Sistan and Baluchestan Province

January 18, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Pakistan-Iran tensions: What’s next as countries escalate attacks?

The series of attacks threaten to escalate tensions between the countries and escalate tensions in South Asia.

October 4, 2023 | |

Iran Arrests Hundreds on Bloody Friday Anniversary as Protests Grow

Iran’s clerical regime arrested hundreds of protestors over the weekend, punctuating the first anniversary of the regime’s violent suppression of the current, nationwide uprising....

March 4, 2021 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Iran Conducts Major Wave of Executions and Shootings of Ethnic Minorities

Tehran has killed dozens of members of Iran’s ethnic minorities in recent weeks, especially among Iran’s Baluch and Ahwazi Arab communities. Ethnic minorities are increasingly conducting anti-regime...

July 3, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

State Department designates Hizballah operative, Baloch separatist group

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February 14, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn, Amir Toumaj

Jaish al-Adl claims deadly IRGC bus bombing

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October 1, 2018 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

Iran’s Enemies

They are many and varied.

June 19, 2015 | |

The IRGC v Rohani: Spy v Spy

While the United States has pinned its hopes for a ne­gotiated solution to the dispute over Tehran’s nuclear programme on Iranian President Hassan Rohani’s government, the “...

April 5, 2012 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

Human Rights Situation in Iran

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very grateful for this opportunity to appear before you and address a subject which, in my view, deserves more attention than it currently receives. F...

December 23, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

US Offers $10 Million Reward for Iran-Based al Qaeda Financier

The State Department announced on Dec. 22 that a reward of up to $10 million is being offered for any information leading to the capture of an Iran-based al Qaeda financier named Ezedin Abdel Azi...

December 19, 2010 | Michael Ledeen Faster, Please! |

The Iranian Death Spiral Speeds Up

The picturesque city of Chabahar is right on the Gulf of Oman , and was supposed to become Iran's biggest and mos...

December 15, 2010 | The Long War Journal |

Jundallah Claims Suicide Attack at Iranian Mosque

Jundallah, a Sunni terrorist group, claimed it carried out a suicide attack today that targeted Shia worshipers at Imam Hussein Mosque in Chabahar in Iran's Sistan-Baluchistan province....

July 16, 2010 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

Jundallah suicide attack targets Iran’s Revolutonary Guards Corps

Jundallah suicide bombers Mohammad Rigi and Abdul Baaset Rigi. A Sunni terrorist group killed 20 people and wounded more than 100 in a suicide attack that targeted Iran's...