Even Seemingly Harmless Investments in Iran Will Flow to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard
Proponents of the Iran nuclear agreement say...
Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters
The IRGC’s Sanctions Relief Bonanza
The European Union is slated to delist the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), its c...
Policy Briefs
The Implications of Sanctions Relief Under the Iran Agreement
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Legislative Testimonies
After Iran Deal, EU to Lift Sanctions on Guards’ Business Empire
While persuading Iranian negotiators to accept the July 14th Vienna Agreement, and perhaps in an attempt to entice Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) not to oppose the co...
Op-eds
EU Delisting of IRGC Construction Giant Will Boost Terror Financing
The Iran nuclear deal signed July 14 stipulates that eight years after its implementation, the European Union will delist a construction conglomerate owned by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp...
Policy Briefs
IRGC Cashes in on EU “Transition Day”
After the nuclear agreement signed last week, the United States will maintain most of its sanctions on individuals and entities connected to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)...
Policy Briefs
The Nuclear Deal’s Impact on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
One of the foremost beneficiaries of the Iran nuclear deal sign...
Policy Briefs
Iran’s Economic Resilience Against Snapback Sanctions Will Grow Over Time
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Memos
Sanctions Relief and the IRGC
OPEC “needs to open space” for the increased Iranian exports that could soon flow due to sanctions relief, Tehran’s oil minister...
Policy Briefs
Iran’s ‘Reformist’ President Is Shielding Powerful Revolutionary Guard From Anti-Corruption Campaign
A joke is making the rounds in Tehran. In it, the Iranian press confront President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad just before he leaves office with a report declaring Iran the second-most corrupt c...
Op-eds
Iran’s Repressive Apparatus Gets a Raise
To pay for it, Rouhani will have to tax a disgruntled middle class. Luckily he’ll have well-paid Guards to quash any potential unrest. Hasan Rouhani submitted his...
Op-eds
Iran Sanctions Relief Backfires, Benefitting the IRGC
Sanctions relief, according to the White House and supporters of the current negotiating strategy with Iran, empow...
Policy Briefs
The Man And The Myth
Urbi et Orbi, the city and the world, Tehran and the globe. In his turban and clerical robe, softly speaking of peace, Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, resembles a spiritual guide mor...
Op-eds
The Growing IRGC Challenge to Rouhani
Since his election last June, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has been laboring to edge the Islami...
Policy Briefs
Rouhani’s Economic Battles with the IRGC
President Hassan Rouhani’s September 16, 2013 address to the commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) &ndash...
Policy Briefs
Are Iranian Sanctions Working?
Despite all evidence that sanctions are hurting Iran's economy, four rounds of nuclear talks failed to prove that Iran's regime is now more malleable to a compromise. Diplomacy will con...
Op-eds
Iran’s Armenian Connection
On March 20, Armenian defense minister Seyran Ohanyan visited Washington, D.C. Talks focused on U.S. defense assistance to the small republic, and regional issues were also discussed, but there i...
Op-eds
Europe Waives Diplomatic Sanctions Against Iran
Continental Europe's zig-zag course with sanctioned Iranian officials remains a counterproductive leftover vestige to the EU's nearly 30 year failed policy of dialogue with Tehran'...
Op-eds
Sanctioning Iran’s Military-Industrial Complex
As the United States and its allies have tightened sanctions on Iran, they have sought in particular to isolate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the regime’s most aggressive inst...
Op-eds
Progress of the Obama Administration’s Policy Toward Iran
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