Iran’s Rafsanjani: A legacy of terrorism and repression behind a facade of moderation
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Pragmatism
The Revolution Devours Its Own
Laura Secor surprised me. I had expected to read yet another journalist’s account of an Iran where “reformists,” though bruised and battered, remain hopeful and allied to &ldquo...
Op-eds
History Contradicts the Dream of Iranian Moderation
Most backers of the nuclear accord with Iran hopefully insist that the theocratic regime will moderate once sanctions are lifted. Plugged back into the global economy, Iran will become less milit...
Op-eds
Should America and Israel Let Their Enemies Kill Each Other Off?
As some see it, what’s happening now in the Mideast provides the best excuse the Israelis have had in a long time to just sit back and let their worst enemies rub each other out. Senior Isr...
Op-eds
Examining Nuclear Negotiations: Iran After Rouhani’s First 100 Days
Chairman Royce, Ranking Member Engel, Members of the Committee, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, thank you for inviting me to testify today on this important topic....
Congressional Testimonies
Meet the New Mullah
Iranians aren’t wrong to celebrate the presidential victory of Hassan Rouhani. It is a (small) thumb in the eye of the country’s clerical ruler, Ali Khamenei. Leaving aside foreign af...
Op-eds
The Most Dangerous Man in the World
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Ali Khamenei
Op-eds
From ‘Rule of Law’ to ‘Hit List’: NY Times Lauds Obama at War
“The president accepts as a fact that a certain amount of screw-ups are going to happen, and to him, that calls for a more judicious process.” Well, that’s certainly a...
Op-eds
Drones Are Not Enough
Getting counterterrorism policy wrong.
Op-eds
Iran Shows Its True Colours
News of a thwarted Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States is still on the front pages. Yet already, some public officials and pundits are trying to suggest that the...
Op-eds
Attack Iran, With Words
For those who believe — as I do — that the clerics who rule Iran must never have an arsenal of nuclear weapons, the United States’ course of action ought to be clear: The Bush a...
Op-eds
Stephen Breyer, the Court’s Necromancer
Authored by Alykhan Velshi Originalism is the house judicial philosophy of conservatism. It maintains that the Constitution has a fixed and knowable meaning, that this meaning i...