Iranian Revolution

Houthi Rebels Claim to Break Up “American-Israeli Spy Ring” in Yemen

Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed on June 10 to have arrested members of an “American-Israeli spy network” in Yemen. Houthi intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Abdulhakim al-Khayewani...

Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and Current Situation in Iran

Mohammad Mokhber: Khamenei’s Confidant

On May 19, 2024, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash. Mohammad Mokhber, the first deputy president, will serve as interim president until Iran holds elections for a new president. Iran...

Jewish Man Facing Execution Under Iran’s Apartheid Laws Targeting Minorities

The U.S. government expressed “deep concern” on May 20 regarding the imminent execution of a young Jewish man in Iran convicted of killing a Muslim during a violent quarrel over...

Iran Arrests More Than 260 People at Alleged ‘Satanist’ Gathering

Iranian police announced the arrest of more than 260 people for promoting “satanism and nudity” at a gathering on May 17, Tehran’s state media reported. The detainees, who...

Jordan Foils Iranian Plot to Smuggle Weapons Into the Kingdom

Sources in Jordan confirmed on May 15 that an arms shipment dispatched two months ago to a Muslim Brotherhood cell in the Hashemite Kingdom was intercepted by the authorities, Reuters...

Khamenei’s war aims

Iran’s ruler intends to establish an empire and exterminate Israelis

U.S. Presidential Elections Loom Over the Iranian Rial

Tehran’s inflation troubles present a critical vulnerability for the clerical regime.

Iran’s Cheap ‘Kamikaze’ Drones Are Actually a Global Threat

The unprecedented attack on Israel was foiled by an international force, but Iran proved it can still cause chaos with these disposable flying weapons.

How Iran’s drones became a threat to the Mid East and world

Iran’s drone threat is now one of its main military threats to the region, one that has surpassed its missile and other threats in many ways.

After Damascus strike, Iran’s goal: Isolate Israel, deter the US

It can then also invest in its nuclear project while it tries to distract the region with the Gaza war.

Iranian Official Calls to Expel Israel From Women’s Rights Conference

A senior Iranian official on March 11 called for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) to expel Israel from its ranks. In a speech before the commission’s...

Can Tehran Neutralize Its Pension Fund Time Bomb By Raising the Retirement Age?

Iran’s Majlis, its de facto parliament, voted to raise Iran’s retirement age on November 19. This decision comes as the government deals with the potential for pension system default that could both...

Forget the Bomb and Help Iranians Fight Their Regime

All the other options have failed.

Other Iraqi groups, figures join the fray warning the United States against support for Israel

The chorus continues to grow of various Iranian-backed groups and individuals entering the fray to openly threaten the United States over its support for Israel’s counter-attack against Palestinian militants.  Hadi...

It’s the hidden hand of Khamenei’s regime in Iran that set the Middle East ablaze — and will trigger all-out war.

Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei has once again set the Middle East on fire. For as the world watches videos and reads reports of savage Hamas terrorists murdering, raping and kidnapping Israeli civilians,...

Iran’s Escalating Threats: Assessing U.S. Policy Toward Iran’s Malign Activities

Iran’s Pension Funds Are a Fiscal Time Bomb Waiting to Explode 

Protests by Iranian retirees have surged this year, with demonstrations last week in several of Iran’s largest cities. Their calls to increase meager government pensions are both a cry of desperation...

Pacific Overtures

U.S. Sanctions Iranians for Plotting Assassinations

The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned five men affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on June 1 for their participation in international assassination plots. Three of the men...