Iran Is Out to Kill Trump
If the clerics survive, they will hunt the president as they did Salman Rushdie.
Ruhollah Khomeini
Iranian Grand Ayatollah Issues Fatwa Calling for President Trump’s Murder
Fatwa Issued: Iran’s top Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi, issued a fatwa, or religious edict, against President Donald Trump on June 29, calling on “Muslims...
Flash Briefs
Khamenei Skips State Funeral Held for IRGC Commanders, Nuclear Scientists Eliminated by Israel
Funerals Held in Tehran: Thousands attended a mass Iranian state funeral in Tehran on June 28 to honor Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members and nuclear scientists killed...
Flash Briefs
The Muslim Brotherhood Pledges Support to Iran
The Muslim Brotherhood still backs the clerical regime in Tehran. The group’s interim senior official, or acting guardian, Saleh Abdel Haq, sent a letter of support to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei...
Policy Briefs
Khomeini’s war: Sunni Islamists taught Shia Iran to hate Israel
The ayatollahs adopted the Muslim Brotherhood’s worldview to make the destruction of the Jewish state the regime’s holy cause. The Shia leadership in Najaf now has the chance to return the Shia world to pacifism
Op-eds
10 Things to Know About Tehran’s Propaganda Network, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
Israel struck the Tehran headquarters of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) on June 16, damaging a key regime media organ. IRIB is far from an independent news channel. Rather, it is a tool...
Insights
Iran ‘Sleepwalked’ Into a War with Israel It Can’t Win
In January 2024, Iran was riding high. Its proxies and allies in the region were fighting a multi-front war against Israel. Hamas in Gaza had carried out the worst mass terror attack against Israel in history just three months prior. Hezbollah was targeting Israel daily from Lebanon. The Houthis in Yemen were attacking ships and threatening to cut off Israel from the Red Sea. They were also attacking Israel with drones and missiles....
Op-eds
A major battle in The Long War
The roots of the current Middle East conflict trace back centuries
Op-eds
Israeli airstrikes eliminate senior Iranian military officials
Since the beginning of Israel’s military campaign against Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure, the Israeli military has targeted and eliminated key figures belonging to the Islamic...
Op-eds
The Iranian Regime of War and Death
When I was in elementary school in Baghdad, in the early 1980s, teachers took us to the streets to shout angry slogans against “Khomeini the Hypocrite” for refusing to end Iran’s war with Iraq. Little...
Op-eds
Tehran Is Exposed
A Unique Opportunity to Confront the Iranian Nuclear Threat
Memos
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem’s Quds Day speeches
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem delivered two speeches to commemorate Quds Day last week. This annual event, begun by Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is held on...
Op-eds
Why inflation haunts Iran
With a month-on-month increase of 3.3% and an annual rate of 37.1%, inflation reflects the struggles of millions of Iranians.
Op-eds
Hamas and Turkey: Partners in Terror
Memos
Bridging the Atlantic to Counter Tehran
Trump’s return to the White House shakes global alliances but creates a crucial chance to unite against Iran’s growing threat. Saeed Ghasseminejad and Behnam Ben Taleblu lay out a bold plan to counter Tehran’s nuclear drive and regional aggression.
Op-eds
Hezbollah is the Antithesis of Shia Islam
A video went viral of a Lebanese woman standing at the Beirut Airport and berating other passengers, shouting: “We sacrificed our blood, this is our country, and whoever does not like it should emigrate.”...
Op-eds
Naim Qassem announces the date of Nasrallah’s funeral
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Op-eds
Trump will rue recklessly yanking security from Mike Pompeo, others in Iran’s crosshairs
Newly confirmed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday canceled the personal security detail assigned to retired Gen. Mark Milley, following his boss President Trump’s decision to revoke...
Op-eds
Israel SitRep: January 27, 2025
Today’s Issue: | Three Hostages to Be Released on Thursday, Three on Saturday; Gazans Allowed to Return to North | Analysis: Resumption of Fighting Will Be Almost Impossible After Gazans Return to the...
Israel at War Situation Report
The role of Iraqi Shia militias as proxies in Iran’s Axis of Resistance
Iran’s 45-year trajectory from the Khomeini revolution to its current challenge to Israel, the West, and the Rules-Based International System (RBIS) led to developing and solidifying its “Axis...