Boeing Announces Sale of 30 Aircraft to Iranian Airline
Boeing announced this week it would sell 30 B737 Max aircraft to...
Republic
Rouhani, the Deceiver
In two months’ time — on May 19, to be exact — Iran will hold presidential elections. As things currently stand, odds are that the incumbent, Hassan Rou...
Op-eds
Ecuador, Iran, and Latin America’s Pink Tide
Ecuador will elect a new leader on April 2 to replace its left-wing, populist president Rafael Correa. Washington should pay close attention. Correa’s vice-president Lenin Moreno is a close...
Policy Briefs
Texas, Spanish Banks Slammed Over Israel-Boycott Accounts
Two giant financial institutions – Dallas-based Comerica and Spain’s La Caixa – are caught in the crossfire of criticism from politicians and human rights organizations over a f...
Op-eds
Defining violent extremism down
Death, where is thy sting? For Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, it certainly didn’t come from the mainstream media. The 82-year-old former Iranian president died of a heart attac...
Op-eds
Hunger Strikes: The Last Resort for Iran’s Desperate Prisoners
Arash Sadeghi, a political prisoner in Iran, is 13 months into a 19-year sentence in...
Policy Briefs
Iran’s Maritime Mirage
Iran is doing enough damage in the Middle East through unconventional methods without requiring a robust navy. That is why an idea floated by a key Iranian military leader to build naval bases in...
Op-eds
Don’t Let Iran Off The Hook For Chemical/Biological Weapons
The Trump administration will need to be on its toes to enforce the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement—and stop the Islamic Republic’s developing chemical and biological weapons progra...
Op-eds
Exclusive: German bank pulls plug on anti-Israel BDS bank account
The Bank fur Sozialwirtschaft (Bank for Social Economy) has closed the account of a German group that promotes the ...
Op-eds
The EU Cozies with Iran at Its Peril
Since last summer’s nuclear deal, Iran has been pushing a full court press to be treated as a legitimate member of the international community. Its behavior suggests otherwise. Since the ac...
Op-eds
Orange Telecom Mulls Partnership with IRGC-Controlled Firm
The French telecom company Orange is in negotiations to buy shares of the Mobile Telecommunication Company of Iran (MTCI...
Policy Briefs
Exporting Iran’s Revolution to Space
Iran is seeking cooperation with NASA, the head of Tehran’s space agency said...
Policy Briefs
Erdogan Must Avoid the Iran Trap
“The world is bigger than five.” This phrase, referring to the permanent members of the UN Security Council, is among Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan's favorite platitudes...
Op-eds
Iran Gives Green Light to Direct $1.7 Billion from U.S. to Military
A debate has raged in recent weeks over whether the Obama administration’s $400-million payment to Iran in January – part of a $1.7-billion...
Policy Briefs
Expert: Zarif Leveraging Latin America Trip to Boost Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program
The Iranian foreign minister’s visit to Latin America last week signaled the Islamic Republic’s intent to rebuild its missile program in the Western Hemisphere, Emanuele Ottol...
Op-eds
Where U.S. Sees Crisis in Turkey, Iran Sees Opportunity
Iran was the first government to fully back Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during Friday&rsqu...
Policy Briefs
How Iran Ruined Nuclear Deals for Everyone
Last summer’s Iran nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,...
Op-eds
Germany harbors 300 Hamas, 950 Hezbollah members and activists
Some 300 Hamas members and supporters – as well as 950 Hezbollah activists and members – are operating in Germany, the country’s domestic intelligence agency said in its annual...
Op-eds
Risky Business In Iran
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the intergovernmental organization that sets global standards to combat money laundering and finance for terrorism and proliferation, had a clear message f...
Op-eds
Done Deal?
All administrations are short-sighted. Even the brightest, most reflective people can develop acute tunnel vision when they join the paper-pushing, crisis-a-minute senior ranks of the National Se...