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Michael Segall

IDF Lt.-Col. (ret.) Michael (Mickey) Segall, an expert on strategic issues with a focus on Iran, terrorism, and the Middle East, is a senior analyst at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and at Acumen Risk Advisors.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei hosts Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ziyad al-Nakhalah in Tehran, June 14, 2023. Source: Twitter.

Khamenei pushes to arm Palestinians in Judea and Samaria

Every attack in Gaza or Judea and Samaria reinforces Iran's determination to implement the Supreme Leader’s call to arm Palestinian terror factions.

June 22, 2023

Three Sa'ar 5 class missile corvettes of the Israeli Navy cruise off the shore of Israel during a 2021 training exercise. Credit: IDF Photo/Flickr via Wikimedia Commons.

The Iranian naval threat expands

The Revolutionary Guards’ navy has moved into the Red Sea and Mediterranean region

July 10, 2022

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Iranian protests continue and are shaking the unity of the conservative camp

Political, economic and social unrest is worrying the mullahs’ regime.

June 26, 2022

The Heron medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial system (UAS) for strategic and tactical missions. Credit: Israeli Aerospace Industries.

Iran is developing preemptive-strike capabilities

Its cutting-edge drones and cruise missiles are intended for attacks abroad.

May 31, 2022

Mass popular protests taking place across Iran in the summer of 2021. Source: Twitter.

Demonstrations erupt across Iran amid a sharp rise in food prices

Regime change is again on the agenda, but the government has thus far suppressed the protests.

May 23, 2022

A “Simorgh” rocket is launched during the official opening of Imam Khomeini National Space Base in northern Iran, on July 27, 2017. Credit: Tasnim news agency via Wikimedia Commons.

With Vienna talks stalled, Iran speeds ahead with its space program

The Islamic Republic is preparing to launch a satellite into space via a ballistic missile.

December 16, 2021

The Nile River, Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea, contrasted by the desert nations of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel and Jordan, as seen from the International Space Station, June 19, 2019. Credit: NASA.

Despite Iran-Saudi talks, reconciliation is not on the cards

While Riyadh and Tehran from time to time present a semblance of attempting to improve relations, beneath the surface yawns the gaping historical and religious chasm between them.

October 18, 2021