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May 17, 2025 | |

‘Addressing Iran’s Support For Terrorism’: Treasury Sanctions Hezbollah Financiers in Lebanon and Iran

Latest Developments Targets Transferred Funds From Iran to Hezbollah: The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned four individuals in Lebanon and Iran who transferred funds to Iran’s proxy Hezbollah...

March 17, 2025 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

U.S. Should Impose Sanctions on Iran’s Nascent Lithium Industry

Iran and Russia said they will cooperateon searching for lithium resources in Iran and developing an indigenous Iranian lithium extraction and processing industry. The March 11 announcement could revive...

February 3, 2025 | Jacob Nagel |

Netanyahu must push Trump to take real action on Iran

Any resolution must address all three components of Iran’s nuclear program: fissile materials, weaponization, and delivery systems.

October 9, 2024 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Israel eliminated Nasrallah’s successor

The Israeli army successfully assassinated Hashem Safieddine, the likely successor to Hezbollah’s veteran Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, whom Israel had also killed just two weeks ago....

October 2, 2024 | David Daoud, Ahmad Sharawi

The impact of Israeli operations on Hezbollah’s organizational structure

Israel seems set on liquidating Hezbollah. Beginning with its assassination of the group’s chief of staff, Fuad Shukr, on July 30, the Israelis have been decimating Hezbollah’s senior leadership in...

October 1, 2024 | David Daoud |

Hezbollah c’est moi: The Party of God without Hassan Nasrallah

On September 27, the unimaginable happened. At approximately 5:22 p.m. local time, reports emerged of a massive Israeli strike on the predominantly Shia southern suburbs of Beirut, known colloquially as...

August 4, 2024 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

The Islamic Republic prepares to avenge Ismail Haniyeh

“Bloodlust” is a term cascading across the Iranian media space this week: “Bloodlust is commanded,” declared Jam-e Jam newspaper, connected to Iran’s state-sanctioned...

June 28, 2024 | Bradley Bowman |

Cognitive Combat

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

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

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...

May 8, 2023 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

President Aliyev: “Relations between Azerbaijan and Iran are at the Lowest Level Ever”

From day one of the independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Iran has been hostile toward Baku and consistently acted to undermine its security and independence. However, over the last year the ties...

May 1, 2023 | |

Iran Denies Schoolgirls Were Poisoned Despite Overwhelming Evidence

Following an investigation, Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence announced on April 28 that no poisoning of schoolgirls has occurred in the country. Instead, the statement blamed unidentified...

April 4, 2023 | |

New Chemical Attacks in Iran Hospitalize Schoolgirls

Latest Developments At least 20 Iranian schoolgirls were hospitalized today in the city of Tabriz after a new wave of chemical attacks, Iranian state media reported. The “vital signs … and the...

March 15, 2023 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

How Iran’s Regime Is Threatened by Its Clerics

A new wrinkle in the Islamic Republic’s continuing political crisis

March 13, 2023 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

Who Is Poisoning Iranian Schoolgirls?

The attacks, which have sickened thousands, are the latest evidence that the regime is losing its grip.

March 7, 2023 | Toby Dershowitz, Kaitlyn Romaine

March Is Women’s History Month, But Not in Iran

Hundreds of Iranian schoolgirls are falling ill from poisonings, suspected to be the work of extremist religious groups trying to instill fear and prevent participation in protests.

March 1, 2023 | |

Poisoning of Schoolgirls in Iran Under Investigation

Latest Developments  After months of ignoring evidence that an unknown toxic gas was poisoning girls’ schools throughout Iran, President Ebrahim Raisi called for the Interior Ministry to investigate...

December 6, 2022 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Time for the Biden Administration to Clip the Wings of Iran’s Propaganda Machine

On December 8, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned Al Mustafa International University in Qom, Iran, the principal institution recruiting, indoctrinating, and training foreign converts...

December 1, 2022 | Craig Singleton |

Targeting Tiandy

The Case for Blacklisting a Chinese Tech Firm Tied to Crackdowns on Uyghurs and Iranian Protestors

September 29, 2022 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

The Women Burning Their Hijabs Want the Iranian Regime to Fall. Does Joe Biden?

The White House is still ardently seeking a nuclear deal that will enrich the men murdering women in the streets.