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Erfan Fard

Erfan Fard is a counter-terrorism analyst and Middle East Studies researcher based in Washington, D.C.

What has happened inside the White House that “destroying and changing the regime in Tehran” remains taboo?
Can Washington translate military success into a durable outcome, or will Tehran survive by exploiting political hesitation?
When embassies become instruments of terror, Western governments must take action.
Facing pressure abroad and the threat of revolt at home, Tehran may see escalation against America and Israel as its last escape route.
Is the U.S. intelligence community prepared to foil a plot before people are killed?
The greatest intelligence failure would not be missing Iran’s collapse. It would be failing to prepare for what comes afterward.
Its modern political history can be traced to the revolutionary upheaval of 1979, and its unfinished center remains the system created in Tehran.
Deconstructing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Iran’s asymmetric war on the American front.
The language of Iran’s rulers reveals a regime preparing not to resolve the causes of unrest, but to survive the moment when Iranian society erupts again.
The new military hierarchy under Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei doesn’t show a government preparing for reform. It shows a regime struggling to survive.
Washington’s indecision and strategic confusion are forcing CENTCOM—and, more broadly, the CIA—to rethink its approach to the Islamic regime.
Perhaps the strategic convergence between the Mossad and the CIA will encourage the U.S. president and his administration to act with greater resolve against Tehran.