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October 3, 2024Islamic Republic Launches Nearly 200 Ballistic Missiles at Israel
Tehran launched an unprecedented ballistic missile attack against Israel on Tuesday, indiscriminately firing approximately 180 missiles towards Israeli cities. With assistance…
September 17, 2024Tehran Arms Russia, Eyes Nuclear Advancement
On September 10, Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder confirmed that the Islamic Republic of Iran delivered several short range ballistic missiles SRBM to the Russian…
September 15, 2024Biden-Harris Administration Stalls on MAHSA Act
Today, September 16, marks the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s murder, which sparked the largest anti government protests in the 45 year history of the Islamic Republic of…
September 14, 2024Interactive Iran Protest Timeline
In recent years the Islamic Republic has been shaken by nationwide protests demanding freedom and democracy. These uprisings, often viewed as isolated episodes, are in fact part…
August 25, 2024Fifty Iranian Activists Write a Letter to President Biden Asking for Help...Again
Written by Visiting Fellow Vafa Fanaii At the onset of the Biden administration, a group of Iranian activists wrote a letter to President Biden, drawing attention to the pro…
August 8, 2024IR Influence Centers in the UK Flow Chart
The Islamic Republic in Iran has compiled a vast and intricate network of influence centers throughout Europe, specifically within the UK where there are a wide variety of…
August 4, 2024Hamas Political Bureau Chairman Ismail Haniyeh Eliminated in Tehran
On July 31, 2024, at around 2:00am, Hamas Political Bureau Chairman Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran. The incident occurred during his visit for the Iranian presidential…
August 1, 2024Crime and Punishment: the Islamic Republic Version
Written by NUFDI Summer Fellow Armita Hooman Imagine seeing a man holding a bloody knife and a severed head, blood dripping from the blade as he walked around town. What would you…
July 11, 2024Skepticism, Conspiracy Theories, and the Gap Between the Iranian State and Nation
Throughout the last week, Persian Twitter has been a hotbed of opinions and videos dissecting the officially announced results of the Islamic Republic's election. Despite the…
July 8, 2024Iran’s New President is No Moderate
Originally published in masoud pezeshkian not reformer/ . Just weeks after the last Iranian president raisi/ died in a hillside helicopter crash, the international media’s focus…
June 4, 2024UN Nuclear Agency Board Censures Islamic Republic
The International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA Board of Governors has issued a resolution censuring the Islamic Republic of Iran and demanding its cooperation, including the…
June 2, 2024The Biden Administration Follows in Obama’s Footsteps
On May 21, Senators Chuck Grassley R IA and Ron Johnson R WI revealed in letters sent to the State Department, Justice Department, and FBI, that the Obama era State Department…
May 22, 2024FDD-NUFDI Joint Maximum Support Strategy: A New Direction for U.S. Iran Policy
America’s Iran policy has become increasingly ineffective, partisan, and predictable. Faced with multifaceted and enduring threats from the Islamic Republic, Washington has…
May 21, 2024International Responses to Raisi’s Death: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Co authored with Visiting Fellow Sarah Raviani On Sunday, May 19, Islamic Republic President Ebrahim Raisi died, along with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, in a…
May 12, 2024Iraqi Kurdistan President Barzani Meets Islamic Republic Officials in Tehran
Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government KRG President Nechirvan Barzani met with several senior Islamic Republic officials, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim…
April 27, 2024Congress Leads on Iran Sanctions
Read the full article in the leads on iran sanctions foreign aid package 5796438a Aid to Ukraine and Israel got more attention, but the same package of national security bills…
April 2, 2024Infographic: Correlation Between U.S. Policy & Islamic Republic Escalation
As of October 2024, NUFDI has published an updated version of these infographics here between u s policy islamic republic escalation and economic trends/…
April 2, 2024Norooz is Not About Gaza
In his Norooz message, President Joe Biden congratulated Iranians, including Iranian Americans, on our new year. He pledged to continue to support Iranians in their struggle…
April 1, 2024Iran International Journalist Attacked
The recent assault on Pouria Zeraati, a journalist for London based Iran International, underscores the fears of many that the Islamic Republic may be escalating its campaign…
March 13, 2024Improving the Proposed “Iran Sanctions Enforcement Act”
Subject: Improving the Proposed “Iran Sanction Enforcement Act” From: Navid Mohebbi, Policy Director at National Union for Democracy in Iran Background: Recently, Senators Joni…
March 13, 2024A Letter from Evin Prison: Mahvash Sabet
The Islamic Republic has “Disqualified” us Baha’is from Living When the revolution happened, I was 26 years old, working as the principal of a school in the south of the capital…
March 13, 2024Dignified Diplomacy, Not Capitulation: A Response to Senator Chris Murphy
This week Senator Chris Murphy had something of a tantrum on Twitter when he was faced with backlash to the Biden administration’s recently east/jailed us resident excluded iran…
March 13, 2024The Cost of Complacency: The Islamic Republic Gains as America Steps Back
The Islamic Republic is besting the United States. Over the past two decades, as the American public has tired of engagement in the Middle East after it peaked in response to the…
February 1, 2024Islamic Republic Proxy Attack in Northeast Jordan Kills Three U.S. Troops
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an Islamic Republic proxy militia, conducted a drone attack on a U.S. base at Tower 22 of the Jordanian Defense Network, located in northeast…