Ardavan Khoshnood
ARTICLES BY: Ardavan Khoshnood
The Dangerous Security Implications of the Iran-China Deal
The implications of the newly signed Sino-Iranian deal go beyond economics. The deal also covers security matters pertaining to intelligence and military cooperation that provide...
Iran Is a Threat to Swedish National Security
The Swedish Security Service, Säkerhetspolisen, publishes an annual yearbook containing information on its most important areas of operation: counter-intelligence, counter-subversion, counter-terrorism, protective security, and dignitary...
Was the Deputy Head of the Iranian Quds Force Assassinated?
On Sunday, April 18, the media arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), "Sepah News," announced the death of Brigadier General Muhammad Hosseinzadeh Hejazi,...
The Attack on Natanz and the JCPOA
On April 11, 2021, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) announced that its Natanz nuclear facility had had an accident that caused a blackout. A...
Amid Israeli and US Victories, Russia and Iran Sign an Intelligence Pact
The Islamic Republic of Iran has an extensive and complex intelligence apparatus. Its two most important intelligence institutions are the Ministry of Intelligence (MOI) and...
Iran Is Using Violence to Put Pressure on Biden
On Monday, February 15, several rockets were fired at Erbil International Airport in northern Iraq. Information is still scarce, but it is known that at...
An Arrest in the US Shows Iran’s Influence in the West
On January 19, 2021, one day before the inauguration of Joe Biden as president, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that the FBI had...
The Real Dangers of Lifting Sanctions on Iran
In 2018, President Donald Trump announced that the US was withdrawing from the 2015 JCPOA nuclear deal with the Islamic regime in Iran and reintroducing strict...
What Will Happen When Supreme Leader Khamenei Dies?
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ali Khamenei, took office in 1989. He is now 81, and rumors about his declining health...
Iran’s Killing Machine: Political Assassinations by the Islamic Regime
It was recently revealed that the Iranian regime was planning to assassinate the US ambassador to South Africa. Tehran denied any such plans, but a...
Who Will Be Iran’s Next President?
The Islamic Republic of Iran will hold its presidential election on June 18, 2021. Although the election is in fact more of a selection, the...
The Assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: What Are the Iranian Regime’s Options?
On Friday, November 27, 2020, at 18:17 Iranian local time, the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MDAFL) of the Islamic Republic of Iran...
The Al-Masri Assassination: Another Iranian Intelligence Failure
On Friday, August 7, 2020, at around 9:00 p.m., shots were heard in the prosperous Pasdaran district of Tehran. Two individuals on a motorcycle had...
The 1988 Massacres Still Haunt the Islamic Regime in Iran
The Shah of Iran left the country in January 1979 after the Islamic revolution. A month later, the leader of the revolution, Aytaollah Ruhollah Khomeini,...
