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Whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump: Both Will Need to Get Tough on Iran
As Kamala Harris and Donald J. Trump vie for the presidency, they embody contrasting visions for America’s role on the world stage. Both candidates must define a pragmatic path for...
Inside Iran’s Quds Day Celebration of October 7
In April, the Islamic Republic of Iran once again marked the last Friday of the month of Ramadan as Quds Day. Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the Iranian regime and...
Iran—Iraq’s Unavoidable Neighbor and America’s Bitter Pill
One of the most ironic and adverse strategic outcomes of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was the elimination of Saddam Hussein’s Baathist regime and the subsequent empowerment of a...
VIDEO: Iran in the Wake of President Raisi’s Demise
Who are potential candidates to succeed Raisi, and what could the Guardian Council do to restrict the field? How could Raisi’s succession affect the relationships between other political and economic...
U.S. Presidential Elections Loom Over the Iranian Rial
On March 25, 2024, as Iranians celebrated Nowruz (Persian New Year), the black market rate of the Iranian rial plunged to a record low. Despite sanctions relief and infusions of...
Tehran’s Retaliation Logic
On April 13, Iran launched an aerial strike against Israel, retaliating for an Israeli attack on its embassy in Damascus, which resulted in the deaths of multiple senior IRGC commanders,...
What’s in It for Iran?
No sooner had Hamas conducted its spectacular raid against Israel than the eyes of the whole world turned to the Islamic Republic of Iran. The shock of the incursion into...
Has the Iranian Government Lost Control Over the Protests?
Reports indicate that Irian is deploying its proxy forces to assist its coercive apparatus in cracking down on protesters. Some observers described this as a psychological warfare tactic to deter...
Iranian Journalists Call for Release of Arrested Colleagues
More than 300 Iranian journalists published an open letter on Sunday calling for the release of their colleagues, who were arrested by the country’s security forces while covering the widespread...
Payback: Biden Orders Airstrikes Against Iran-Linked Targets in Syria
The U.S. military has confirmed that it conducted airstrikes in Deir ez-Zor, Syria, on Tuesday that targeted infrastructure deemed to be used by groups with ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard...