Iran Update, September 14, 2023 Nicholas Carl Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri September 14, 2023 ANALYSIS The IRGC Quds Force and LH are trying to significantly increase their military infrastructure in Mayadin in eastern Syria.
Iran Update, September 13, 2023 Nicholas Carl Annika Ganzeveld Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Andie Parry September 13, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, September 12, 2023 Nicholas Carl Annika Ganzeveld Amin Soltani Johanna Moore September 12, 2023 ANALYSIS 1. Iran has successfully extracted some security concessions from Iraq, which will likely reduce the threat Iranian leaders perceive eman...
Iran Update, September 11, 2023 Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Amin Soltani September 11, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, August 18, 2023 Nicholas Carl Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Andie Parry August 18, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, August 16, 2023 Nicholas Carl Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore August 16, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, August 15, 2023 Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri Andie Parry Annika Ganzeveld Amin Soltani August 15, 2023 ANALYSIS Iran and the Syrian regime shifted their state-run information operation from the false claim that US forces will imminently attack Syria...
Iran Update, August 14, 2023 Nicholas Carl Brian Carter Peter Mills Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri August 14, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, August 9, 2023 Nicholas Carl Brandon Kanell Johanna Moore Andie Parry Annika Ganzeveld August 09, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, August 7, 2023 Nicholas Carl Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore August 07, 2023 ANALYSIS Iranian-backed militia Ashab al Kahf called on August 5 for protests outside the US embassy in Baghdad. These calls come as Ashab al Kahf...
Iran Update, July 27, 2023 Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Ashka Jhaveri July 27, 2023 ANALYSIS Iran-backed militias withdrew from unspecified positions in Deir ez Zor Province and redeployed to the Syrian desert near the Iraq-Syria ...
Iran Update, July 20, 2023 Annika Ganzeveld Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Andie Parry Ashka Jhaveri July 20, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, July 17, 2023 Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Johanna Moore Andie Parry Ashka Jhaveri July 17, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, July 14, 2023 Alexander Coffen Radhika Bhargava Alexa Albanese Brandon Kanell Ashka Jhaveri Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld July 14, 2023 ANALYSIS 1. Iranian-backed militias raised salaries for standard militia members in Mayadin and Albu Kamal Cities, Deir ez Zor Province by 13 perc...
Iran Update, July 13, 2023 Riley Bailey Amin Soltani Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri Andie Parry July 13, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, July 12, 2023 Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Ashka Jhaveri Kitaneh Fitzpatrick July 12, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, July 11, 2023 Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri July 11, 2023 ANALYSIS Iranian-backed militias and Syrian regime forces are continuing to reinforce their positions in Deir ez Zor Province in response to rumor...
Iran Update, July 7, 2023 Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri Amin Soltani July 07, 2023 ANALYSIS Iran instructed the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force (IRGC QF) to achieve total hegemony in Deir ez Zor Province, Syria in M...
Iran Update, July 5, 2023 Annika Ganzeveld Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri Andie Parry July 05, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, June 28, 2023 Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Karolina Hird Johanna Moore June 28, 2023 ANALYSIS Iranian leadership met with Iraqi Shia Coordination Framework leadership in Tehran to discuss forming political coalitions during the wee...
Iran Update, June 26, 2023 Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld June 26, 2023 ANALYSIS 1. Iran is framing the US-led international coalition in Syria as an imminent security threat to local Syrians, possibly to incite and su...
Iran Update, June 20, 2023 Nicholas Carl Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri June 20, 2023 ANALYSIS An IRGC-affiliated news outlet tracked a US-Iraqi logistics convoy, possibly to signal Iranian intent to direct an attack on US interests...
Iran Update, June 16, 2023 Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Andie Parry Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore June 16, 2023 ANALYSIS 1). Iran may have directed its Iraqi proxies to deescalate their rhetoric against US forces in Iraq. This is consistent with one of CTP’s...
