Iran Update, October 11, 2024 Brian Carter Buckley DeJardin Alexandra Braverman Ben Rezaei Carolyn Moorman Siddhant Kishore Johanna Moore 1 day ago ANALYSIS
Iran Update, October 12, 2024 Brian Carter Alexandra Braverman Ben Rezaei Johanna Moore Carolyn Moorman 1 day ago ANALYSIS
Iran Update, October 10, 2024 Nicholas Carl Avery Borens Annika Ganzeveld Ben Rezaei Katherine Wells Ria Reddy Johanna Moore Andie Parry Kelly Campa 2 days ago ANALYSIS
Iran Update, October 1, 2024 Brian Carter Johanna Moore Ria Reddy Katherine Wells Siddhant Kishore Carolyn Moorman Kelly Campa Annika Ganzeveld Alexandra Braverman October 01, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, September 27, 2024 Brian Carter Katherine Wells Ben Rezaei Alexandra Braverman Siddhant Kishore Johanna Moore September 27, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, September 26, 2024 Nicholas Carl Kelly Campa Ria Reddy Katherine Wells Ben Rezaei Carolyn Moorman Annika Ganzeveld Siddhant Kishore Johanna Moore September 26, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, September 23, 2024 Brian Carter Ria Reddy Ben Rezaei Carolyn Moorman Siddhant Kishore Annika Ganzeveld Kelly Campa Johanna Moore September 23, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, September 21, 2024 Nicholas Carl Ria Reddy Katherine Wells Carolyn Moorman Johanna Moore September 21, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, September 14, 2024 Brian Carter Alexandra Braverman Carolyn Moorman Johanna Moore September 13, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, September 7, 2024 Brian Carter Katherine Wells Alexandra Braverman Johanna Moore September 06, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, September 6, 2024 Nicholas Carl Kateryna Stepanenko Davit Gasparyan Johanna Moore Ria Reddy Alexandra Braverman Carolyn Moorman Kathryn Tyson Kelly Campa Annika Ganzeveld September 06, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, September 5, 2024 Brian Carter Carolyn Moorman Kathryn Tyson Kelly Campa Annika Ganzeveld Katherine Wells Johanna Moore September 05, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, September 3, 2024 Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Ria Reddy Carolyn Moorman Katherine Wells Kathryn Tyson Alexandra Braverman Andie Parry Kelly Campa September 03, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, September 2, 2024 Brian Carter Kathryn Tyson Johanna Moore Katherine Wells Annika Ganzeveld Andie Parry September 02, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, August 30, 2024 Brian Carter Ria Reddy Carolyn Moorman Siddhant Kishore Kathryn Tyson Johanna Moore August 30, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, August 22, 2024 Brian Carter Ria Reddy Siddhant Kishore Katherine Wells Johanna Moore Andie Parry August 22, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, August 19, 2024 Brian Carter Katherine Wells Carolyn Moorman Kathryn Tyson Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Kelly Campa August 19, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, August 17, 2024 Nicholas Carl Ria Reddy Alexandra Braverman Johanna Moore August 17, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, August 16, 2024 Alexandra Braverman Brian Carter Andie Parry Kathryn Tyson Ria Reddy Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld August 16, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, August 15, 2024 Nicholas Carl Robert Moore Annika Ganzeveld Carolyn Moorman Kathryn Tyson Kelly Campa Johanna Moore August 15, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, August 13, 2024 Nicholas Carl Brian Carter Katherine Wells Carolyn Moorman Kathryn Tyson Annika Ganzeveld Kelly Campa Johanna Moore August 13, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, August 10, 2024 Brian Carter Siddhant Kishore Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld August 10, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, August 9, 2024 Brian Carter Carolyn Moorman Siddhant Kishore Ria Reddy Annika Ganzeveld Kelly Campa Johanna Moore August 09, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, August 7, 2024 Brian Carter Siddhant Kishore Ria Reddy Katherine Wells Alexandra Braverman Kelly Campa Andie Parry Johanna Moore August 07, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, July 31, 2024 Nicholas Carl Knox Greene Ria Reddy Siddhant Kishore Katherine Wells Alexandra Braverman Kelly Campa Andie Parry Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore July 31, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, July 30, 2024 Brian Carter Ria Reddy Siddhant Kishore Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Andie Parry Katherine Wells July 30, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, July 29, 2024 Brian Carter William Doran Robert Moore Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Kelly Campa July 29, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, July 25, 2024 Brian Carter Andie Parry Kathryn Tyson Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Siddhant Kishore Katherine Wells Johanna Moore Kelly Campa July 25, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, July 24, 2024 Nicholas Carl Siddhant Kishore Kathryn Tyson Kelly Campa Alexandra Braverman Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Andie Parry July 24, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, July 22, 2024 Brian Carter Alexandra Braverman Kathryn Tyson Johanna Moore Kelly Campa July 22, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, July 20, 2024 Brian Carter Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore July 20, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, July 19, 2024 Nicholas Carl Annika Ganzeveld Kathryn Tyson Katherine Wells Andie Parry Johanna Moore July 19, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, July 18, 2024 Brian Carter Siddhant Kishore Kelly Campa Kathryn Tyson Katherine Wells Kelly Campa Alexandra Braverman Johanna Moore July 18, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, July 16, 2024 Brian Carter Johanna Moore Katherine Wells Kathryn Tyson Siddhant Kishore Alexandra Braverman Andie Parry July 16, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, July 13, 2024 Nicholas Carl Kathryn Tyson Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Johanna Moore July 13, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, July 12, 2024 Brian Carter Johanna Moore Katherine Wells Kathryn Tyson Alexandra Braverman Andie Parry July 12, 2024 ANALYSIS Hamas continued to promote its postwar plan for a technocratic government to jointly rule the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Hamas is cont...
