Ceasefire with Tehran doesn’t end the regime’s war on Iranians
A state with public backing does not flood its cities with checkpoints, expand executions and shut down the internet.
Mashhad
US-Israeli strikes continue as talks over Strait of Hormuz stall and Iran intensifies internal crackdown
The US and Israel continued strikes across Iran over the last week, including precision hits on military sites, industrial facilities, and urban areas, alongside applying pressure on Tehran over the Strait...
Op-eds
US-Israeli strikes hit Iran’s missile, nuclear, political, and repression sites
On March 2 and 3, the United States and Israel continued their sweeping joint military campaign, hitting conventional battlefield assets and a variety of other regime targets across Tehran and central...
Op-eds
Iran Exploits Diplomacy With U.S. To Execute Protesters
As the authorities in Iran staged nationwide rallies on February 11 to mark the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Republic, the spirit of last month’s wave of anti-regime protests was very much in evidence....
Policy Briefs
Iran’s New IRGC Deputy Chief Is Responsible for American, Iranian, and Israeli Deaths
Ahmad Vahidi, a veteran of the Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was named its deputy commander on December 31, 2025, by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The IRGC was established in 1979...
Insights
Not for Gaza, but for Iran: Protesters reject regime’s global proxy wars
The universities, historically the bastions of anti-monarchist Marxism, are now echoing with chants of “Down with the three corrupts! Mullah, leftist, Mujahid.”
Op-eds
Iran’s Protests Reach Day Four. Washington Should Heed the Streets.
Swelling waves of dissatisfaction are sweeping the Islamic Republic of Iran into the new year. What began on December 28 as demonstrations in downtown Tehran has crossed the country to Malard, Isfahan,...
Policy Briefs
Iran Reportedly Conducts Ballistic Missile Drills
Latest Developments New Ballistic Missile Drills: Iran reportedly held several missile drills in various cities around the country on December 22, the second such exercise involving the regime’s...
Flash Briefs
How Decades of Failed Governance Poisoned Iran’s Air
The human and economic costs of Iran’s poor air quality are an indictment of the Islamic Republic’s corrupt governance.
Op-eds
Iran’s Water Bankruptcy
Iran is running out of water, and the alarms are no longer abstract. Masoud Pezeshkian, the president of the Islamic Republic, openly discusses the need for massive internal migration due to water...
Op-eds
Afghans in Iran have significant national security implications for the Tehran regime
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has reportedly asked the Taliban for access to a leaked list of Afghan nationals who assisted the United Kingdom, aiming to identify individuals affiliated...
Op-eds
10 Iranian Jails the Regime Uses To Brutalize Political Prisoners
Iran routinely detains and imprisons citizens who publicly question the regime. The suffering of these political prisoners is immense: Inmates have reported pervasive sexual assault, beatings, sleep deprivation,...
Insights
Mysterious wave of explosions, sudden IRGC death disrupt post-ceasefire calm in Iran
Israel and Iran indirectly agreed to a ceasefire on June 24, yet a wave of explosions and the sudden death of an IRGC general over the past week have disturbed the relative calm in Iran. The...
Op-eds
Israel targets IRGC officials, nuclear scientist, and missile bases in Iran (June 22–21 updates)
Over the past 72 hours, Israel has intensified its air campaign across Iran, striking missile and drone infrastructure in Esfahan, Bushehr, Ahvaz, Yazd, and Qom. Targets included the Imam Hossein missile...
Op-eds
Israel widens air campaign, hits Iran’s critical infrastructure, propaganda hubs (June 15–16 updates)
Israel has expanded its precision strikes across Iran. As Iran’s missile stockpile dwindles and top regime officials are either dead or in hiding, the Israeli military has now begun targeting critical...
Op-eds
Argentine Prosecutor in AMIA Bombing Case Seeks Arrest Warrant for Iran’s Supreme Leader
Khamenei Wanted For Questioning: Argentina’s lead prosecutor investigating the deadly July 1994 bombing of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) Jewish community center...
Flash Briefs
Why U.S. Aid to Iran’s Civil Society Falls Short
The road to Iran’s freedom is paved with well-intentioned U.S. grants — but intent alone has never toppled a dictatorship. The Trump administration’s broad pause on foreign assistance includes a...
Insights
Iran’s Nuclear Disarmament
The Only Deal That Protects U.S. and Allied Security
Monographs
From Afghanistan to America: the rising reach of the Islamic State Khorasan Province
Four years after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the threat posed by the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) has expanded beyond the region, now endangering both American and European soil.