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April 13, 2026Iran at a crossroads: Australia's opportunities and pitfalls
Co authored with Reza Arab. Read the full piece in at a crossroads australias opportunities and pitfalls/ . Over the last few weeks, the Islamist regime in Tehran has expanded the…
April 8, 2026Iran's regime is in its death throes
Read the full piece in defines irans regime signs collapse grow visible/ . A particular kind of behavior emerges when an autocratic regime enters its final spiral. It grows…
April 7, 2026Some opponents of the Islamic Republic are helping it
Co authored with Shay Khatiri Read the full piece in the ghalili/some opponents of the islamic republic are helping it . Calls to help ethnic minorities in Iran are increasing. A…
March 30, 2026Iran is not Venezuela, President Trump, and this man is no moderate
Co authored with Behnam Ben Taleblu Read the full piece in venezuela trump ghalibaf/ . Behnam Ben Taleblu is a senior fellow and senior director of the Foundation for Defense of…
March 27, 2026Anything Short of Regime Change in Iran Would Be a Failure
Co authored with Pouria Hadjibagheri. Read the full piece in short regime change iran would be failure opinion 11742734 . The United States does not negotiate with terrorists: a…
March 6, 2026A safer Middle East is taking shape
Read the full piece in the a safer middle east is taking shape/ . For four decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been the single greatest source of instability in the Middle…
February 18, 2026'No deal with mullahs': Trump must finish the job in Iran
Read the full piece in 886804 . “Help is on the way,” US President Donald Trump promised Iranians a month ago as my people rose in the Lion and Sun Revolution. Ever since, tens of…
February 18, 2026'Our pain hasn't been in vain:' how Iranians are creating a nation beyond the regime
Read the full piece at east/iran eastern states/artc how iranians are creating a nation beyond the regime oped . “Stand firm in what you believe, even if you must stand alone.”…
November 3, 2025Iran’s hijab announcement is a decoy
Read the full op ed in hijab announcement decoy/ . Foreign coverage of often collapses a national struggle for liberation into a single symbol: the mandatory hijab. A few clips…
October 29, 2025Mamdani’s Coalition of Socialists and Islamists Could, Like Tehran’s ‘Red and Black’ Alliance in 1979, Boomerang on Leftists
Read the full article in The New York Sun coalition of socialists and islamists could like tehrans red and black alliance in 1979 boomerang on leftists Modern Iranian history…
July 21, 2025Iran Is Not Iraq, Afghanistan, or Libya
Read the full article in is not iraq afghanistan or libya/ When a government feels the need to repeatedly shut off the internet to silence its own people, it exposes its most…
June 26, 2025After Strikes, Trump Must Provide Maximum Support for Iran’s People
Read the full article in The Hill after strikes trump must provide maximum support for irans people/ Israel’s stated aim in its war with Iran was to “ israel executed strike iran…
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…
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…
September 18, 2023The Latest Biden Iran Deal Is as Bad as You'd Expect
Originally published in National Review latest biden iran deal is as bad as youd expect/ . In June, we wrote here that the administration of President Joe Biden was considering a…
June 26, 2023The Biden Administration’s Reckless Re-engagement with Iran
Originally published in biden administrations reckless re engagement with iran/ . It is often lamented in Washington that protests in Iran happen all the time but eventually…
December 15, 2022How the U.S. Can Put an End to Iran’s Brutal Crackdown
Originally published in us can put end iran’s brutal crackdown 206020 . Last week, the Islamic Republic executed Mohsen Shekari and Majidreza Rahnavard, two twenty three year old…
July 31, 2022Belgium’s Prisoner Swap Deal Will Only Encourage Iranian Terrorism
Originally published by prisoner swap assadollah assadi olivier vandecasteele iran terrorism/ . On July 14, Sweden’s judiciary struck a blow for international justice, when it…
May 19, 2022IRGC deserves to remain on US terrorist list
Originally published by deserves to remain on US terrorist list . In desperation to reach a nuclear deal, so called progressive pressure groups and Democratic members of the…
September 19, 2021Tehran views the rise of the Taliban with both glee and suspicion
Originally published in the views the rise of the taliban with both glee and suspicion/ . The regime in Iran initially welcomed the triumph of the Taliban over the central…
July 19, 2021Iranian Terror Comes to America
Originally published in the biden iran masih alinejad dissident kidnapping attempt brooklyn 11626816030 . The foiled kidnapping plot against activist and journalist Masih…
June 28, 2021Iran's Ebrahim Raisi is Exactly Who You Think He is
Originally published in ebrahim raisi exactly who you think he opinion 1605339 . Politics is complicated. In the Middle East, even more so. The complex countries, performative…
June 2, 2021Why America Should Hope the Regime in Iran Collapses
Originally published in america should hope regime iran collapses 186748 . In Vienna, the American negotiating team is busy snatching defeat from the jaws of victory as the…
May 18, 2021Iran sanctions relief will continue funding the ongoing war in Syria
Originally published in the Atlantic Council's sanctions relief will continue funding the ongoing war in syria/ blog . The leaked audiotape of Islamic Republic Foreign Minister…