separatist group Jaish al-Adl in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan Province. The militants claimed they targeted six regime...
Op-eds
Iran to Hold Parliamentary Elections but May Face Low Turnout
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28 called for mass turnout in Iran’s elections on March 1. Yet even government polling indicates that the majority of...
Flash Briefs
‘The month of Rafah’: Will Israel’s talk lead to defeating Hamas in Gaza?
Rafah has been important to Hamas for decades as part of its smuggling operations and to control the flow of humanitarian aid crossing the border.
Op-eds
Meta Removes Khamenei’s Instagram and Facebook Accounts
Meta announced on February 8 that it removed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s Facebook and Instagram accounts for violating its content policy. “We have removed these accounts...
Flash Briefs
Al Qaeda opens 8 new training camps, 5 madrasas, and a facilitation network to Iran in Afghanistan
Al Qaeda opened eight new training camps, five madrasas, a weapons depot and safe houses in Afghanistan that are used to facilitate the movement of its members to and from Iran. Additionally, “the relationship...
Op-eds
Iranian reactions to the Islamic State’s suicide bombings in Kerman
On the anniversary of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Commander Lt. General Qassaem Soleimani’s death on January 3rd, 2024, two explosions occurred in proximity of the Kerman Martyrs...
Op-eds
Biden’s Iran Policy Fails Day After Day
Iranian proxies attack Israel, U.S. troops and commercial ships with impunity.
Op-eds
As Iran’s Economy Grows, Inflation Remains an Achilles’ Heel
The Statistical Centre of Iran on November 27, 2023, reported a 7.1 percent increase in Iran’s gross domestic product (GDP) between June and August, almost half of which was due to energy sector growth....
Policy Briefs
Fattah 2: Why is Iran showcasing an untested, ‘hypersonic’ missile? – analysis
In recent years, the concept of “hypersonic” missiles has become a talking point for countries, from Russia to the US and China.
Op-eds
Iran, Houthis attack with impunity in Red Sea – analysis
The Houthis have launched drones, cruise missiles, and a ballistic missile at Israel over the last month and a half, believing they are not deterred.
Op-eds
Remarks by Matt Pottinger at Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation’s China Forum 2023
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Remarks
US Policy Emboldened Iran and Hamas; It’s Time to Fight Back
It was Ali Khamenei who foreshadowed what was to come. “The Zionist regime is dying,” said Iran’s supreme leader on X (formerly Twitter), on October 4 — three days before Hamas attacked...
Op-eds
Iran Arrests Hundreds on Bloody Friday Anniversary as Protests Grow
Iran’s clerical regime arrested hundreds of protestors over the weekend, punctuating the first anniversary of the regime’s violent suppression of the current, nationwide uprising....