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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.

October 16, 2023 | |

Expiration of UN Ban on Iran’s Missile Development Will Strengthen U.S. Adversaries

United Nations (UN) prohibitions that seek to constrain Iran’s missile and drone activity are set to expire on October 18. If they do and no snapback of sanctions is initiated...

June 30, 2023 | |

EU, UK Reportedly Say They Will Keep Missile Sanctions on Iran in Place

Latest Developments  The European Union and the United Kingdom have told Iran that they do not plan to remove sanctions on entities connected to Tehran’s missile and nuclear programs on October...

May 26, 2023 | |

Iran Reveals Newest Long-Range Ballistic Missile

Iran debuted its latest ballistic missile on May 25 amid increasing concerns from the United States and its allies over Iran’s pursuit of a nuclear weapon. Iranian Defense Minister Gen. Mohammad...

July 28, 2022 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

Tehran, the Day After

What might happen in Iran if America or Israel bombed the nuclear sites?

March 8, 2022 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

New Iran Nuclear Deal? Same Old Missile Problems.

The U.S. and Europe ignore Iranian missile tech developments at their own peril.

June 3, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran still seeking tech for weapons of mass destruction: German intel

Iran’s regime has not stopped its drive to secure technology and scientific knowledge to produce weapon of mass destruction, the intelligence agency of the German state of Baden-Württe...

March 14, 2018 | Mark Dubowitz, Richard Goldberg

The Pyongyang-Tehran Axis

Defying precedent and conventional wisdom, President Trump says he’ll meet in May with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Mr. Trump wants a sustainable deal that leads to North Korean denuc...

October 4, 2017 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

What You Should Know About Tehran’s Latest Missile Test

Following the Iranian Regime’s recent unveiling of a previously unseen medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) and their claims to have conducted a successful flight-test of the missile, many...

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...

October 16, 2015 | |

Khomeini’s Grandson Tests Iran’s Political Waters

As Iran’s fractious politi­cal elites prepare for the February 25, 2016, elec­tions for parliament and the Assembly of Experts, the clerical body that selects the supreme leader, th...

March 27, 2015 | Behnam Ben Taleblu FDD Policy Brief |

A Fruit Vendor’s Self-Immolation and the Neglect of Arab-Iranians

Tragedy struck Iran’s Arab-majority province of Khuzestan on Sunday as a fruit vendor died af...

June 6, 2010 | Jonathan Schanzer The Philadelphia Inquirer |

A Year of Lost Chances by Obama in Iran

Saturday will mark one year since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stole a second presidential term in a rigged Iranian election. The response last year was shocking: Hundreds of thousands of angry Iranians f...

June 1, 2009 | |

Arabs vs. Iranians

Americans like to think big in foreign policy, so they yearn to settle the Israeli-Palestinian confrontation. Both Democrats and Republicans have repeatedly tried to rally the region's deniz...