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Iran ‘sham’ trial of California resident sparks allegations that world powers have abandoned him

Iranian regime 'scapegoating an innocent man' over bombing allegations, Jamshid Sharmahd's daughter says

A Sign That Iran Is Still Pursuing Nukes

Iranian media have reported on the identity of the new head of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear research institute.

National Resistance Front repels multi-day Taliban assault on Panjshir

After weeks of fruitless negotiations between the Taliban’s political leadership and senior leaders of the National Resistance Front in Panjshir, the Taliban launched a multi-pronged attack on the Panjshir...

Tehran’s crimes, acts of war, and other provocations

Unless Biden responds forcefully to the latest, expect more

US investigates Qatar over claims that it finances Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps

The State Department has opened an inquiry into an Israeli government report that Qatar’s monarchy funded Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization. “We...

The Impact of the Ahwaz protests in Iran

Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority on July 7 launched extensive anti-regime protests centered in the country’s western Khuzestan Province. Extreme water shortages affecting the Ahwaz were the catalyst for...

California man imprisoned in Iran is blocked from legal counsel as health worsens, daughter says

The 66-year-old man has been detained by the Iranian government since July 2020

Tehran’s nuclear secrets have been exposed

But President Biden has not revised his policies in response

Taliban seizes eight districts in the past week

The Taliban has taken control of eight district centers in four different regions of Afghanistan over the past week as Afghan security forces struggle to maintain control of the security situation. Eight...

Inside Iran’s torture prisons: Tehran quick to jail those with pro-Israel ties

Thanks to a rare glimpse inside the Islamic Republic of Iran’s vast penal establishment in Tehran, Fox News has obtained exclusive information about Iranians condemned to harsh sentences for mere contact...

Iran Conducts Major Wave of Executions and Shootings of Ethnic Minorities

Tehran has killed dozens of members of Iran’s ethnic minorities in recent weeks, especially among Iran’s Baluch and Ahwazi Arab communities. Ethnic minorities are increasingly conducting anti-regime...

Iran facing calls to be kicked out of Olympics after execution of boxer

The Islamic Republic of Iran imposed yet another extrajudicial death penalty on a champion athlete last week, sparking renewed calls from sports advocacy organizations for the regime to be banned from...

Iran is already winning

The ayatollahs are smiling

Parsing Iranian Responses to the Killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi

2020 has proven to be a tough year for the Islamic Republic of Iran. It began with the killing of its most important general and terrorist mastermind, Qassem Soleimani, and now appears to be ending...

Israel must speak to Biden with a clear voice on future Iran negotiations

With President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, the United States is widely expected to re-enter negotiations with Iran. In advance of the election, some advisers to Biden circulated a white paper exploring...

The Saudi Evolution

Fouad Ajami had an odd fondness for Saudi Arabia. He was an Americanized, secular Shiite with European sensibilities who, truth be told, had pretty much burned out on the ugliness of the modern Arab world. He...

The Iraq-Iran War: An Unhappy 40th Anniversary

The Plight of Iranians in Turkey

Turkish authorities on Monday detained Maryam Shariatmadari, an anti-Hijab activist twice-jailed in Iran, threatening deportation back to her home country. Although an international outcry from...

Iran’s Multiethnic Society Explains Why Tehran Fears Democracy

Iran faces the democracy conundrum: in multi-ethnic states where one non-majority group prevails over others, democratization entails risk of loss of empire.

China’s Plan To Buy Iran Won’t Go So Smoothly

Yet Washington should be worried about an enhanced Chinese presence in Iran.