Radio Farda

Freedom for Iran: Learning From U.S. Support for Polish Anti-Communists in the 1980s

Tehran Is Fabricating Data Leaks About Israeli Pilots

An alleged hack-and-leak that claims to reveal the names — along with other biographical and professional data — of about 40 Israeli Air Force (IAF) pilots has spread on social media since June 14....

Time to Reform VOA and Its Iran Programming: Trim the Fat, Keep the Mission

The Trump administration’s decision to eliminate funding for Voice of America (VOA) represents a missed opportunity to reform and enhance the outlet’s capacity to counter adversarial propaganda.

Tehran on the back foot: Proxy struggles and Assad’s dilemma

Just a year ago, the Islamic Republic was on the offensive as it used its proxies to launch coordinated attacks on Israel from six fronts to demonstrate the extent of its regional influence. Now, the momentum...

Tehran Arrests Iranian-American Dual National, Executes Jewish Iranian

Tehran Incarcerates Iranian-American Journalist: The United States said that it was investigating Iran’s reported arrest of a dual national, Voice of America disclosed on November...

Cognitive Combat

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

Protests in Iran Persist Eight Months After Death of Mahsa Amini

May 16 marked the eight-month anniversary of Iran’s murder of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini for her alleged failure to wear her hijab properly, sparking nationwide protests that continue...

Arsenal

Assessing the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program

Strategy for a New Comprehensive U.S. Policy on Iran

The Dangers of Iran’s Cyber Ambitions

Iran Is More Than Persia

Ethnic Politics in the Islamic Republic

Syria

Iran

Countering the Iranian Threat in the Persian Gulf

Defending Forward

Securing America by Projecting Military Power Abroad

Why The Iran-Iraq War Matters For The Success Of Maximum Pressure

“War, War until victory” was a popular slogan chanted by revolutionaries in Tehran amid the bloody Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988). But after years of fighting with no victory in sight, Ayatollah Ruhollah...

Tehran Consolidates Hardline Gains At Home While COVID-19 Spreads

Iran experienced its highest-ever record of coronavirus-related deaths in just one day earlier this month, bringing the official number of reported deaths since late February to more than 13,000. These...

Public Enemy: Islamic Republic’s Coronavirus Disinformation

Mark Dubowitz and Saeed Ghasseminajad of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies have done an investigation of the Iranian regime’s disinformation campaign to minimize the real impact of the coronavirus...

Iran’s COVID-19 Disinformation Campaign

Excerpt In the Middle East, the Islamic Republic of Iran quickly became the epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis. According to Iranian authorities, the virus has infected over 207,000 Iranians and killed more...

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.