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...
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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)...
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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...
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Iran imposes double execution on champion wrestler for peacefully protesting regime
Courts in the Iranian city of Shiraz slapped a champion wrestler with a shocking penalty of two death sentences and whipping for protesting in 2018 against the Islamic Republic of Iran’s disastrous...
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Remember, Iran’s Terror Network Is Global
“They are warriors who have no borders… They are warriors who show their presence wherever needed.” That’s how Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described the Qods Force, the special...
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U.S. Maximum Pressure Campaign Should Target Tehran Stock Exchange and Khamenei’s Business Empire
The office of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei announced last week that additional entities under its control would go public on the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), enabling them to access capital more effectively....
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Where the US-Iran shadow war goes from here
The man once celebrated in Tehran as “the living martyr,” Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, is now just a martyr in the traditional sense. Felled by a U.S. drone strike in Iraq, his life ended in the conflict...
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Nikki Haley, all-American
She’s also a loyal and principled neo-Trumpian, which makes some people angry
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Towards A Bipartisan Iran Protest Policy Playbook
Once again, Iranians have taken to the streets. Spurred initially by cuts in gas subsidies and an increase in petrol prices, up to 100 cities experienced protests, and over 100 people have been killed....
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Iran is pushing Iraq to the brink. Iraqis are fighting back.
Protestors in Iraq are fighting against government corruption and Iran’s malign influence, which is built on hard power, not public good will. Tehran has a lot to lose. “Iran and Iraq are two nations...
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Promotes a Presidential Contender
The supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appointed...
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What’s Next on Tehran’s Nuclear File?
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, vowed he would never renegotiate another nuclear deal after U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the 2015 accord last year. His regime, with encou...
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U.S. bases in Iraq targeted in rocket attacks
US troops in Iraq have been targeted three times in mortars and katyusha rocket strikes since last weekend. The attacks have occurred in the middle of rising tensions between the United States and Ira...
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Thirty years into rule, Khamenei continues centralizing power in Iran
June 4 marks the 30th anniversary of Seyyed Ali K...
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U.S. adds Iranian-backed Shia militia and its leader to list of global terrorists
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The US Must Put Minister of Justice on Sanctions List
In February 2018, as Iran’s clerical regime continued to suppress nationwide protests, Tehran’s minister of justice ...
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Trump shouldn’t give in to Macron’s Iran deal request
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Washington Monday with a seemingly innocuous reque...
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Lawmakers Can Defend Iranian Dissidents and Punish the Revolutionary Guards at the Same Time
There is bipartisan consensus in Congress on the need to support the nonviolent protesters in Iran who are calling for an end to corruption and dictatorship. One important way to protect the prot...
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How the U.S. Can Support Iran’s Anti-Regime Protests
As Iranian authorities brace for a second week of antigovernment protests, the Trump administration is weighing measures to lend support to the demonstrators. ... Behnam...
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Iran’s New Missile Cap Offer Is a Total Sham
Co-authored by Richard Goldberg. Last week, the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...