Qasem Soleimani

April 11, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Worried about an Iranian attack? That’s exactly what it wants

Iran's week of threats against Israel prompts social media speculation. Foreign Minister's diplomatic calls precede potential military action, highlighting strategic confusion and psychological war

April 11, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran has ten ways to attack Israel; which one will it choose?

Iran's vowed punishment of Israel might manifest either through proxies or direct means, including ballistic missiles and drones.

April 10, 2024 | David Daoud |

Hezbollah’s expected Response to IRGC-QF Gen. Mohammad Zahedi’s killing

According to the Syrian Army, at 17:00 hours on April 1, Israel launched an airborne attack from over the Golan Heights, targeting a building in Damascus that it described as the Iranian consulate...

April 7, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

Did Israel surrender to White House pressure in Gaza? Iran likely thinks so

Just 72 hours after President Biden all but threatened to cut off US support for Israel, the Israeli military marked the Oct. 7 massacre’s six-month anniversary by announcing its withdrawal of forces...

April 3, 2024 | Clifford D. May |

Tehran’s weapons of mass distraction

They conceal Tehran’s development of weapons of mass destruction

April 1, 2024 | Joe Truzman, Bill Roggio

Hezbollah Brigades threatens to train 12,000 Jordanians to battle Israel

Abu Al-Askari, the leader of the powerful Iraq-based Iranian proxy militia, threatened to arm more than 12,000 Jordanians to attack Israel after the latter killed seven officers from Iran’s...

February 10, 2024 | |

Meta Removes Khamenei’s Instagram and Facebook Accounts

Meta announced on February 8 that it removed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s Facebook and Instagram accounts for violating its content policy. “We have removed these accounts...

February 8, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Target: Kataib Hezbollah – why the latest US airstrike is a gamechanger

The killing of an Iranian-backed militia leader in Iraq will likely galvanize Iran’s allies in the country to try to expel the US.

February 7, 2024 | Mark Dubowitz, David Adesnik

The truth of Biden’s ‘revenge’ on Iran

Airstrikes on the desert sands won't scare the Ayatollah - only an assault on his terror army will teach Tehran not to kill Americans. So, what’s THIS President so afraid of, ask top military analysts.

February 2, 2024 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Should America strike back at Iran?

Tehran knows that it's winning its proxy wars

January 31, 2024 | Mark Dubowitz, Jonathan Schanzer

Biden needs to follow Trump’s lead on Iran

The death of three US service members in Jordan Sunday, along with more than 40 injured, is just the latest – and deadliest – example of Iranian-backed militias targeting American forces in the Middle...

January 30, 2024 | Janatan Sayeh |

Iranian reactions to the Islamic State’s suicide bombings in Kerman

On the anniversary of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Commander Lt. General Qassaem Soleimani’s death on January 3rd, 2024, two explosions occurred in proximity of the Kerman Martyrs...

January 28, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

President Joe Biden’s got blood on hands after appeasing Iran for years

President Joe Biden has rewarded the ayatollah $100 billion — including revenue from the non-enforcement of US oil sanctions over three years, a $6 billion ransom payment and a $10 billion sanctions...

January 25, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah vows to continue fight against US

The terrorist group says they will continue to fight US troops in Iraq until the US leaves Iraq. “Our jihad operations against the American invaders will continue until their last soldier leaves."

January 24, 2024 | |

U.S. Strikes Iranian-Backed Group in Response to Attacks in Iraq

U.S. forces carried out airstrikes on Kataib Hezbollah on January 24 in response to the Iranian-backed group’s targeting of American troops in Iraq. Kataib Hezbollah conducted...

January 23, 2024 | Joe Truzman, Bill Roggio

U.S. carries out strikes on Iran-backed militias in Iraq

The U.S. military struck three “facilities” run by the Iran-backed Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq in response to militia attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria, including a ballistic missile attack over...

January 17, 2024 | |

Iran Fires Ballistic Missiles at Iraq and Syria

Iran fired ballistic missiles at Iraq and Syria on January 15 at what it described as regime opponents. The strike in Iraq, which killed four civilians, hit a residential area near...

January 8, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

With Tehran closer to nukes, Congress must end Biden’s Iran appeasement before it’s too late 

President Biden’s three years of appeasing Iran has brought the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism closer than ever to developing a nuclear weapon.  While most Americans were...

January 3, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iranian media vows retaliation to Israeli killing of Saleh al-Arouri

Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri was born in 1966 and detained in the 1990s by Israel. He eventually left prison and moved to Turkey before migrating to Qatar and Lebanon.

November 25, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iraqi militia leader continues to threaten US

In the wake of the October 7 attack on Israel, pro-Iranian militias in Iraq and Syria carried out 60 attacks on US forces.