The Experts Were Wrong About the Middle East
The killing of Jamal Khashoggi has upended Washington’s policy debates, as many reverse long-held views.
Jason Rezaian
On Iran, Trump Is Obama 2.0
The announcement on Sunday that Iran had sentenced Xiyue Wang, an Ame...
Op-eds
Iranian Officials: Obama-era Prisoner Release was ‘Ransom’
Iranian intelligence agencies are fighting over credit for forcing the U.S. to pay ransom for...
Policy Briefs
The Iran Nuclear Agreement: One Year Later
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Congressional Testimonies
Witch-Hunt for ‘Spies’ in Tehran
A veritable witch-hunt has followed the July 14th nuclear agreement between the Islamic Republic and US-led global powers in which lobbyists instrumental in the success of President Has...
Op-eds
Iran Terror Financing and the Tax Code
Despite the fanfare over the recently reached Iran deal, the Iranian regime remains involved in a range of destabilizing activities and illicit conduct. Recently, Iran tested a missile capable of...
Congressional Testimonies
Analysis: Iran’s Hostage-taking of Americans Shows It Can’t Be Housebroken
Iran's refusal to release American hostages gets at the heart of some of the skepticism voiced by critics that the July nuclear deal will help the Islamic Republic reenter the international...
Op-eds
The Consequences of the Iran Deal Unfold
No matter how many times conservatives say it, liberal elites don’t seem to get it: If you appease aggressors and bullies you will get more aggression and bullying. That is precisely what w...
Op-eds
Larijani’s Evasive Interview Shows Iran’s Policies Remain Unchanged
Iran’s Speaker of Parliament Ali Larijani was in New York on Wednesday to attend a U.N.-sponsored conference of parliamentary speakers...
Policy Briefs
History Contradicts the Dream of Iranian Moderation
Most backers of the nuclear accord with Iran hopefully insist that the theocratic regime will moderate once sanctions are lifted. Plugged back into the global economy, Iran will become less milit...
Op-eds
Iran’s Daily Swag at the Nuclear Talks in Vienna:
While the Iran nuclear talks drag on in Vienna past the third missed deadline, spare a thought for the luxurious surroundings in which these talks are taking place. The venue, where Iran...
Op-eds
The IRGC v Rohani: Spy v Spy
While the United States has pinned its hopes for a negotiated solution to the dispute over Tehran’s nuclear programme on Iranian President Hassan Rohani’s government, the “...
Op-eds
US Hostage on Trial in Tehran
To its credit, the Washington Post continues to denounce the Iranian regime’s detention of its Tehran correspondent, Jason Rezaian, and we ...
Op-eds
Ali Alfoneh: Tehran’s Brutal Crackdown Continues
Almost two years into the presidency of Hassan Rouhani, and just as long after the start of the latest round of nuclear negotiations with Tehran, human rights in Iran show no signs of improvement...
Op-eds
Dr. Zarif or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the Iranian bomb
Tehran’s largest cemetery,...
Op-eds
Iran Under President Rouhani: Nuclear Negotiations, Regime Insecurity and Increased Suppression
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Congressional Testimonies
Americans as Hostages and Targets
There are several American hostages in Iran, and the Tehran regime uses them very cruelly and relentlessly in its dealings with the U.S. government, as The Washington Post angr...
Op-eds
The Case for Deadline-Triggered Sanctions
Without the threat of pain, Iran’s rulers won’t budge
Op-eds
From Salman Rushdie to Charlie Hebdo
A quarter-century of Western fecklessness led from the former to the latter.
Op-eds
The War on Free Speech
Last Friday, in his end-of-the-year press conference, President Obama scolded Sony Pictures. Cancelling the theatrical release of “The Interview” following cyber-attacks from North Ko...