Iran
Iranian Operatives in Los Angeles Engage in Activities from Money Laundering to Harassment of Anti-Regime Protesters
Iraq’s Continued Subordination to Iran Is a Direct Threat to Gulf Cooperation Council Security and to U.S. Interests
Iran Is Turning the Continent Into a Lucrative Market and a Potential Forward Assembly Zone for Its Asymmetric Arsenal
Hardliners Normally Are the Last Men Standing, and Trump Should Grant Their Wish to Fight to the Death
Some Observers Say Trump’s Extended Ceasefire Reflects a Fragile Stalemate in Which neither Side Wants to Resume War nor Compromise
Military Pressure, Economic Contraction, and Industrial Disruption May Push Iran Toward Significant Concessions
The Strait’s Closure Reveals the Dangers of Politicizing Vital Maritime Chokepoints for the Global Trading System
Recovery Will Not Be Simply a Return to the Old Model, Now That Gulf States Are Diversifying Their Energy and Economies
As the Islamic Republic Faces Crisis at Home, It Seeks to Assert Tighter Control over an Increasingly Vocal Iranian Diaspora in the West
Faces Pressures from the Naval Blockade, Which Affects Its Imports of Essential Goods and Export of Oil
The Balance Between Clerical Authority and Military Power May No Longer Be What It Once Was
The U.N. Economic and Social Council Has Just Appointed Iran to the Committee for Programme and Coordination
America and Israel Can Win This War on the Condition That They Understand It’s Not One Linear Movement
Iran’s Energy Weakness Could Become Its Strategic Breaking Point
Several Radical Figures Continue to Promote Hardline, Anti-American Positions That Undercut Diplomatic Signaling
The Regime Deliberately Unravels Nation-States from Within, To Reassemble According to Loyalties That Answer to Tehran
Iran’s Hardliners Have Accused the Negotiating Team of Treason for Reportedly Agreeing to Some U.S. Demands
Either Trump Made Optimistic Assumptions or He Embarrassed Tehran by Claiming What Essentially Amounted to an Iranian Surrender
The Iranian-Backed Militias Sudani Defends Are Parasites Upon the Iraqi Economy and the Country’s Sovereignty