Reza Parchizadeh
ARTICLES BY: Reza Parchizadeh
Afghanistan’s Woes Will Haunt America
The beginning of Afghanistan’s miseries, which led to the disastrous rise of the extremist Taliban and is turning the failed state into a major threat...
Israel’s Approach to Iran: The Netanyahu Revolution
The premiership of Benjamin Netanyahu has finally come to an end. The revolution he started in terms of Israel’s strategic approach to Iran, however, will...
There Can Never Be Peace With Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps
When Ali Khamenei was appointed Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, he knew he lacked Khomeini’s charisma. He needed the power of the military to...
Iran’s ‘Look to the East’ — and Dark Ties with China and Russia — Precludes Any Deal with the West
In late March, news of the conclusion of a 25-year Iran-China strategic agreement shook the world and caused a sensation inside Iran. The Islamic Republic...
The Shiite Crescent: The Middle East’s Arc of Crisis
The Shiite Crescent is an imagined geopolitical entity composed of Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. These countries are home to the majority of the...
The Shiite Crescent: The Middle East’s Arc of Crisis
JNS.org - The Shiite Crescent is an imagined geopolitical entity composed of Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. These countries are home to the majority...
Is the Muslim Brotherhood Going to Help Iran Skirt US Sanctions?
The extremist Shiite regime in Iran and the extremist Sunni organization the Muslim Brotherhood share a similarly apocalyptic vision of the world. They both believe...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards: The Anatomy of a State Terrorist Organization
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), better known as the Revolutionary Guards, is the ideologically-driven military force of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This organization...
Iran’s Postmodern Jihad Against the Jews
The approach of the Islamist regime in Iran toward Israel is not based on the materialist cost-benefit analysis common in politics in the West and...
Iran’s Multifarious Network of Influence in the West
JNS.org - The Trump administration placed Mohammad Javad Zarif, the foreign minister of the Islamist regime in Iran, on the US sanctions list a year...
Michel Foucault and Iran’s Ayatollahs
The Islamist regime in Iran has now been firmly in power for over 40 years. The leaders of the regime and those they favor continue...
When the Islamists Are Gone, Israel and Iran Will Let Off Steam Again — on the Soccer Field
May 19, 1968 -- the day Iran and Israel faced off in a major international event -- seems to have been mostly forgotten in the Jewish state. Yet...
A Message to Trump: Russia Is Iran’s Ally, Not Ours
With rumors of Donald Trump's desire for a “reset” with Russia, I am writing to warn the incoming administration against making the same mistake that Obama did about...
What Will Happen to the So-Called Nuclear Deal Under the Trump Administration?
How can we explain Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election? True, he did lose the popular vote, but he won in the Electoral College, and will...