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November 4, 2024 | |

Tehran Arrests Iranian-American Dual National, Executes Jewish Iranian

Tehran Incarcerates Iranian-American Journalist: The United States said that it was investigating Iran’s reported arrest of a dual national, Voice of America disclosed on November...

August 7, 2024 | |

Iran Executes Protestor for Alleged Role in 2022 Uprising

The Islamic Republic executed a protestor arrested for his role in Iran’s nationwide protests that began in September 2022, The New York Times reported on August 6. Authorities...

November 8, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Tehran predicts Russia-China-Iran triangle of power – analysis

Iran hopes to ally with Eastern powers to gain economic and political power in the Middle East.

February 9, 2023 | |

Iran, Russia Expedite Building Drone Factory in Russia

Latest Developments  Moscow and Tehran are moving forward with a project to build an Iranian-designed drone production facility in Russia, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report citing officials...

January 31, 2023 | |

Israel Strikes Iranian Military Facility

Israeli drones struck an advanced weapons-production facility in the Iranian city of Isfahan on Sunday morning, dealing a potential blow to Tehran’s military infrastructure. According to The Jerusalem Post, Western intelligence and foreign sources described the strike as a success, disputing Iranian claims that the blasts caused only minor damage to the roof. The attack may impede Iran’s ability to arm Russia, which has used Iranian loitering munitions — popularly called suicide or kamikaze drones — to strike civilian targets in Ukraine.

November 19, 2021 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Helping Iran fail in Iraq

Hours after the failed Nov. 7 assassination attempt on Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al Kadhimi, pro-Iran militias in Iraq claimed responsibility but denied that Tehran had ordered the attack. Not only...

March 24, 2017 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

Spiritual Ardor and Military Might: The Story of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

This past September in an audience hall in Tehran, a prominent vocalist named Sadegh Ahangaran took to a microphone to j...

September 16, 2016 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Iran Air participates in Syrian airlift, but Obama does nothing

Last week, the Obama administration admitted, during a congressional hearing, that it had authorized ...

September 24, 2015 | Ali Alfoneh |

Tehran’s Deployment Pattern in Iraq

“The United States in­tends to preserve Daesh in order to make Muslims dependent on America,” Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani declared using the Arabic acronym for the Isla...

July 6, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: Rouhani’s Anti-Gay Policies Mirror His Predecessor

Shortly after the election of Iran’s self-described moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani as president in 2013, the gay Iranian poet Payam Feili concluded, prophetically and pessimistically: &ldqu...

June 24, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Don’t Forget Sexual Minorities In Iran

Co-authored by Arsham Parsi While the world powers prepare for a July negotiation session with Iran over its illicit nuclear program, the deteriorating situation for sexual mino...

January 13, 2014 | FDD Policy Brief |

With Sanctions in Doubt, Trade Delegations Flock to Iran

Upon the announcement of the implementation of the Joint Plan of Action (JPA) between Iran and the six world powers (P5+1) on Sunday, President Barack Obama...

November 19, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran: Still Hostile to Gays

Co-authored by Stuart Appelbaum The expectation that the election of new Iranian President Hass...

August 5, 2013 | FDD Policy Brief |

All the President’s Men: Rouhani’s Cabinet

President Hassan Rouhani presented his cabinet yesterday to the Iranian Majles. It remains to be seen if the parliament will approve R...

May 30, 2013 | Mark Dubowitz

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: Guardians of the Revolution and Violators of Human Rights

Honorable members of this subcommittee, I am privileged to appear before you today to discuss the role of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in a vast system of domestic repres...

March 2, 2011 | Pajamas Media

The Iranian Civil War

According to the Daily Beast, yesterday’s demonstrations against the Iranian regime were smaller than those on February 14th, but in fact they were both larger and more aggressive.  Th...

December 19, 2010 | Michael Ledeen Faster, Please! |

The Iranian Death Spiral Speeds Up

The picturesque city of Chabahar is right on the Gulf of Oman , and was supposed to become Iran's biggest and mos...