Long-term political consequences could be even more serious for the US and its allies than the uselessness of their...

Is Iran catching up with the trend of censorship outsourcing and using Persian Wikipedia towards this end?

Rumors about Rami Makhlouf’s asset seizures might be signaling divisions between Russia and Iran in Syria.

Is it 2003 all over again – but with Iran and Iraq on the same side this time?

Are Boris and Donald the new Blair and Bush? Movements of the UK’s handful of destroyers suggest they might be.

Nothing other than direct talks can offer a prospect for a solution to the crisis.

In the 1980s Iran learned its frigates were no match for the US Navy. But its many small, nimble attack craft can...

Oil’s enduring sway in U.S. policy in the Middle East

Power vacuums in the Pentagon as a pattern of attacks across the Middle East look suspiciously like a demonstration...

Iran could turn to asymmetric warfare if it lost its primary armed forces; and the British couldn’t but help US...

History suggests that attempts to exclude such regional powers produce instability, or worse.

The Revolutionary Guards are “Iran’s military-industrial complex”, and Trump’s provocations only make them stronger.

The sanctions force Iranians to suspend their struggle against their abusive father, fearing that the interfering...

The US is trying to create a Middle Eastern coalition to undermine Iran. They are sixteen years too late.

Analysis of US diplomacy and discourse after May 2018 suggests that the administration has revived its 1979...

Iran’s monarchism has regained much prestige and legitimacy, but is the claimant to the throne equal to the task?

The US narrative should be adjusted in such way to be more in ‘synch’ with realities on the ground and not simply...

The first prerequisite of fighting imperialism is to fight the imperialist relations at home.

The story of Sardasht is a perfect example of the dark days of the Iranian regime’s unbridled hegemony over the Kurds.

Iran is facing what is what is potentially the greatest existential threat it has faced since its inception in 1979.