Posts Tagged: Iran United States
The Middle East: 45 Years After the Shah, the US’ Crucial Role in Seeking Stability
Forty-five years have passed in Iran since the departure of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, a juncture that profoundly reshaped the Middle East. Today, as the region...
The US Must Reduce Iranian Influence in Iraq
A significant part of the Iranian regime’s strategy is to exert overriding influence over Iraq’s politics, economy, and military. This provides Iran with a land corridor...
Iran’s Proxy War in Israel
On January 26, 2023, Israel eliminated a Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) cell in the heart of Jenin, including a leader of the organization’s Jenin Brigade,...
Iran’s Threat to Iraq Is a Threat to the US
The annual threat assessment released in April by the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence states that “Iran will remain a regional menace...
Iran Is Using Charities and Humanitarian Groups to Export Its Revolution
JNS.org - A new report that maps out the ways in which Iran’s overseas elite unit, the Quds Force, operates in Syria under various guises,...
Iran’s Lawfare in Europe Normalizes Its Geopolitical Strategy
In the months following the killing of Qassem Soleimani in January, Iran has employed a combination of lawfare, aggressive diplomacy, and non-violent active measures in...
Iran Is a Mess, but This Creates Strategic Opportunities for Israel
JNS.org - The Islamic Republic of Iran has solidified its position as the greatest threat to the world with a confluence of belligerent policies and...
Soleimani’s Death Opens Door to Alternative Security Arrangements in the Gulf
In line with an Iranian plan launched at last year’s UN General Assembly by president Hassan Rouhani that calls for a security architecture that would exclude...
Ending the US-Iran Impasse Requires Face-to-Face Negotiations
Even a cursory review of the turmoil sweeping the Middle East points to Iran as one of the main culprits behind most of the conflicts...
Appeasing Iran Isn’t an Option
JNS.org - Early last week, Tehran announced its intention to enrich uranium above the level permitted by the nuclear deal to which it is a...
Under Siege, Iran Reverts to Its Old Tricks
JNS.org - It is doubtful that officials in Tehran feel like popping open a bottle of champagne following reports that America called off a retaliatory...
Why Are Leading European Countries Helping Iran?
In an extraordinarily blunt speech at the US-hosted Middle East conference in Poland, Vice President Mike Pence lashed out at some of America’s closest allies...
Betting on the Wrong Horse? US — and Iranian Hardliners — Spin Anti-Government Protests
For Iranian hardliners, the joker in the pack is what US President Donald Trump decides to do with the 2015 international agreement that put curbs...
Iran’s Presidential Candidates Fiddle as the Economy Burns
In the third and last debate before Iran’s May 19 presidential election, all six candidates said that the country's economy was in ruins. “Iran’s economy is headed toward collapse,”...