Iran Update, June 15, 2023 Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Ashka Jhaveri June 15, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, June 14, 2023 Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Ashka Jhaveri Andie Parry Amin Soltani Johanna Moore June 14, 2023 ANALYSIS CTP has observed several developments that indicate the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) is expanding its military capabilities an...
Iran Update, June 12, 2023 Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Annika Ganzeveld Amin Soltani Johanna Moore June 12, 2023 ANALYSIS Key Takeaways: 1. Iranian officials are promoting reports of resumed nuclear negotiations with the United States likely to generate short...
Iran Update, June 9, 2023 Nicholas Carl Annika Ganzeveld Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri Andie Parry June 09, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, June 8, 2023 Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Andie Parry Ashka Jhaveri June 08, 2023 ANALYSIS An IRGC Quds Force-affiliated recruitment center in Deir ez Zor City is recruiting Syrians for counter-US operations in Syrian Democratic...
Iran Update, June 6, 2023 Nicholas Carl Ashka Jhaveri Johanna Moore Andie Parry June 06, 2023 ANALYSIS Iranian leaders are preparing to resume their campaign to expel US forces from the Middle East by attacking and killing US service member...
Iran Update, June 5, 2023 Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Ashka Jhaveri June 05, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, June 2, 2023 Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri Andie Parry Annika Ganzeveld June 02, 2023 ANALYSIS Key Takeaways 1). Iran is training its militias in Syria to use a range of improvised and advanced weapons to attack US personnel in S...
Iran Update, May 31, 2023 Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Peter Mills Ashka Jhaveri Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Amin Soltani Andie Parry May 31, 2023 ANALYSIS Iran has bolstered its defensive position in eastern Syria since the end of the escalation cycle that occurred in March, likely to facili...
Iran Update, May 30, 2023 Peter Mills Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Ashka Jhaveri Annika Ganzeveld May 30, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, May 25, 2023 Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Ashka Jhaveri Andie Parry Johanna Moore May 25, 2023 ANALYSIS Axis of Resistance news sources coordinated a disinformation campaign that claimed the United States will establish a new base in Iraq, l...
Iran Update, May 24, 2023 Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Annika Ganzeveld Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Andie Parry May 24, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, May 23, 2023 Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Ashka Jhaveri Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore May 23, 2023 ANALYSIS Iran and Iranian-backed militias facilitated the travel of Iranian religious pilgrims into Syria, possibly to expand Iranian influence in...
Iran Update, May 19, 2023 Nicholas Carl Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Amin Soltani Johanna Moore May 19, 2023 ANALYSIS The Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) are consolidating their security footprint in northern Ninewa Province, which will likely inc...
Iran Update, May 18, 2023 Nicholas Carl Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Andie Parry May 18, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, May 17, 2023 Amin Soltani Ashka Jhaveri Johanna Moore May 17, 2023 ANALYSIS Iranian-backed Iraqi militias threatened to attack US forces in Iraq, likely elevating the risk of an attack on US or Coalition forces. T...
Iran Update, May 15, 2023 Nicholas Carl Andie Parry Ashka Jhaveri Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore May 15, 2023 ANALYSIS Iranian leaders are stoking conflict between Israel and Palestinian militias, likely to enable the IRGC to transfer military equipment in...
Iran Update, May 8, 2023 Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore May 08, 2023 ANALYSIS Iran is maneuvering to economically benefit from Syria’s reintegration into the region, which may enable Iran to circumvent US and intern...
Iran Update, May 5, 2023 Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld May 05, 2023 ANALYSIS Attacks on Iranian clerics increased during the past month, which may reflect broader public antipathy to the regime's sociocultural and ...
Iran Update, May 4, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Zachary Coles May 04, 2023 ANALYSIS The Iranian regime is seeking to take advantage of political and economic developments in Syria and Iraq to improve the Iranian economy a...
Iran Update, May 3, 2023 Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld May 03, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, May 2, 2023 Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Zachary Coles Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld May 02, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, May 1, 2023 Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld May 01, 2023 ANALYSIS Iranian leadership dismissed several economic officials and emphasized fighting corruption between April 27 and May 1 to improve Iran’s e...
Iran Update, April 28, 2023 Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Amin Soltani April 28, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, April 26, 2023 Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld April 26, 2023 ANALYSIS An unidentified man shot and killed Shia cleric and Assembly of Experts member Ayatollah Abbas Ali Soleimani in a bank in Babolsar, Mazan...
Iran Update, April 24, 2023 Nicholas Carl Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Amin Soltani April 24, 2023 ANALYSIS Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei briefly lost control of his audience during a speech to Basij students on April 18, indicating the degree to ...
Iran Update, April 21, 2023 Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld April 21, 2023 ANALYSIS Former President Hassan Rouhani has made national referenda the focus of the Iranian political discourse, forcing the regime into a compl...
Iran Update, April 19, 2023 Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld April 19, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, April 17, 2023 Nicholas Carl Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore April 17, 2023 ANALYSIS Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al Sudani has allowed Iran—via its proxies—to expand its military influence in Iraq, specifically Kirk...
Iran Update, April 14, 2023 Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld April 14, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, April 13, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Nicholas Carl Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Zachary Coles Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore April 13, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, April 7, 2023 Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Zachary Coles April 07, 2023 ANALYSIS Hamas and Lebanese Hezbollah (LH) have indicated that they seek to contain and deescalate their recent flareup with Israel—at least for t...
Iran Update, April 5, 2023 Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Zachary Coles Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld April 05, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, April 4, 2023 Nicholas Carl Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld April 04, 2023 ANALYSIS Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei reaffirmed his commitment to enforcing the mandatory hijab law during a meeting with senior regime officials ...
Iran Update, April 3, 2023 Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Annika Ganzeveld Amin Soltani Johanna Moore April 03, 2023 ANALYSIS The Israel Defense Force conducted an airstrike targeting at least two Iranian-backed militia bases in western Syria on April 1, 2023. Un...
Iran Update, March 31, 2023 Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Zachary Coles March 31, 2023 ANALYSIS Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted airstrikes in Damascus, Syria on March 30 that resulted in the death of senior IRGC official Milad ...
Iran Update, March 30, 2023 Nicholas Carl Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore March 30, 2023 ANALYSIS Iran and its proxies may target US forces in Syria in retaliation for multiple Israeli airstrikes on Iranian and Iranian-backed forces in...
Iran Update, March 29, 2023 Riley Bailey Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Johanna Moore Zachary Coles Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld March 29, 2023 ANALYSIS Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian alluded to Iranian involvement in the recent attacks on US bases in Syria durin...
Iran Update, March 28, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Zachary Coles Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Amin Soltani March 28, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, March 27, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Zachary Coles March 27, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, March 23, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Amin Soltani Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld March 23, 2023 ANALYSIS Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has trapped the Iranian regime by focusing public and government attention on improving the economy—an issue ...
Iran Update, March 22, 2023 Nicholas Carl Brian Carter Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld March 22, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, March 21, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld March 21, 2023 ANALYSIS Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei shut down intra-regime debates about political reform to address protester grievances and instead confined th...
Iran Update, March 20, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld March 20, 2023 ANALYSIS Iranian security leaders have announced in recent days that they will resume enforcing the mandatory hijab law with a confrontational app...
Iran Update, March 17, 2023 Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld March 17, 2023 ANALYSIS Some Iranian leaders continue to refuse to make the necessary changes that will meaningfully address popular frustrations.
Iran Update, March 16, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld March 16, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, March 14, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld March 14, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, March 13, 2023 Nicholas Carl Karolina Hird Johanna Moore Zachary Coles Annika Ganzeveld Amin Soltani March 13, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, March 10, 2023 Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld March 10, 2023 ANALYSIS The Iranian regime is continuing efforts to dissuade Iranian citizens from celebrating Chahar Shanbeh Souri to forestall potential protes...
Iran Update, March 7, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Nicholas Carl Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Amin Soltani March 07, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, March 6, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Nicholas Carl Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick March 06, 2023 ANALYSIS Over 110 separate student poisonings occurred throughout Iran on March 6.[i] Some have framed these incidents as “mass hysteria.” They ar...
