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What Would a U.S. Military Invasion of Iran Look Like?
Summary: The article explores the complexities and potential consequences of a hypothetical U.S. military campaign aimed at regime change in Iran. Highlighting the strategic challenges of invasion and occupation, it...
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: What Makes Iran’s IRGC Forces So Dangerous?
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s leadership functions to preserve and export the country’s revolutionary principles. Its premiere asset in chasing this objective is the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, commonly abbreviated...
Prosecute Hamas Funders as Accessories to Murder
As Palestinian rockets rain down on Israel this week, killing indiscriminately and terrorizing the population, there are reports worldwide of demonstrations celebrating the slaughter of Israel’s citizens. Perhaps none more...
Wagner Group and the IRGC: The Rise of Self-Sustaining Military Proxies
The lessons-learned doctrine from the war in Ukraine is yet to be written, but the conflict has clearly demonstrated how paramilitary forces, such as Russia’s Wagner Private Military Company (better...
Hezbollah Financier Arrested as Lebanon Teeters Toward Collapse
The arrest of a “global terrorist” and financial supporter of Hezbollah in Romania on February 24 exemplifies the lengths the Lebanese militant group will go to insulate itself from U.S....
America Should Follow Israel’s Lead on Iran
For years, Iran’s rockets, missiles, and drones have terrorized the Middle East and, more recently, Ukraine. With its recent attacks on multiple Iranian military interests, including reportedly targeting a meeting...
Have Iran’s Protesters Won Against the Regime?
As the women-led protests sparked by the killing of Mahsa Amini by Iran’s infamous morality police begin to quiet down, it is not clear what the protests can actually achieve...
Soleimani’s Legacy: Corruption at Home, Death and Destruction Abroad
Three years after the death of Qasem Soleimani, the notorious commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards-Quds Force (IRGC-QF), the Islamic Republic continues to invoke his “martyrdom” for its malign and...
‘Adopt’ an Iranian Political Prisoner to Save a Life
Three months into the latest round of protests in Iran, at least 100 protesters are at risk of execution. The Islamic Republic of Iran has already executed four protesters and arrested...
Do Not Be Fooled: Iran Has No Intention of Reforming Itself
The Islamic Republic of Iran is at war with its own people. The death of Mahsa Amini triggered some of the most serious demonstrations against the theocracy since 1979. The...
What Drives Iranian Conduct?
Reports of an increase in clandestine Iranian operations against persons abroad—including, but not limited to, exiled Iranian dissidents—will naturally feed the most disparaging images of Iran. Such images commonly feature...
By Not Enforcing Sanctions, Biden Helps Khamenei and Hurts Iranians
The Biden administration’s failure to fully enforce its sanctions against Iran is helping the Islamist regime in Tehran survive an unprecedented challenge to its authority while it doubles down on...