UN Special Rapporteur: Biden Has No Clear Iran Strategy
President Joe Biden’s administration lacks a clear Iran strategy, the United Nations’ special rapporteur for human rights in Iran said on July 9. Arguing that Tehran has “been...
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
Mass Boycott by Voters Persists as Masoud Pezeshkian Wins Iran Presidential Election
At least 50 percent of Iranian voters boycotted the second round of the Islamic Republic’s presidential election on July 5, which resulted in a victory for Masoud Pezeshkian, touted...
Flash Briefs
Why Does Iran Hold So Many Elections?
Constant—and highly stage-managed—elections are a useful tool for Iran's theocratic leadership to remain in power.
Op-eds
IAEA Chief Says 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal ‘Means Nothing,’ Touts Iran’s Cooperation with Russia
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi told Russian state media that the 2015 Iran nuclear deal “exists only on paper and means nothing” in...
Flash Briefs
Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report — May 2024
● This report summarizes and assesses information in the International Atomic EnergyAgency’s (IAEA’s) quarterly report, dated May 27, 2024, Verification and monitoring in theIslamic Republic...
Op-eds
Khamenei’s war aims
Iran’s ruler intends to establish an empire and exterminate Israelis
Op-eds
The Despotic Duo
Russo-Iranian Cooperation and Threats to U.S. Interests
Legislative Testimonies
The path that led to Iran’s attack on Israel was one of US appeasement
The Biden administration must begin taking the Islamic Republic’s threat to world peace seriously
Op-eds
Iran Attacks Israel With Drone and Missile Barrage
Iran launched an unprecedented direct attack against Israel overnight between April 13 and 14, firing an estimated 300 drones and missiles at the Jewish state. The attack came from...
Flash Briefs
Tehran’s weapons of mass distraction
They conceal Tehran’s development of weapons of mass destruction
Op-eds
Washington Fails — Again — To Gauge Iran’s Nuclear Threat
In sum, while the ODNI’s report paints a picture of a more capable Islamic Republic with an expanding nuclear program, policymakers’ motivation and ability to check this challenge will stem first and foremost from accurately understanding it.
Op-eds
Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report — February 2024
Excerpt This report summarizes and assesses information in the International Atomic EnergyAgency’s (IAEA’s) quarterly report, dated February 26, 2024, Verification and monitoring inthe Islamic Republic...
Op-eds
Former Iranian Official Hints at Nuclear Weapons Program
Tehran maintains a nuclear weapons program, a former senior Iranian official appeared to suggest in an interview broadcast on February 12. Iran has crossed “all the thresholds...
Flash Briefs
Exploiting America’s Declining Pressure: Iran’s Nuclear Escalation Over Time
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Visuals
No better enemy
America empowers its adversaries
Op-eds
Biden’s Imaginary Iran
Tehran’s hostility is clear, so why does the White House keep ignoring it?
Op-eds
Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report — November 2023
For the second time in two years, America finds itself providing military support to a friend in the wake of aggression. Within days of Hamas’ attack on Israel, American munitions began flowing to the...
Op-eds
Congress Should Take Away Iran’s $10 Billion Sanctions Relief
Just five weeks after the Hamas October 7 massacre, the State Department re-issued a sanctions waiver on November 14 enabling Hamas’s terror sponsor, Iran, to use more than $10 billion in previously inaccessible funds held in Iraq. ...
Policy Briefs
10 Things to Know About Iran’s Nuclear Program
The Islamic Republic of Iran is committed to the destruction of the United States and Israel, posing conventional threats worldwide via its terrorist proxies. Back home, Tehran is increasingly poised to...
Insights
Moving the Money
Understanding the Iranian Regime's Access to Money Around the World and How They Use It to Support Terrorism