From calls to maximize military leverage in the Strait of Hormuz and expand missile and drone capabilities to promises of ending the “neither war nor peace” situation, conflicting messages...
Oil export restrictions, European banking measures, warnings over nuclear verification, and calls to designate the Houthis as a terrorist organization are narrowing Tehran’s economic...
Intensifying factional infighting, daily executions, and the dilemma between war and negotiations expose a deeper crisis of legitimacy that proposals for a “Third Republic”...
A brief official statement placed the war, military capabilities, internal cohesion, and continued street mobilization at the center of the leadership’s agenda, offering clues...
An article published by Responsible Statecraft, titled “How the UAE and MEK weaponize AI to spread propaganda,” offers another example of how allegations against...
Mounting condemnation from Europe, Gulf states, Lebanon, and the wider Islamic world exposes the costs of Tehran’s regional aggression and domestic repression. Sustained international...
Iran regime's president acknowledges the dangers of economic collapse and public disillusionment as security institutions dominate oil revenues and deepen the crisis facing ordinary...
Impeachment battles, public attacks, and disputes over diplomacy expose the competing interests dividing Iran’s ruling establishment, while fear of another popular uprising shapes its...
Mohammad-Reza Bahonar’s remarks on generational change, declining trust in state media, and mounting uncertainty expose the widening gap between Iran’s ruling establishment and a...
Mojtaba Khamenei’s claims of global supremacy, millions of “self-sacrificing” supporters, and nationwide military readiness reveal the widening gap between regime propaganda and the realities...
Escalating attacks on negotiators, diplomatic outreach, and even former officials expose widening divisions inside the regime under Mojtaba Khamenei.
Political developments at the beginning of...
Diplomatic isolation, restrictions on regional access, and mounting pressure on the IRGC are exposing the vulnerabilities behind the Iran regime’s decades-long strategy of projecting...
