The Iranian Connection
Tracing Tehran's ties to the Houthis, Hamas, and Hezbollah.
Pierre James, Suha Hassen
· 16 min read
Iran
A collection of 91 posts
Why Iran is the Key to Peace in the Middle East
Many Iranians perceive Israel as a potential ally in their struggle against Islamic oppression.
Armin Navabi
· 10 min read
Shadows No More
A new book examines Israel’s mounting campaign to check Iran.
Brian Stewart
· 7 min read
Justice in Stockholm
Thirty-four years after the massacre of political prisoners in Iran, the conviction of Hamid Noury in Sweden has been a victory for accountability and for the truth.
Roya Hakakian
· 19 min read
Will It Be Different This Time?
It is starting to look like a question of when, not if, the Islamic Republic of Iran will fall.
Brian Stewart
· 9 min read
The Great Cover-Up
Islamists used a religious lie to crush Mahsa Amini, but women can win this war.
Asra Q. Nomani
· 9 min read
Roya Hakakian and How to Speak About What No One Wants to Hear
The combined threats against Roya Hakakian and Masih Alinejad suggest a broader policy of violence and intimidation on the part of the Islamic Republic and its operatives in the United States.
Paul Berman
· 35 min read
The End of the Islamic Republic of Iran?
The regime is a victim of its own fanaticism, corruption, and incompetence.
Shay Khatiri
· 7 min read
The Fall of Beirut
Calling Hezbollah merely a terror group is too simplistic, and nothing in Lebanon is ever simple or easy to explain.
Art Keller
· 11 min read
How Iran’s Dictators Laid the Foundation for the Country's Coronavirus Crisis
While the disease itself is, of course, an apolitical phenomenon, Iran’s repressive, theocratic political system has played a role in the especially high toll that coronavirus is taking on the Iranian people.
Shay Khatiri
· 6 min read
How Long Before the Regime Falls in Iran?
Opposition to the regime is not just to be found in the clergy. It is wide and deep but also unfocused.
Art Keller
· 12 min read
Iran’s Fawning Western Apologists
Many Western leftists repeated the Ayatollahs’ talking points.
Kaveh Shahrooz
· 5 min read
PODCAST 66: Alireza Nader on the Political Unrest in Iran and the Regime's Brutal Crackdown
Quillette, Jonathan Kay
· 1 min read
Iran Protests: It's not about Gas Prices
The protests went on for a few weeks, until the regime successfully repressed them with a violent crackdown, but economic conditions only worsened.
Shay Khatiri
· 8 min read
The West's Betrayal of Iranian Dissidents
Iranians who yearn for democracy and an open, prosperous society at peace with the world are met with overwhelming indifference from the West’s media and political leaders.
Mariam Memarsadeghi
· 10 min read