‘Adopt’ an Iranian Political Prisoner to Save a Life
The regime kills much more easily in darkness.
Iranian peoples
Iran’s Protesters Want Regime Change
America Should Lend Them a Hand
Op-eds
The Iranian theocracy’s downfall is a goal worth working toward
Fate is sometimes kind to America. Such merciful intervention happened last summer when Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, rejected the Biden administration’s effort to revive former President Barack...
Op-eds
Grounded: Why Biden Must Sanction Iranian Aviation
Iran’s airlift does not rely on a massive fleet. The Biden administration’s sanctions arsenal can make a difference.
Op-eds
Bibi Wins!
Israel’s political iron man inherits a hatful of tsuris
Op-eds
Maximum Support for the Iranian People: A New Strategy
Introduction U.S. policy since the 2009 election-related uprising in Iran has gradually incorporated a variety of human rights related sanctions and designations to name, shame, penalize, and deter Iranian...
Memos
U.S. Offer of Sanctions Relief Remains Active Despite Iran Protests
Human rights groups report that the Islamic Republic of Iran has killed at least 233 Iranians, including at least 32 minors, while detaining thousands more during mass protests over the past five weeks. Though the State Department said last week that nuclear talks with Iran are “not our focus right now,” the Biden administration has yet to withdraw offers of sanctions relief already made to the regime in Tehran — leaving the door open for lifting sanctions on entities and sectors of Iran’s economy that finance the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which has played a role in suppressing protests.
Flash Briefs
How Biden Can Stand With the Iranian People
With the prospect of reform non-existent, the Iranian protests offer Washington a chance to do well by doing good.
Op-eds
Biden’s Iran Policy After the Protests
The recent wave of unrest is an opportunity to reset America’s approach to the Islamic Republic.
Op-eds
Raisi Addresses UN Despite Grim Human Rights Record
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi described the West as “the real violators of human rights” at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. At the same time, protests continued to sweep across Iran in response to his own government’s human rights abuses — specifically, the Sept. 16 death of a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, in police custody for violating headscarf laws. These protests challenge the legitimacy of Raisi himself, who won a fraudulent election for president last year and bears a decades-long record of human rights abuses against the Iranian people.
Flash Briefs
Rare photo surfaces of top Al Qaeda leaders inside Iran
A recently surfaced photograph of three of Al Qaeda’s top leaders, including Saif al Adel – the man many believe to be the successor to emir Ayman al Zawahiri – shows that they were present in the...
Op-eds
Tehran, the Day After
What might happen in Iran if America or Israel bombed the nuclear sites?
Op-eds
Iran’s Economy is Growing, But So Is Iranian Discontent
Why is Iran’s economic growth not translating into a better quality of life for Iranians?
Op-eds
The world as it is
Nikki Haley’s approach is not based on wishful thinking
Op-eds
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.
Op-eds
Biden’s EIKO Sanctions Concession Is a Gift to the Ayatollahs
Lifting sanctions on EIKO will not advance Joe Biden’s purported goal of a nuclear détente with Tehran.
Op-eds
Lifting Human Rights Sanctions on Iran Would Be a Mistake
Lifting pressure on human rights abusers is not necessary to negotiate effective arms control agreements.
Op-eds
A chance for a ‘longer and stronger’ deal, rather than a contract of capitulation
The halt to the Vienna nuclear talks due to Russia's demand that sanctions on it exclude trade with Iran, have led to a watershed moment to expose the dangers of the deal.
Op-eds
How Iran is Making Inroads in South America
Al Mustafa International University in Qom caters to converts in their native language. Some of them come home to run for office.
Op-eds
The war in Ukraine and the battle in Vienna
As Putin’s troops ravage a neighbor, his envoy steers talks with Tehran