Persian

June 12, 2020 | Alireza Nader, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Iranians desperately need a better Voice of America

After more than a year of delay, the Senate confirmed Michael Pack as the new chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees the Voice of America and other government-funded news...

May 24, 2020 | Jacob Nagel, Andrea Stricker

The IAEA Must Report Its Latest Findings on Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program

The global body overseeing the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is soon to release an updated report on Iran’s compliance with its Nuclear Non-Proliferation...

May 20, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran’s supreme leader releases anti-Israel ‘final solution’ poster

The picture shows a conquered Jerusalem with photos of the late Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp Quds Force leader Qassem Soleimani.

May 17, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Holy Jewish site of Esther and Mordechai set ablaze in Iran

'Disturbing reports from Iran that the tomb of Esther & Mordechai, a holy Jewish site, was set afire overnight,' ADL National Director Jonathan Greenblatt tweeted.

May 6, 2020 | Alireza Nader |

Major US influence on Iranians sidelined by anti-Trump bias

The Voice of America’s Persian news network was once a powerful tool in Washington’s efforts to shape public opinion in Iran. Now, it is arguably the least-watched of the Persian-language channels...

April 14, 2020 | Eric S. Edelman, Ray Takeyh

The Next Iranian Revolution

Why Washington Should Seek Regime Change in Tehran

April 14, 2020 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Iran vs. Trump: Suleimani’s Legacy, and Khamenei’s Ambitions

The supreme leader and Trump may well end the long-running, region-defining clash. We just don't know yet quite how.

April 2, 2020 | Aykan Erdemir |

Turkey’s leak of Istanbul killing shows unlikely marriage with Iran under strain

Senior Turkish officials last week implicated two Iranian diplomats for instigating the November 2019 assassination of Iranian dissident Masoud Molavi Vardanjani in Istanbul. Until recently, Turkish and...

April 2, 2020 | Saeed Ghasseminejad, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Washington Targets Tehran’s Petrochemical Trade by Sanctioning Military Pension Fund

The U.S. State Department recently designated a tranche of entities that are tied to, or directly engage in, the sale or supply of Iranian petrochemical products. Iran’s petrochemical sector accounts...

April 2, 2020 | Toby Dershowitz, Talia Katz

Khamenei Uses Iran State TV to Turn a Profit Amid COVID-19 Outbreak

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is profiting during the coronavirus outbreak from contracts with state entities complicit in torture, according to a newly leaked video of a meeting of Iran’s...

March 20, 2020 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

UAE Continues to Serve as Hub for Iranian Sanctions Evasion

The Treasury Department imposed sanctions yesterday on five companies based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for their role in facilitating petroleum and petrochemical sales by the clerical regime in Iran....

March 1, 2020 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

U.S. Sanctions Leader of Pro-Iran Terror Group in Iraq

Another member of Tehran’s “Axis of Resistance,” a constellation of pro-Iran proxies and partners, has been sanctioned by Washington. On Feb. 26, the U.S. Department of State designated Ahmad al-Hamidawi,...

February 27, 2020 | Toby Dershowitz, Talia Katz

Torture TV

The Case for Sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s State-Run Media

February 20, 2020 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

Iran’s hardliners look to consolidate control in parliamentary election

The narrowing of Iran's political spectrum will be demonstrated on Friday in parliamentary elections dominated by hardline candidates. Driving the news: An estimated one-third of sitting parliamentarians...

February 10, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German president mistakenly congratulates Iran’s regime for its revolution

The office of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced it would not send the Iranian regime a congratulatory email on the anniversary of the revolution - then accidentally sent it anyway.

February 4, 2020 | Mikhael Smits  |

Trump administration puts freedom first

The Trump administration has declared 2020 the year of “Freedom First,” though you would be forgiven for having missed it. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the announcement at an event on human...

January 30, 2020 | Alireza Nader |

Iran on cusp of new era

The State Department released a video earlier this month showcasing the rights Iranians enjoyed before a radical Islamist dictatorship came to power in 1979. Many Iranians and Iranian Americans celebrated...

January 3, 2020 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

Time to Increase Economic Pressure on Iran’s Allies in Iraq

At Tehran’s direction, Iraqi Shiite militias laid siege to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad this week, to which the United States responded with an airstrike that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and...

December 3, 2019 | Clifford D. May |

Did you have a horrible Thanksgiving?

The blame-America-first crowd always does, and insists you should, too

August 24, 2019 | |

Iran’s regime stokes more antisemitism amid Gulf tensions, ADL report

"A Persian-language cartoon published by Fars News in April solely blamed the Jewish people or Israel for tightening U.S. sanctions on Iranian energy exports."