Iran Update, March 2, 2023 Amin Soltani Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Annika Ganzeveld March 02, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, February 28, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Amin Soltani Nicholas Carl Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld February 28, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, February 24, 2023 Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld February 24, 2023 ANALYSIS Iranian regime security forces escalated against prominent Sunni cleric Moulana Abdol Hamid on February 24 after months of relative restr...
Iran Update, February 23, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Kitaneh Fitzpatrick February 23, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, February 21, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Zachary Coles Annika Ganzeveld Nicholas Carl Kitaneh Fitzpatrick February 21, 2023 ANALYSIS The Mahsa Amini protest movement has likely entered a new phase, although it is unclear what pattern of anti-regime activity will charact...
Iran Update, February 17, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Annika Ganzeveld February 17, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, February 9, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Nicholas Carl February 09, 2023 ANALYSIS Prominent Sunni cleric Moulana Abdol Hamid escalated rhetorically against the regime on February 9, expressing support for reformist call...
Iran Update, February 7, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Kitaneh Fitzpatrick February 07, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, February 6, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Grace Mappes Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Nicholas Carl February 06, 2023 ANALYSIS Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has taken several public-facing measures in recent days likely to alleviate public frustrations toward the re...
Iran Crisis Update, February 2, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Kitaneh Fitzpatrick February 02, 2023 ANALYSIS A group of pragmatic hardliners are continuing to cohere around calls for the regime to reconcile with its alienated population in the wa...
Iran Crisis Update, January 31, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Dana Alexander Gray Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Nicholas Carl January 31, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Crisis Update, January 26, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Nicholas Carl Annika Ganzeveld January 26, 2023 ANALYSIS Ongoing disruptions to Iran’s energy supplies may be generating severe air pollution.
Iran Crisis Update, January 20, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Zachary Coles Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Annika Ganzeveld Nicholas Carl January 20, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Crisis Update, January 19, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Kitaneh Fitzpatrick January 19, 2023 ANALYSIS The Iranian regime is likely escalating against prominent Sunni cleric Moulana Abdol Hamid. Social media users continued to document a he...
Iran Crisis Update, January 18, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Kitaneh Fitzpatrick January 18, 2023 ANALYSIS Protest activity in Iran may increase on January 19-20. Protest organizers have issued widespread calls for demonstrations on these days....
Iran Crisis Update, January 13, 2023 Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Zachary Coles Nicholas Carl January 13, 2023 ANALYSIS Some protest organizers in Iran are trying to push the protest movement into a new phase—one that could include more militant activity ag...
Iran Crisis Update, January 9, 2023 Johanna Moore Dana Alexander Gray Zachary Coles Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Nicholas Carl January 09, 2023 ANALYSIS Protest coordinators and organizations may have successfully deterred the judiciary from executing two arrested protesters in Iran on Jan...
Iran Crisis Update, January 6, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Zachary Coles Kitaneh Fitzpatrick January 06, 2023 ANALYSIS The Iranian regime failed to suppress demonstrations in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchistan Province on January 6. Protesters participated in...
Iran Crisis Update, January 5, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Zachary Coles January 05, 2023 ANALYSIS Regime officials and entities are endorsing an expansive, collective-punishment model to implement mandatory veiling laws as anti-regime ...
Iran Crisis Update, January 2, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Dana Alexander Gray Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Nicholas Carl January 02, 2023 ANALYSIS The Iranian state security services have intensified their protest crackdown and social oppression in recent days.
Iran Crisis Update, December 30 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Zachary Coles Nicholas Carl December 30, 2022 ANALYSIS Prominent Sunni cleric Moulana Abdol Hamid is likely trying to balance his political positions to maximize his domestic support and achie...
Iran Crisis Update, December 29 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Zachary Coles Kitaneh Fitzpatrick December 29, 2022 ANALYSIS Funerals and commemoration ceremonies for killed protesters are continuing to sustain anti-regime activity throughout Iran as demonstrati...
