How Ebrahim Raisi transformed Iran’s role in the region
Regardless of what Western analysts think about Iran's international relations, Iran has secured close ties throughout the Middle East and Asia under President Raisi.
Mahsa Amini
Raisi set the Middle East aflame but his death will not put out the fire
With Raisi and Amir-Abdollahian gone, Iran will fall back on the IRGC which controls much of the country behind the scenes.
Op-eds
Iranian IRGC Agents Murdered Teen Protestor Whose Death Was Ascribed to ‘Suicide,’ Leaked Document Reveals
A leaked document from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) revealed that a young female protestor whom the Tehran regime claimed had taken her own life in 2022 was...
Flash Briefs
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
EU Would Aid Tehran’s Repression by Lifting Sanctions on Iranian Tech Firm
The European Union (EU) is reportedly contemplating the removal of sanctions on ArvanCloud, an Iranian internet technology company accused of facilitating regime censorship. This would enable ArvanCloud...
Policy Briefs
Iranian Official Calls to Expel Israel From Women’s Rights Conference
A senior Iranian official on March 11 called for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) to expel Israel from its ranks. In a speech before the commission’s...
Flash Briefs
Iran to Hold Parliamentary Elections but May Face Low Turnout
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28 called for mass turnout in Iran’s elections on March 1. Yet even government polling indicates that the majority of...
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Kurdish solidarity delegation from Germany visits Israel
The visit was to express the Kurdish solidarity with the Jewish people and the Kurdish sentiments that the Jews are not alone.
Op-eds
Biden’s Imaginary Iran
Tehran’s hostility is clear, so why does the White House keep ignoring it?
Op-eds
HispanTV Is Iran’s Propaganda Arm in Latin America; Why Is It Still Being Broadcast?
On October 7, Hamas terrorists breached the Gaza security fence, entered Israel, and massacred more than 1,400 people — raping, burning, mutilating, and torturing their victims, including infants, children, pregnant women, the elderly, and disabled people. They also took more than 220 hostages back to Gaza...
Op-eds
US Policy Emboldened Iran and Hamas; It’s Time to Fight Back
It was Ali Khamenei who foreshadowed what was to come. “The Zionist regime is dying,” said Iran’s supreme leader on X (formerly Twitter), on October 4 — three days before Hamas attacked...
Op-eds
Iran Exports Crimes Against Humanity to Israel
Hamas spokesman Ghazi Hamad told the BBC on October 7 that his organization is receiving direct backing from Iran. The statement comes one day after Palestinian terrorists infiltrated...
Flash Briefs
Iran Arrests Hundreds on Bloody Friday Anniversary as Protests Grow
Iran’s clerical regime arrested hundreds of protestors over the weekend, punctuating the first anniversary of the regime’s violent suppression of the current, nationwide uprising....
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Iran’s new hijab law reflects on regime’s desperation
Iran’s police state just got even more draconian. Last week, Tehran’s parliament passed a law that would strengthen penalties against women who fail to wear the mandatory hijab, or headscarf. It’s...
Op-eds
Reading the UNGA tea leaves
America’s enemies and adversaries reveal their intentions
Op-eds
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
U.S. Sanctions 29 Iranian Targets for Human Rights Abuses
The United States on September 15 sanctioned 29 Iranian individuals and entities responsible for human rights abuses against the Iranian people. The designations come one day before...
Flash Briefs
Remarks by Behnam Ben Taleblu at FDD Event Promoting Maximum Support for the People of Iran One Year After Mahsa Amini’s Murder
We all have a song. A song whose lyrics resonate not just with us. But beyond us. That’s what “Baraye” or “For” in Persian, by Shervin Hajipour, became just over one year ago to Iranian protestors....