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Farhad Rezaei

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

Lifting sanctions will not empower Iranian protesters

The West should strengthen targeted sanctions and fund striking workers instead.

Farhad Rezaei

April 11, 2023

An Iranian Saegheh-2 drone on display at the Eqtedar 40 defense exhibition in Tehran, Feb. 5, 2019. Credit: Hossein Mersadi/Wikimedia Commons.

Iranian drones are reshaping the security situation in the Middle East

Lifting sanctions on Tehran without addressing this threat will only enable the regime to use massive resources to fund and smuggle drones to its terror proxies in the region.

Farhad Rezaei

January 17, 2022

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Feb. 6, 2016. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

The implications of a military figure as president of Iran

Facing elections in 2021, some in Iran argue that a military figure at the helm could turn the country around, but the supreme leader will prove a formidable obstacle.

Farhad Rezaei and Jason M. Brodsky

December 13, 2020

An Iranian ballistic-missile test in October 2015. Credit: Mohammad Agah via Wikimedia Commons.

New developments in Iran’s ballistic-missile program

Proving Iran’s peaceful intentions is difficult because ballistic missiles can be used in both a defensive and an offensive capacity, not to mention that a cost-benefit analysis does not justify mounting conventional payloads on long-range missiles.

Farhad Rezaei

March 13, 2019

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Iran and the Taliban: A tactical alliance?

Iran is sending a message to Washington and Kabul that if its concerns are not addressed, it can sabotage any attempt at a permanent peace in Afghanistan.

Farhad Rezaei

January 15, 2019

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (left) with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Cracedit: Wikimedia Commons.

Debate in Tehran: Stay with or leave the nuclear deal?

A review of Farsi media outlets indicates that President Hassan Rouhani and his followers believe that Tehran should remain because “the cost of leaving the deal is too high for the country.”

Farhad Rezaei

December 23, 2018

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