Iranian peoples

March 7, 2022 | Alireza Nader |

Trudeau’s Double Standards on Iranian Immigrants

Canadian-Iranians must hold Trudeau accountable for his promises, including finding justice for the PS752 families, writes Alireza Nader.

September 21, 2021 | Bill Roggio |

Influential Taliban commanders appointed to key positions in new regime

The Taliban tapped two important military commanders, one who is a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay and the other who worked closely with Iran’s Qods Force, to serve as deputies in the interior and defense...

August 25, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany’s ‘anti-Semitism is the socialism of fools’ enters a third century

The Social Democrats need to reverse their pro-Iranian regime and pro-Palestinian terrorism policies, or it will be business as usual.

August 4, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iranian athletes at Tokyo Olympics remember murdered wrestler Navid Afkari

A defector from the Islamic Republic displayed a picture of Afkari attached to a flag: 'We’ll always commemorate him'

July 28, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

Tehran’s crimes, acts of war, and other provocations

Unless Biden responds forcefully to the latest, expect more

July 16, 2021 | Alireza Nader, Benjamin Weinthal

The EU Is Only Too Happy to Appease Iran

European leaders appear to be eager for a new nuclear deal that would allow them to reap the rewards of investing in the Islamic Republic.

July 16, 2021 | Thomas Joscelyn |

How Iranian Intelligence Hunts Down Dissidents While Protecting Al-Qaeda

Court documents show that the regime has long been trying to kidnap an Iranian journalist living in Brooklyn.

July 4, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

The German Green Party’s Antisemitism Problem

With German federal elections set for September 26, the center-left German Green Party is polling well, and has a solid chance to be part of the next government. For many German Jews and Israel, and...

June 30, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

Getting smarter about Critical Race Theory

If CRT is correct, is America worth defending?

June 14, 2021 | Saeed Ghasseminejad, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Khamenei is Iran’s most important voter, and he wants more extremism, not less

Elections have consequences, even in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Nobody knows this better than Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the country’s most powerful person and most important “voter.” Through...

June 3, 2021 | Cameron Khansarinia, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Why America Should Hope the Regime in Iran Collapses

Advancing the collapse of the Islamic Republic will not bog the United States down into another Middle Eastern war or cost further blood and treasure. It can be done by maintaining sanctions on the Islamic Republic and its officials and by beginning a policy of maximum support of the Iranian people.

May 14, 2021 | Hayvi Bouzo, Benjamin Weinthal

Iranians to the Biden Administration: Do Not Lift Sanctions on Iran

The Biden administration is considering easing sanctions on the Iranian regime before reaching a nuclear agreement, a move that would only jeopardize the national security interests of the U.S and its Middle...

May 6, 2021 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

The intersectional CIA

When I first saw the “I am a cisgender millennial” recruitment video for the Central Intelligence Agency, I thought it was a spoof, an attempt to bring Monty Python to Langley. Then, I realized the...

March 11, 2021 | Jacob Nagel |

Interview — Ex-Netanyahu adviser: We have to stop Iran’s race to the bomb

Lahav Harkov with former acting national security adviser Jacob Nagel

March 4, 2021 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Iran Conducts Major Wave of Executions and Shootings of Ethnic Minorities

Tehran has killed dozens of members of Iran’s ethnic minorities in recent weeks, especially among Iran’s Baluch and Ahwazi Arab communities. Ethnic minorities are increasingly conducting anti-regime...

February 25, 2021 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Lloyd Austin’s Reality Check

The new defense secretary might prefer to focus on China, but the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq can’t be wished away.

February 23, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Oberlin ‘professor of peace’ called for destruction of Israel in 1989 speech

Former Iranian ambassador-turned-academic defended violent Palestinian intifada in 1989

February 16, 2021 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Iran’s Latest Wave of Electricity Outages

Iran has experienced extensive electricity outages across the country in recent weeks, with air pollution levels soaring as Iranians employ polluting fuels to generate power. The country’s electricity...

January 25, 2021 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Iran Commemorates the Death of Qassem Soleimani

Pro-Iranian outlets, including affiliates of Iran’s Al-Mustafa International University, earlier this month commemorated the first anniversary of the death of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, whom...

January 14, 2021 | Mark Dubowitz, Richard Goldberg

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