No negotiations before total Iranian nuclear rollback
Any talk of negotiating a new nuclear agreement—before Iran meets strict preconditions—is a dangerous mistake.
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
Crushing Iran’s oil trade: The path to maximum pressure
“We are committed to bringing the Iranians to going back to the 100,000 barrels a day of oil exports,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Feb. 14. “If we get [Iran] back...
Op-eds
Disruptions and Challenges in the Middle East
Significant challenges await the Trump administration’s attention.
Op-eds
Iran Takes Delivery of Drone Ship as Supreme Leader Downplays Potential for New Nuclear Talks With Trump Administration
New Iranian Drone Carrier Delivered: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy received its first drone carrier ship, according to Iranian state media reports on February...
Flash Briefs
‘Pressing the Gas Pedal’: UN Nuclear Watchdog Chief Warns of Iran’s Accelerating Enrichment
‘Pressing the Gas Pedal’: The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, said on Wednesday that Iran is “pressing the gas pedal” on enriching...
Flash Briefs
Russia Touts Illicit Nuclear Work in Iran
Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted about Russian civil nuclear work in Iran that runs afoul of U.S. law, but which the Biden administration failed to penalize, at a press conference in Moscow on...
Policy Briefs
Israel must prepare for confrontation with Iran after Trump inauguration
Until all facilities and capabilities are dismantled by Iran, willingly or by external forces, Trump administration must return to the “maximum pressure” program.
Op-eds
‘Not Under Pressure or Sanctions’: Tehran and Key European Powers Discuss Resuming Nuclear Talks
Iran and E3 Hold Talks: Diplomats from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom — known as the E3 — met with Iranian officials in Geneva on January 14 to discuss the possibility...
Flash Briefs
The Shadow War
A review of Yonah Jeremy Bob and Ilan Evyatar, “Target Tehran: How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination—and Secret Diplomacy—to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East” (Simon & Schuster, 2023).
Op-eds
The Curious Case of Iran’s Destroyed Nuclear Site
On October 26 2024, the day after Israel conducted a massive counterstrike against Iranian missile and military sites, open-source sleuths noticed something strange: A building was unexpectedly missing...
Op-eds
How to Bring Back Maximum Pressure on Iran
At the end of 2020, the Islamic Republic of Iran was down to just $4 billion in accessible foreign exchange reserves. Its terrorist mastermind, Qassem Solemani, and the godfather of its nuclear weapons...
Op-eds
Amid Grim Reports on Iran’s Nuclear Advances, IAEA Member States Vote to Censure Tehran
In the wake of concerns reported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) following its recent interactions with Iran and inspections of Tehran’s nuclear sites, the nuclear watchdog’s 35-member...
Policy Briefs
Israel Likely Eliminated Key Iranian Weaponization Site
Israel likely destroyed an Iranian site that played a key role in the Islamic Republic’s past nuclear weapons program, known as the Amad Plan. The potential elimination of the facility sends a strong...
Insights
Israel’s Victory Will Be a Success for American Grand Strategy
The U.S. has an opportunity to fundamentally reshape global relations in our favor and to benefit the West. We should seize the moment.
Op-eds
Iran’s Assassination Plots Against Jews Persist Despite the West’s Leniency on Regime
The French police recently charged a French-Algerian dual citizen and his partner for allegedly conspiring to assassinate Israelis and Jews in Paris, Munich, and Berlin — all at the behest...
Op-eds
Analysis of the IAEA’s Iran NPT Safeguards Report – August 2024
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on August 29, 2024, released its latest assessment on Iran’s compliance with Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) safeguards. Below is key new...
Op-eds
Responding forcefully to the Axis of Resistance
Iran has defined itself in opposition to Israel, the United States, and the wider West since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Over the course of half a century of complex regional and global events, the clerical...
Op-eds
U.S. Officials Cold-Shoulder Iranian Offer of Nuclear Talks
Citing Iran’s “nuclear escalations,” the White House signaled on August 27 that it was unlikely to revive the defunct 2015 nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic...
Flash Briefs
Tehran holds its fire
Israel preventively strikes Hezbollah missiles and launch sites in Lebanon
Op-eds
Iran Seeks Purchase of Advanced Spy Satellites from China
Latest Developments Iran is seeking to purchase Chinese spy satellites that could improve its ability to target U.S. and Israeli forces, both for itself and its proxies, The Washington Post reported...