Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Chronicle of a death foretold: A very Iranian murder
The assassination was a warning to President Hassan Rouhani from the Revolutionary Guard. It should also serve as a warning to those in the West who blinded by Rouhani’s electoral victory think his power in Iran is unopposed
- 15 November 2013
Victim complex redux: Iran's fake anger
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei delivered his speech on the occasion of “the national day for the struggle against World Arrogance [the United States]”, making the 1953 coup the main theme of the commemoration of the US embassy siege
- 5 November 2012
Khamenei's defiance: An attempt to hide deep divisions
Khamenei's stance may be defiant in the face of international sanctions, but he's having difficulties persuading his fellow clerics of it
- 15 October 2012
Disputed chain of command: Conflict at the helm of Iran's Revolutionary Guards?
Breaches in the chain of command of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps have created tensions which could prove disastrous for the cohesion of the IRGC as a military force
- 1 October 2012
Death in Damascus: Is Iran’s Major General Qassem Suleimani dead?
The status of Major General Qassem Sileimani has been unclear ever since the July 18th, 2012 bombing in Damascus which killed some of Assad's top aides. Is Suleimani dead?
- 25 September 2012
Muslim rage: On power politics and envy in the Islamic world
Those who want to escape their misery must abandon their murderous envy and struggle for liberal democracy and capitalism. After all, this is what has made the West free and prosperous
- 17 September 2012
Desperation in Damascus, panic in Tehran
The more desperate the situation in Damascus, the more Tehran panics, distancing itself further away
- 23 August 2012
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