Iran’s ‘Hezbollah Blueprint’ To Survive the U.S. Military’s Massive Air War
The 12-Country Offensive: Why Iran is Attacking Oman and Azerbaijan to Sabotage Operation Epic Fury ...
Seyed Abbas Araghchi
Oman’s Flipflopping on Iran Will Leave It Isolated in the Gulf
Even being targeted by Iranian drone strikes is not enough to stop Oman from hedgingand even trying to accommodate Tehran. While other Gulf states issued severe condemnations of attacks on their...
Policy Briefs
Beijing Offers Tehran Lukewarm Rhetorical Support as Iranian Actions Threaten China’s Oil, Trade Flows
Actions speak louder than words. But right now, words are all that China can afford to offer the regime in Iran. On March 1, the Chinese Foreign Ministry condemned the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader...
Policy Briefs
Iran expands retaliation for US-Israel campaign across Arab states (February 28–March 2)
Iran has responded to the joint United States and Israeli military campaign against it with widespread retaliatory strikes across the Middle East. The Iranian attacks consisted of coordinated drone and...
Op-eds
Iran’s Khamenei Invites Conflict, Not Compromise
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei doubled down on threats against the U.S. while denigrating President Donald Trump in a February 17 speech. Speaking on the same day that top Iranian officials concluded talks with U.S. negotiators in Geneva, Khamenei flatly ruled out abandoning uranium enrichment. He also dismissed U.S. demands that Tehran’s ballistic missile program and support for terrorist proxies be included in the negotiations.
Policy Briefs
‘This Does Not Mean We Will Reach an Agreement Soon:’ U.S. Negotiations With Iran in Geneva End Inconclusively
Geneva Talks End: A further round of indirect talks between the United States and Iran ended in Geneva on February 17 with the Iranian side claiming that agreement had been reached...
Flash Briefs
Turkish foreign minister warns of nuclear arms race if Iran gets the bomb
On February 9, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan suggested that Turkey would begin developing nuclear weapons should Iran obtain them. During a televised interview with CNN Turk, Fidan warned that...
Op-eds
Al Jazeera Centre for Studies: Academic Veneer Normalizing Terrorism
Is Al Jazeera using its “academic” arm, the Al Jazeera Centre for Studies (AJCS), to normalize Hamas’s atrocities, while hiding behind the veneer of a purportedly rigorous research institution?...
Insights
U.S. and Iran Hold Indirect Talks in Oman
Deliberations in Muscat: Delegations from the United States and Iran convened in the Omani capital of Muscat on February 6 for indirect talks addressing the tensions sparked by...
Flash Briefs
Jordan’s Hedging on Iran Is Standard Practice
As the United States deliberates between negotiations with, or military action against, Iran. Jordan has become the latest Arab state to express disquiet over the latter option. Jordan is being characteristically...
Policy Briefs
‘Next Attack Will Be Far Worse’: Trump Threatens Iran as Regime Denies Negotiations With Washington
Latest Developments Trump Issues New Threats: President Donald Trump issued a renewed threat to Iran’s rulers on January 28, warning the Islamic Republic to “come to the [negotiating] table”...
Flash Briefs
‘Completely False’: Tehran’s Top Prosecutor Denies 800 Executions Were Halted After Trump Intervention
Iranian Prosecutor Denies U.S. Claim to Have Prevented 800 Hangings: Iran’s top prosecutor, Mohammad Movahedi, vehemently denied President Donald Trump’s claim that his threats...
Flash Briefs
IAEA Passes Resolution Demanding Information on Status of Iranian Nuclear Sites, Enriched Uranium Stock
IAEA Seeks Answers From Tehran: The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, passed a resolution on November...
Flash Briefs
Iran threatens nuclear weaponization ambitions
Mahmoud Reza Aghamiri, the president of Iran’s Shahid Beheshti University and one of the Islamic Republic’s prominent nuclear scientists, offered a rare glimpse into Tehran’s calculus behind weaponization. During...
Op-eds
UN Security Council Rejects Late Effort to Extend Iran Sanctions ‘Snapback’ Deadline
Push to Delay Rejected: The UN Security Council on September 26 rejected a last-ditch proposal put forward by Russia and China to delay the reimposition of UN sanctions against...
Flash Briefs
Snapback Sanctions Against Iran: Will Donald Trump Play His Ace?
Iran is in a vulnerable position. President Trump should seize the moment to sink Iranian oil revenues and force Tehran to dismantle its nuclear program.
Op-eds
Iran’s Supreme Leader Rejects Negotiations Over Country’s Nuclear Program as Snapback Deadline Looms
Khamenei Rejects Talks: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected direct talks with the United States over the future of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program,...
Flash Briefs
UN Security Council Nixes Resolution to Halt Reimposition of Sanctions Against Iran
Sanctions on Iran Set To Return: The 15-member UN Security Council voted on September 19 against a resolution to halt the imminent reimposition of UN sanctions against Iran, known as “snapback.” Only...
Flash Briefs
E3 Frustrated With Iranian Noncompliance on Nuclear Inspections as Araghchi Backtracks on Agreement With IAEA
‘Near Zero Oversight’: The United Kingdom, France, and Germany — collectively known as the E3 — issued a sharply worded statement condemning Iran’s refusal to allow International...
Flash Briefs
Iran Reshuffles the Deck. Will it Matter?
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has restructured the Islamic Republic’s national security apparatus to cover up Iran’s gaping weaknesses.