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July 22, 2025 | |

Iran Tests Satellite Launch Vehicle for First Time Since War With Israel

Iran Tests Satellite Carrier Rocket: Iran conducted a test of a space launch vehicle (SLV) on July 21 for the first time since the 12-Day War with Israel in June, launching its...

June 28, 2025 | |

Khamenei Skips State Funeral Held for IRGC Commanders, Nuclear Scientists Eliminated by Israel

Funerals Held in Tehran: Thousands attended a mass Iranian state funeral in Tehran on June 28 to honor Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members and nuclear scientists killed...

June 24, 2025 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Khomeini’s war: Sunni Islamists taught Shia Iran to hate Israel

The ayatollahs adopted the Muslim Brotherhood’s worldview to make the destruction of the Jewish state the regime’s holy cause. The Shia leadership in Najaf now has the chance to return the Shia world to pacifism

June 20, 2025 | Max Lesser, Maria Riofrio

FDD Uncovers Large Iranian Network Impersonating Israelis on Social Media

An Iranian social media operation is instructing its audience how to use AI and create fake accounts on X where they pose as Israelis and post demoralizing messages in Hebrew...

June 20, 2025 | |

Hacking Group Targets Iranian Regime’s Cryptocurrency Exchange and Bank

Iranian Regime Crypto Exchange Hacked: A group of anti-Iran hackers known as Gonjeshke Darande, meaning Predatory Sparrow in Farsi, destroyed nearly $90 million worth of cryptocurrency...

June 18, 2025 | Bridget Toomey, Toby Dershowitz

10 Things to Know About Tehran’s Propaganda Network, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting

Israel struck the Tehran headquarters of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) on June 16, damaging a key regime media organ. IRIB is far from an independent news channel. Rather, it is a tool...

June 18, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

A major battle in The Long War 

The roots of the current Middle East conflict trace back centuries

June 17, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh |

‘They strike, we dance’ — Iranians damn the regime amid Israeli barrage

Cries of “Death to Khamenei” filled the night air in Tehran on June 15, rising above the thunder of Israeli airstrikes. The same defiant chorus had echoed through the city the night before,...

June 17, 2025 | Max Lesser |

Tehran Is Fabricating Data Leaks About Israeli Pilots

An alleged hack-and-leak that claims to reveal the names — along with other biographical and professional data — of about 40 Israeli Air Force (IAF) pilots has spread on social media since June 14....

June 16, 2025 | |

Iranian State Broadcaster Dubbed ‘Torture TV’ Struck by IDF

IDF Strikes Iran’s State Media: The Israeli Air Force struck the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) building in Tehran on June 16, stating that the structure was being...

June 15, 2025 | |

‘We Are Not Pausing for a Moment’: Israel Strikes Iranian Ballistic Missile Infrastructure

Latest Developments Targeting Missiles: The IDF announced on June 15 that it had begun a wave of strikes against dozens of ballistic missile launchers in western Iran during the third day of Operation...

June 13, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh |

Israel targets Iran’s nuclear sites and senior military figures

In a joint operation led by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and the Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, Israel targeted Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure and key leaders. The attack, reported by...

April 17, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh, Navid Mohebbi

Time to Reform VOA and Its Iran Programming: Trim the Fat, Keep the Mission

The Trump administration’s decision to eliminate funding for Voice of America (VOA) represents a missed opportunity to reform and enhance the outlet’s capacity to counter adversarial propaganda.

March 14, 2025 | Orde Kittrie, Andrea Stricker, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Iran’s Nuclear Disarmament

The Only Deal That Protects U.S. and Allied Security

March 11, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh |

Iran cracks down on armed nationalist group

In a rare escalation, four Iranian men took up arms against the Islamic Republic’s security forces during a standoff the dissents broadcast live on Instagram on March 8. The footage captures...

February 19, 2025 | Andrea Stricker |

Detecting and Halting an Iranian Weaponization Effort

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October 29, 2024 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Jonathan Schanzer, Bradley Bowman, Saeed Ghasseminejad, Elizabeth Robbins

Israel’s Retaliatory Strike on Iran and What’s Ahead

September 26, 2024 | Max Lesser, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

How U.S. Adversaries Undermine the Perception of Election Integrity

June 28, 2024 | Bradley Bowman |

Cognitive Combat

China, Russia, and Iran’s Information War Against Americans

June 6, 2024 | |

Iranian Protester Partly Paralyzed After London Attack

An Iranian dissident may have permanently lost the ability to walk after Tehran loyalists assaulted him in London, The Jewish Chronicle reported on June 5. Navid Bavi, 32, to whom...