Iran Charges British Couple With Spurious Espionage Charges
False Allegations of Spying: Iran has charged a British couple with committing espionage, the Islamic Republic’s judiciary announced on February 18. The Islamic Revolutionary...
Judiciary
‘A Ruling From God’: Iran’s Judiciary Chief Defends Amputation of Thieves’ Hands
Tehran Upholds Brutal Punishment: The amputation of thieves’ hands as a judicial penalty reflects the divine will, said Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, the chief of Iran’s judiciary,...
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
Iran’s FM warns Israel against attack on Lebanon amid Hezbollah’s attacks
Meanwhile Iran continued to support attacks on Israel in the region. The pro-Iran Al-Mayadeen media noted that Palestinian terrorists in Jenin had fought with the IDF.
Op-eds
The Urgent Need for UN Reform
The UN’s response to October 7 makes reform more urgent than ever. UN reform used to be a bipartisan priority — it must now be again.
Memos
Iran Executes Four Men Falsely Accused of Mossad Ties
Iran on January 29 hanged four prisoners accused of planning to sabotage a Defense Ministry factory and having links with Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency. Iranian state media...
Flash Briefs
Iran’s Judiciary Poised to Gouge Out Eye of Protestor as Executions Surge
A jailed Iranian has begun a hunger strike to protest Tehran’s plan to gouge out his left eye as a punishment for allegedly blinding a policeman during a 2017 protest. Iran’s...
Flash Briefs
Iran’s President Raisi to Address UN Despite Record of Atrocities
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is scheduled to address the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, September 19. The planned speech comes despite Raisi’s record of human rights...
Flash Briefs
How Congress Should Respond to an Interim Iran Deal
Memos
Germany slated to allow Palestinian terrorist to speak in Berlin
Germany’s Interior Minister Horst Seehofer is prepared to allow convicted Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorist Rasmea Odeh to speak at an event in Berlin.
Op-eds
Israel’s ambassador shocked over PFLP terrorist speech in Berlin
Envoy expects Berlin to draw a redline and stop visit of Rasmea Odeh.
Op-eds
Ebrahim Raisi to Head Iran’s Judiciary
Iran’s judiciary confirmed on Sunday that former presidential candi...
Policy Briefs
Profiles of Iranian Repression
Architects of Human Rights Abuse in the Islamic Republic
Monographs
Germany’s Split Personality: Courts Favor Antisemites, BDS Takes Hits
A regional court’s affirmation this month of a decision asserting that the arson at a synagogue in the city of Wuppertal in July 2014 was not motivated by antisemitism but was merely a plea...
Op-eds
Erdoğan’s New Assault on Turkey’s Judiciary
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım submitted to parliament a government bill on June 13 that would redesign Turkey’...
Policy Briefs
Iran’s Assembly of Experts Election: A Foregone Conclusion
Iranians go to the ballot box today to cast votes in two elections: one for the Assembly of Experts and the other for parliament. The former is charged with choosing and supervising the supreme l...
Policy Briefs
Iran’s Succession Battle: Does it Matter?
Mohammad Yazdi, a hardline ayatollah and former Judiciary chief, was elected chairman of Iran’s Assembly of...
Policy Briefs
Iran: Rouhani Fights the Revolutionary Guards, Not Corruption
Just before leaving office, the Iranian press confronted president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with a Transparency International report declaring Iran "the second most corrupt country in the world." As t...
Op-eds
Iran Responds to Obama’s UNGA Speech
Iranian press closely associated with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) mocked President Barack Obama for his...
Policy Briefs
Rouhani’s Cabinet and the Challenge of Reform
The election of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has created an atmosphere of hope and optimism, both at home and abroad, not seen since Mohammad Khatami’s electoral victory in 1997. Howeve...