Iran Crisis Update, December 28 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Zachary Coles Kitaneh Fitzpatrick December 28, 2022 ANALYSIS Iranian security officials and entities attempted to declare an end to protest activity on December 28 despite ongoing acts of anti-regim...
Iran Crisis Update, December 27 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Nicholas Carl Kitaneh Fitzpatrick December 27, 2022 ANALYSIS
Iran Crisis Update, December 22 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Nicholas Carl December 22, 2022 ANALYSIS Social media accounts reported that Iranian security forces have begun violently killing and mass arresting citizens in Izeh, Khuzestan P...
Iran Crisis Update, December 21 Nicholas Carl Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick December 21, 2022 ANALYSIS
Iran Crisis Update, December 20 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Nicholas Carl Kitaneh Fitzpatrick December 20, 2022 ANALYSIS
Iran Crisis Update, December 16 Frederick W. Kagan Zachary Coles Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick December 16, 2022 ANALYSIS Protest organizations and coordinators are increasingly promoting consistent and sustainable acts of anti-regime defiance as the Mahsa Am...
Iran Crisis Update, December 14 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Nicholas Carl December 14, 2022 ANALYSIS The Iranian economy appears to be entering a period of potentially significant disruption.
Iran Crisis Update, December 13 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Nicholas Carl December 13, 2022 ANALYSIS The Iranian regime has replaced key clerics responsible for indoctrinating a significant portion of the security forces, possibly to impr...
Iran Crisis Update, December 9 Frederick W. Kagan Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick December 09, 2022 ANALYSIS
Iran Crisis Update, December 7 Paul Stanley Frederick W. Kagan Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick December 07, 2022 ANALYSIS Anti-regime strikes and demonstrations sustained momentum on December 7 as nation-wide calls to protest entered their third and final day...
Iran Crisis Update, November 30 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Zachary Coles Nicholas Carl November 30, 2022 ANALYSIS Protest activity may increase on December 5-7. The recent calls for protests may highlight the increasing organization and sophistication...
Iran Crisis Update, November 29 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Zachary Coles Nicholas Carl November 29, 2022 ANALYSIS Some Iranian protesters celebrated the US victory over Iran in the World Cup on November 29.
Iran Crisis Update, November 28 Frederick W. Kagan Amin Soltani Dana Alexander Gray Johanna Moore Zachary Coles Kitaneh Fitzpatrick November 28, 2022 ANALYSIS Social media users circulated calls for protests following the US-Iran world cup match on November 29 although it is unclear to what exte...
Iran Crisis Update, November 25 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Nicholas Carl November 25, 2022 ANALYSIS Protests continued but did not surge across Iran on November 24 and 25 despite calls for protests.
Iran Crisis Update, November 23 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Nicholas Carl November 23, 2022 ANALYSIS Protest activity and strikes will likely increase in the coming days. Protest coordinators and organizations have called for countrywide ...
Iran Crisis Update, November 21 Frederick W. Kagan Amin Soltani Dana Alexander Gray Johanna Moore Zachary Coles Nicholas Carl November 21, 2022 ANALYSIS The Iranian regime has adopted what increasingly resembles a counter-insurgency approach rather than a counter-protest one to manage the ...
Iran Crisis Update, November 18 Frederick W. Kagan Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Zachary Coles Kitaneh Fitzpatrick November 18, 2022 ANALYSIS The ongoing, anti-regime protests are likely creating fractures among senior regime officials within the Iranian security establishment.
Iran Crisis Update, November 16 Frederick W. Kagan Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Zachary Coles Nicholas Carl November 16, 2022 ANALYSIS Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s efforts to discourage prominent Sunni cleric Moulana Abdol Hamid from publicly criticizing the regime have ...
Iran Crisis Update, November 15 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Nicholas Carl November 15, 2022 ANALYSIS
Iran Crisis Update, November 14 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Dana Alexander Gray Amin Soltani Nicholas Carl Kitaneh Fitzpatrick November 14, 2022 ANALYSIS Protest activity and strikes will likely increase from November 15 to 17. Protest coordinators and organizers have reiterated their calls...
