Hangman-in-chief
Iranian presidential elections have rarely mattered. Both the past victory of the so-called reformists and now the restoration of a tailor made presidency to consolidate the regime, portray something similar...
Supreme Leader of Iran
The Coming Sanctions Battle Over Iran’s New President
What good does it do to feign accountability over Raisi but offer impunity and financial access to a regime that has employed and promoted men like Raisi to the heights of political power?
Op-eds
Redefining Iran’s Role in its Latest ‘Shadow War’ Against Israel
As Iran works to make its proxies more militarily self-sufficient, opportunities for weapons interception will be reduced and claims of attribution against Tehran will become harder.
Op-eds
Saudi Arabia
The Failing State of Lebanon
Episode 60
Foreign Podicy
Iran’s supreme leader releases anti-Israel ‘final solution’ poster
The picture shows a conquered Jerusalem with photos of the late Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp Quds Force leader Qassem Soleimani.
Op-eds
Tehran Can Afford to Fight COVID-19 Even Without Sanctions Relief
The Iranian government is leading an international campaign to pressure the United States to lift sanctions. American and European negotiators of the ill-fated Iran nuclear deal, along with dozens of pressure...
Insights
Torture TV
The Case for Sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s State-Run Media
Monographs
Khamenei’s New Appointment Tests White House Sanctions Policy
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed Parviz Fattah on Monday to lead the Mostazafan Founda...
Policy Briefs
New Sanctions May Deal Heavy Blow to Supreme Leader’s Business Empire
President Trump issued a new executive order last week that mandated sanctions on Supreme Leader Ali Khame...
Policy Briefs
New Iran Sanctions Present a Serious Long-Term Challenge to the Regime
The Trump administration imposed new sanctions on Iran’s supreme leader, the Supreme Leader’s...
Policy Briefs
Merkel allows al-Quds Day march amid rising Jew-hatred
Hezbollah participates in event calling for Israel’s destruction.
Op-eds
U.S.–designated terrorist Soleimani gets Iran’s highest military honor
On Monday, Iran's Supreme Leader and Commander-in-Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...
Op-eds
Zarif’s resignation likely a strategic move to deflect Iran deal criticism
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani formally rejected Foreign Minister Mohammad ...
Op-eds
Midterm Assessment: Saudi Arabia
Profiles of Iranian Repression
Architects of Human Rights Abuse in the Islamic Republic
Monographs
Iran’s supreme leader torpedoed his country’s best chance to get off the terror financing blacklist
Iran's own Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, may have just torpedoed his own country's campaign to be removed from the blacklist of states who cannot or will not prevent money lau...
Op-eds
Australia must not be duped into softening its stance on Iran
China and North Korea topped the list of mutual security concerns last week when Malcolm Turnbull met US President Donald Trump in Washington. The meetings were widely viewed as positive...
Op-eds
The terrorist A-Team
Fifteen years ago, deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage called Hezbollah the “A-Team of terrorists.” He...
Op-eds
How Canada should respond to the Iranian protests
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians are protesting in cities across the country. At the time of writing, Iranian security forces have killed at least 21 protesters, and hundreds have been arrested....