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Erfan Fard

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

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps tests a Qadr-110 (also transliterated as Ghadr-110) ballistic missile, which has a range of up to 1,200 miles, March 2016. Credit: Tasnim News Agency via Wikimedia Commons.

What now? The rhetoric of war or the path of regime change

The ongoing conflict is less a war between the people of Iran and Israel, and more a direct consequence of Tehran’s radical and destructive ideologies—a war against civility and peace.

Erfan Fard

April 15, 2024

An Iranian flag over a missile, April 2022. Credit: Mohasseyn/Shutterstock.

Mirage of power: Iran’s global posture and the international imperative

Tehran’s silence following targeted strikes by Israel belies the regime’s capability for retaliation.

Erfan Fard

April 10, 2024

U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines. Source: Office of the Director of National Intelligence

The US intelligence community’s assessment of the Iranian threat

The multifaceted nature of Iran’s aggression demands a comprehensive response strategy.

Erfan Fard

March 13, 2024

Federal Bureau of Investigation J. Edgar Hoover FBI. building in Washington, D.C. Credit: Gianna Song/Shutterstock.

The FBI’s counterterrorism operations against Iran’s terrorist sleeper cells

To secure the homeland, Iran must be prevented from unleashing domestic terror in the United States.

Erfan Fard

March 7, 2024

A protester holds a picture of Mahsa Amini, the Kurdish-Iranian woman whose 2022 death in the custody of Iran’s “morality police” sparked widespread unrest in the Islamic Republic. Source: Twitter.

Iran’s electoral farce is Khamenei’s circus

The regime’s fake “elections” are nothing more than a desperate tyranny’s attempt to hold on to power despite public discontent.

Erfan Fard

Feb. 29, 2024

Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi attends an event in Ramat Gan, Israel, on April 19, 2023. Credit: Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

The urgent need for regime change in Iran

The international community must make a concerted effort to empower the Iranian people.

Erfan Fard

Feb. 18, 2024

U.S. President Joe Biden relaunches the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Feb. 15, 2021. Source: Twitter.

America turns the tables on Iran

The wave of strikes against Iran’s terrorist network shows U.S. resolve to meet the challenge of the regime’s push for regional domination.

Erfan Fard

Feb. 4, 2024

U.S. President Donald Trump and former U.S. Vice President/Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden at the first presidential debate on Sept. 29, 2020. Source: Screenshot.

Trump or Biden must adopt a consistent Iran strategy

As the 2024 presidential election approaches, it is imperative to shift focus from the candidates to the policy frameworks they propose.

Erfan Fard

Jan. 28, 2024

President Jimmy Carter with the Shah of Iran, Nov. 15, 1977. Photo: Marion S. Trikosko/Library of Congress

America’s failure to stop Khomeini’s takeover of Iran in 1979

President Carter and the CIA could not see the danger to American interests presented by the Islamic Republic.

Erfan Fard

Jan. 17, 2024