Iranian peoples

September 2, 2022 | Bill Roggio |

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...

July 28, 2022 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

Tehran, the Day After

What might happen in Iran if America or Israel bombed the nuclear sites?

July 9, 2022 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

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?

June 29, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

The world as it is

Nikki Haley’s approach is not based on wishful thinking

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.

March 16, 2022 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

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.

March 14, 2022 | Orde Kittrie |

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.

March 14, 2022 | Jacob Nagel, Meir Ben-Shabbat

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.

March 10, 2022 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

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.

March 9, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

The war in Ukraine and the battle in Vienna

As Putin’s troops ravage a neighbor, his envoy steers talks with Tehran

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...