Iran Crisis Update, November 11 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Nicholas Carl November 11, 2022 ANALYSIS
Iran Crisis Update, November 10 LJ Trevette Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Nicholas Carl Kitaneh Fitzpatrick November 10, 2022 ANALYSIS The ongoing protests are creating fractures within the Iranian hardliner camp. Some parliamentarians representing restive border regions ...
Iran Crisis Update, November 9 Frederick W. Kagan Zachary Coles Johanna Moore Nicholas Carl November 09, 2022 ANALYSIS Iran and its proxies may attack US positions in Iraq and Syria in retaliation for an Israeli drone strike on an Iranian convoy in eastern...
Iran Crisis Update, November 8 Frederick W. Kagan Zachary Coles Johanna Moore Karolina Hird Nicholas Carl November 08, 2022 ANALYSIS Protests may increase in the coming days to commemorate the regime’s brutal crackdown in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchistan Province on Sept...
Iran Crisis Update, November 7 Frederick W. Kagan Dana Alexander Gray Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Kathryn Tyson Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Nicholas Carl November 07, 2022 ANALYSIS Some elements of the Iranian regime have suggested political reform to assuage protesters’ frustrations, although such reform is highly u...
Iran Crisis Update, November 2 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Zachary Coles Nicholas Carl November 02, 2022 ANALYSIS Iran is signaling its readiness to attack Saudi Arabia and possibly Erbil ostensibly in retaliation for the Shiraz terror attack but prim...
Iran Crisis Update, November 1 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Zachary Coles Nicholas Carl November 01, 2022 ANALYSIS American and Saudi officials have warned of an imminent Iranian attack on Saudi Arabia and possibly Erbil, according to the Wall Street J...
Iran Crisis Update, October 31 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Dana Alexander Gray Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Nicholas Carl October 31, 2022 ANALYSIS The regime has begun indicting and sentencing arrested protesters as part of the increasingly harsh and uncompromising stance that the re...
Iran Crisis Update, October 28 Frederick W. Kagan Zachary Coles Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick October 28, 2022 ANALYSIS Iranian security personnel fired live ammunition and tear gas at anti-regime demonstrators in Zahedan, Sistan Baluchistan Province on Oct...
Iran Crisis Update, October 27 LJ Trevette Frederick W. Kagan Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick October 27, 2022 ANALYSIS
Iran Crisis Update, October 26 Frederick W. Kagan Brian Carter Johanna Moore Zachary Coles Nicholas Carl October 26, 2022 ANALYSIS The ongoing, anti-regime protests in Iran expanded significantly on October 26, occurring in at least 33 cities in 23 provinces. These pr...
Iran Crisis Update, October 25 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Zachary Coles Nicholas Carl October 25, 2022 ANALYSIS
Iran Crisis Update, October 24 Frederick W. Kagan Nicholas Carl Amin Soltani Dana Alexander Gray Johanna Moore Zachary Coles Kitaneh Fitzpatrick October 24, 2022 ANALYSIS Some Iranian social media users are invoking the November 2019 gasoline protests as the ongoing, anti-regime protests enter the Persian c...
Iran Crisis Update, October 21 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Nicholas Carl October 21, 2022 ANALYSIS The regime’s use of extreme violence against protesters in Sistan and Baluchistan Province is likely entrenching long-term frustration ag...
Iran Crisis Update, October 20 Frederick W. Kagan Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Zachary Coles Kitaneh Fitzpatrick October 20, 2022 ANALYSIS Anti-regime protests continued to subside in extent and scale on October 20 but may increase on October 22 and 26.
Iran Crisis Update, October 19 Amin Soltani Frederick W. Kagan Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick October 19, 2022 ANALYSIS Anti-regime protests have subsided in extent and scale in recent days but may increase on October 20 and 26. Many instances of recent pro...
Iran Crisis Update, October 18 Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Zachary Coles Nicholas Carl October 18, 2022 ANALYSIS Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s refusal to concede on the mandatory hijab law is likely driving fissures among the political elite.