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December 2, 2024 | Janatan Sayeh |

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...

November 4, 2024 | |

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...

May 17, 2023 | |

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...

September 20, 2020 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

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...

July 17, 2020 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Saeed Ghasseminejad

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...

July 7, 2020 | Mark Dubowitz, Saeed Ghasseminejad

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...

June 29, 2020 | Mark Dubowitz, Saeed Ghasseminejad

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...

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.

April 20, 2020 | Talia Katz |

Iran Seeks to Block Investigation of January’s Ukrainian Airliner Crash

Radio Farda reported on Tuesday that Tehran sent Ukraine a draft memorandum of understanding (MOU) that, if signed, would protect the Iranian government from judicial action for the downing of a Ukrainian...

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

The Next Iranian Revolution

Why Washington Should Seek Regime Change in Tehran

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...

November 21, 2019 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Towards A Bipartisan Iran Protest Policy Playbook

Once again, Iranians have taken to the streets. Spurred initially by cuts in gas subsidies and an increase in petrol prices, up to 100 cities experienced protests, and over 100 people have been killed....

March 4, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran’s Regime Charges Woman with ‘Normalizing Same-Sex Relations’

The activist, Rezvaneh Mohammad, could face five years in prison.

February 12, 2019 | Zachary Keyser, Benjamin Weinthal

Human Rights NGO condemns Iran for forty-years of continued violations

Progetto Dreyfus is a "non-profit association that fights against antisemitism, fundamentalism and any kind of discrimination" and as noted, has recently set its sights on Iran.

July 6, 2018 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

The Rial’s Fall Shakes Tehran

A small number of merchants in Tehran on June 24 protested against the rapid depreciation of the rial, the Iranian currency. One day later, that small protest turned into the largest demonstratio...

April 30, 2018 | Mark Dubowitz

Human Rights Situation in Iran

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February 23, 2018 | Saeed Ghasseminejad

The Dire Consequences of Iran’s Water Crisis

The Islamic Republic’s decades-long mismanagement of water resources has led to a shortage of...

January 4, 2018 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

How the U.S. Can Support Iran’s Anti-Regime Protests

As Iranian authorities brace for a second week of antigovernment protests, the Trump administration is weighing measures to lend support to the demonstrators. ... Behnam...

January 1, 2018 | Mark Dubowitz |

Where We Can Agree on Iran

How Americans of both political parties can come together to support the Iranian people.

July 30, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

How the West Can Use the Iran Deal to Foster Regime Change

Since the comprehensive deal on Iran’s nuclear-weapons program was reached, technical aspects of the agreement have been discussed, but a crucially unremarked-upon topic deserves significan...