Supreme leader

September 18, 2024 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Iran Is Using Foreign Islamic Centers to Spread Terror and Hatred; the World Must Close Them

Last month, Germany announced that it would deport Mohammed Mofatteh, the former director of Hamburg’s Shi’a Islamic Center, which local authorities had ordered shut down five weeks earlier for propagating extremism, and for its financial links to Hezbollah. ...

August 2, 2024 | Janatan Sayeh |

Haniyeh’s Death in Tehran Shows Iranian Role in Hamas’ Warfare

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh spent the final hours before his assassination in a Tehran safehouse that belongs to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)...

July 25, 2024 | |

Germany Closes Islamic Center Due to Iran and Hezbollah Ties

Berlin shut down the Islamic Center Hamburg (IZH) due to its ties with Iran and Hezbollah and its promotion of radical Islamism, the German Interior Ministry said on July 24. Acting...

June 3, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Is Hezbollah beginning to anticipate IDF’s responses?

The Alma Research and Education Center: "Hezbollah attacks doubled in May."

April 10, 2024 | |

Israel Strikes Syrian Army Position Used by Hezbollah Terrorists

The Israeli military struck a Syrian Army position used by Hezbollah on April 9 in southern Syria, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. Israel carried out the strike based on precise...

April 10, 2024 | |

Israel to Iran: Any Direct Attack Will Be Answered in Kind

Israeli officials warned Iran on April 10 that it would come under retaliation for any direct attack against Israel. Blaming Israel for an April 1 strike that killed two Islamic...

April 8, 2024 | |

Israel Eliminates Hezbollah Terror Commander

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) eliminated a senior commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force on April 8. The IDF said that “fighter jets struck and eliminated Ali Ahmed Hassin,...

April 4, 2024 | |

Israel on Alert for Iranian Strikes After Damascus Blast

Latest Developments Israel reinforced its air defenses on April 3 amid threats from Tehran to avenge the killing of senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officers in Damascus. The IDF announced...

April 3, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: April 3, 2024

Today’s Issue: IDF Chief of Staff: Deaths of Gaza Aid Workers a Mistake, Incident Is Being Investigated | IDF Makes 20 Arrests in Overnight West Bank Operations | IDF Continues Operations in Al-Amal...

April 2, 2024 | |

Iran’s Supreme Leader Threatens to Punish Israel After Syria Airstrike

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on April 2 threatened to retaliate against Israel for killing Iranian military leaders in an airstrike in Damascus. In a statement...

January 3, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iranian media vows retaliation to Israeli killing of Saleh al-Arouri

Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri was born in 1966 and detained in the 1990s by Israel. He eventually left prison and moved to Turkey before migrating to Qatar and Lebanon.

February 7, 2022 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran ‘sham’ trial of California resident sparks allegations that world powers have abandoned him

Iranian regime 'scapegoating an innocent man' over bombing allegations, Jamshid Sharmahd's daughter says

November 17, 2021 | Mark Dubowitz, Matthew Zweig

Virginia elections show that Biden needs a bipartisan approach to Iran

Excerpt Elections have consequences. Republican victories in the Virginia governor’s race and House of Delegates, along with an unexpectedly tight gubernatorial race in New Jersey, don’t just signal...

June 9, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

US-based Iranian professor under fire for hiding facts about 1988 massacre

Several activists and human rights organizations have launched a campaign against Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, Iran’s former ambassador to the United Nations who now serves as a professor at Oberlin College...

May 15, 2021 | Anthony Ruggiero |

Joe Biden’s Iran Policy Is One Giant Nuclear Mistake

The United States is at an inflection point. Now is the time to reverse course.

January 13, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

Biden’s choice

His mission should be to heal the nation, not bring the nation to heel

December 30, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

Came the Islamic Revolution

The theocrats who seized power in Iran are still widely misunderstood

October 29, 2020 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Maj. Shane “Axl” Praiswater

Iran puts air defense assets on display

The Islamic Republic has concluded a massive air defense drill showcasing select surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), launchers, radars, and command-and-control equipment. While analysts and policymakers have...

October 22, 2020 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Erielle Davidson

Hassan Rouhani wants the US to surrender, but the pressure is on Tehran

“Surrender.” That’s the only option Iranian President Hassan Rouhani offered America during his (now forgotten) virtual address to the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)...

October 19, 2020 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

The IRGC runs for high office in Tehran

It’s not every day that a former hostage-taker and a man essential to the founding of a designated terrorist organization throws his hat into the ring for president, not even in the Islamic Republic of...