President Joe Biden would give Iran what it wants most — so Iran hopes he defeats Trump
A Biden victory would prop up the Iranian regime. A Trump victory would weaken it further.
Mohammad Javad Zarif
Iran Threat Sparks UAE-Israel Deal; US & Israeli F-35s Practice Killing SAMs
Israel and the United Arab Emirates have announced an historic diplomatic agreement catalyzed by the growing security threat posed by Iran. The United States, concerned about Tehran’s regional and nuclear...
Op-eds
China’s Plan To Buy Iran Won’t Go So Smoothly
Yet Washington should be worried about an enhanced Chinese presence in Iran.
Op-eds
Khamenei Doesn’t Trust The Democrats
The Democratic Party’s recently released policy platform was greeted warmly by certain newspapers in Iran. Media outlets associated with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani praised the party’s rejection...
Op-eds
Why won’t Trudeau demand more from Iran?
The Islamic Republic in Iran is about to execute three young Iranian men for their participation in the November 2019 popular uprising against the regime. But Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is no...
Op-eds
Maximize Pressure on Iran: Fortify the Sanctions Wall
The Islamic Republic of Iran is in crisis. U.S. sanctions have crippled the country’s economy. Protests over the regime’s failed policies continue. The Islamic Republic has reportedly even reduced force...
Op-eds
Public Enemy: Islamic Republic’s Coronavirus Disinformation
Mark Dubowitz and Saeed Ghasseminajad of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies have done an investigation of the Iranian regime’s disinformation campaign to minimize the real impact of the coronavirus...
Op-eds
Declining Turkish-Iranian energy trade offers Washington an opportunity
Economic issues were high on the agenda for Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif, who traveled to Istanbul for two days earlier this June. Zarif’s visit to Turkey marks his second foreign...
Op-eds
German–Iranian dissidents urge MP to resign from antisemitic BDS NGO
Nouripour should quit due to "his Iranian identity: there is only one dictatorship in this world that has an antisemitic state doctrine, namely the Islamic Republic.”
Op-eds
Turkey and Iran Orchestrate Joint Military Operations Against Kurdish Insurgents
Turkey and Iran last week carried out joint military operations against Kurdish insurgents in northern Iraq’s self-ruled Kurdistan region. This security cooperation shows that despite the lethal clashes...
Policy Briefs
COVID-19 in Iran and Turkey: Mismanagement, Crackdowns, Economic Crises, and Corona-Diplomacy
Iran and Turkey have been the two countries in the Middle East hardest hit by COVID-19. Their respective epidemics – which both governments have largely mismanaged – have amplified their democratic...
Insights
Lebanese Shi’ite leader may urge decriminalization of homosexuality
Acting US director of national intelligence Richard Grenell says he spoke "with an influential Lebanese Shi'ite leader" who is "close" to coming out publicly in favor of decriminalizing homosexuality
Op-eds
Two Years On, the Trump Administration’s Iran Policy Continues to Make Sense
In the two years since the United States left the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Trump administration has adopted a policy of “maximum pressure”...
Insights
Regime in Iran Exploits Canada’s Policy of Engagement Without Pressure
Canada has little to show for its government’s conciliatory approach to the Islamic Republic of Iran following the death of 57 Canadian-Iranians on January 8, when the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...
Insights
Iran Seeks to Block Investigation of January’s Ukrainian Airliner Crash
Radio Farda reported on Tuesday that Tehran sent Ukraine a draft memorandum of understanding (MOU) that, if signed, would protect the Iranian government from judicial action for the downing of a Ukrainian...
Policy Briefs
Who Runs Iran’s Propaganda Machine Abroad
In its efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the religious dictatorship in Tehran has been consistently negligent. Yet the regime has been remarkably eager to claim that it deserves immediate relief...
Op-eds
Voices of America
Obama holdovers run U.S. global media, and they’re not giving it up
Op-eds
The Islamic Revolution vs. Donald Trump
Iran and Ayatollah Khamenei are more influential today than at any time since 1979.
Op-eds
Pandemic Spurs Iranian Regime to Escalate
Iran may be an epicenter of the global COVID-19 pandemic, but that has not kept the Islamic Republic from pursuing its rivalry with the United States more aggressively than before. The regime’s strategy...
Insights
Iranians suffer from regime’s malpractice on coronavirus
The Islamist regime in Tehran has set off a coronavirus bomb on its own territory. The official death toll leaped to 611 on Friday, yet other assessments indicate that close to 2,000 Iranians may already...