Regime Change
Iran’s Official Stance on the Treaty Has Not Changed but a Range of Iranian Officials Now Push for a Withdrawal
Iranian Decision-Makers Remain Undecided About the Regime’s Way Out of the Problem, Fearing Another Uprising
Control of the Southern Region’s Oil Fields, Ports, Border Crossings, and Shrine Cities Would Support Militia Autonomy
‘If They Attack the Infrastructures of Our Country, It Is Natural That the Islamic Republic Will ... Destroy Their Assets,’ the Revolutionary Guard Warned
There Have Been Dozens of Incidents for Which Jaysh Al-Adl Has Claimed Credit, and Other Unclaimed Attacks
If the Establishment Saves Both Ministers, It Will Show That the Reformists and Military Are Coalescing Around the Regime
Two Letters Released by the Regime Are Not the Only Claims About Mojtaba’s Condition That Raise Questions
Avenging the Supreme Leader’s Death in the War Is State Policy, and Iranian Media and Officials Reflect It
Trump Could Still Decide to Win the War, Though He Would Need to Defy Opponents from Both Ends of the Spectrum
Ehsan Khandouzi Has Qualities That May Matter More in Tehran than an Ability to Understand Economics
The Regime Has Compiled a List of More than 100 Diaspora Members Who Will Be Allowed to Return to Iran
The Most Conservative Hardliners Worry That the Regime Is Losing Its Islamic Posture
Officials Have Not Said Why a Will Hasn’t Been Made Public, Claiming His Sons Have It, but It’s Unlikely There’s Only One Copy
Iran So Far Has Adapted to the Conditions the United States Has Imposed on It
Each Time Pressure Builds for Proof That He Is Alive, the Regime Produces Another Proof-of-Life Claim
The Islamic Republic Will Worry When It No Longer Can Pay Its Security Forces
Six Appointments Show an Architecture Built Around Institutional Memory, Loyalty, and Coercive Power Is Taking Place
Zolghadr Had Ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, but Was Primarily Involved with Domestic Suppression
If the World Withdraws, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Will Consider It a Green Light to Purge Those Who Resist Its Vision