The latest reshuffle of Iran’s government looks less like renewal than a game of musical chairs among regime veterans. Islamic Republic Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, whose status and capacity to...
Tehran faced two rounds of new U.S. sanctions in as many days. On July 29 and July 30, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued back-to-back sanctions targeting the...
On June 18, the Islamic Republic’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who succeeded his father, issued a statement on the recent memorandum of understanding between Washington...
The Islamic Republic can absorb air and missile strikes but cannot withstand economic collapse. Yet it risks such a collapse if it does not budge. President Donald Trump rejected Tehran’s proposal...
After Donald Trump announced an extension of the US ceasefire with Iran on April 21, Tehran refused to take an official position on the state of the ceasefire, denied it had agreed to any extension, and...
A state with public backing does not flood its cities with checkpoints, expand executions and shut down the internet.
After 39 days of fighting between the United States and Israel on one side and Iran on the other, the US and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire. While there are conflicting reports regarding...
The joint U.S.-Israeli campaign has eliminated the Islamic Republic’s former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, and his son and successor Mojtaba has yet to appear publicly. However, the regime remains intact. The...
Regime officials in Tehran are playing musical chairs with vacant positions. Israel’s elimination of Ali Larijani on March 16 has left Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) in the hands of...
Over decades, Iran proved itself adept at fertilizing the lies that reside at the heart of anti-Zionist ideology, turning them into common-sense notions among adherents.
The Islamic Republic has been severely degraded, but it will continue to pose a threat to the Gulf.
The US campaign against Iran has continued to degrade the Islamic Republic’s military capacity, with thousands of targets struck, including missile infrastructure, air defenses, drone systems, and naval...
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on March 17 that the Jewish state “eliminated” Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and speculated to be the...
The U.S. is hoping for regime change in Iran, but what could happen if the Islamic Republic survives?
Guess who that’s making angry
The joint US and Israeli operation entered its second day, with American forces targeting command-and-control centers, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) headquarters, air defense systems, ballistic...
Iran has ramped up military provocations against US forces in the Middle East as nuclear negotiations loom, with regime officials sending mixed signals on uranium enrichment while refusing to discuss missile...
Repairing it is essential if we’re to win the current cold war
Ali Larijani likely regards himself as a principled man. As the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, he remains a loyal foot soldier of the Islamic Republic, boasting a lifetime...