Iran Update, July 11, 2024 Nicholas Carl Siddhant Kishore Kathryn Tyson Katherine Wells Annika Ganzeveld Andie Parry Johanna Moore Kelly Campa July 11, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, July 6, 2024 Brian Carter Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Annika Ganzeveld July 06, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, July 5, 2024 Brian Carter Katherine Wells Kathryn Tyson Siddhant Kishore Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore July 05, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, July 3, 2024 Nicholas Carl Siddhant Kishore Katherine Wells Kelly Campa Alexandra Braverman Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Kathryn Tyson July 03, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, July 2, 2024 Brian Carter Johanna Moore Kathryn Tyson Siddhant Kishore Katherine Wells Andie Parry Kitaneh Fitzpatrick July 02, 2024 ANALYSIS Iranian reformist presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian appears to be gaining momentum ahead of the runoff presidential elections on J...
Iran Update, June 29, 2024 Johanna Moore Alexandra Braverman Kelly Campa Nicholas Carl June 29, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, June 27, 2024 Johanna Moore Katherine Wells Kathryn Tyson Nicholas Carl Andie Parry Alexandra Braverman Ashka Jhaveri June 27, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, June 25, 2024 Brian Carter Marcus Mildenberger Johanna Moore Kelly Campa Annika Ganzeveld Ashka Jhaveri June 25, 2024 ANALYSIS Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei expressed foreign and nuclear policy views on June 25 that closely align with ultraconservative hardl...
Iran Update, June 21, 2024 Nicholas Carl Katherine Wells Johanna Moore Kelly Campa Alexandra Braverman June 21, 2024 ANALYSIS Iranian presidential candidates discussed government management and service provision during the second debate for the upcoming election....
Iran Update, June 20, 2024 Brian Carter Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Johanna Moore Kathryn Tyson Andie Parry Alexandra Braverman June 20, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, June 18, 2024 Nicholas Carl Ashka Jhaveri Kelly Campa Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Alexandra Braverman Kathryn Tyson June 18, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, June 16, 2024 Nicholas Carl Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Kelly Campa June 16, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, June 14, 2024 Nicholas Carl Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Johanna Moore Alexandra Braverman Kelly Campa Kathryn Tyson June 14, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, June 11, 2024 Brian Carter Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Kelly Campa Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Ashka Jhaveri June 11, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, June 8, 2024 Brian Carter Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri June 08, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, June 7, 2024 Nicholas Carl Kathryn Tyson Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Ashka Jhaveri June 07, 2024 ANALYSIS Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar indicated opposition to the latest Israeli ceasefire proposal, according to unspecified Arab ...
Iran Update, June 5, 2024 Brian Carter Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Kelly Campa Alexandra Braverman Kathryn Tyson Andie Parry June 05, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, June 4, 2024 Nicholas Carl Kelly Campa Alexandra Braverman Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Ashka Jhaveri June 04, 2024 ANALYSIS senior Hamas official responded negatively on June 4 to the latest Israeli ceasefire proposal for the Gaza Strip. Hamas appears unlikely...
Iran Update, June 1, 2024 Nicholas Carl Alexandra Braverman Kelly Campa Johanna Moore June 01, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, May 31, 2024 Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Kathryn Tyson Alexandra Braverman Ashka Jhaveri May 31, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, May 30, 2024 Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Kelly Campa Annika Ganzeveld Kathryn Tyson Alexandra Braverman Ashka Jhaveri May 30, 2024 ANALYSIS Israel withdrew some IDF units from Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 30, according to local Palestinian sources.[i] The local au...
Iran Update, May 28, 2024 Brian Carter Kelly Campa Andie Parry Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld May 28, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, May 25, 2024 Brian Carter Alexandra Braverman Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri May 25, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, May 22, 2024 Thomas Bergeron Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Alexandra Braverman Ashka Jhaveri May 22, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, May 21, 2024 Brian Carter Alexandra Braverman Johanna Moore Kelly Campa Ashka Jhaveri Annika Ganzeveld May 21, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, May 19, 2024 Brian Carter Johanna Moore Kelly Campa Andie Parry Annika Ganzeveld May 19, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, May 16, 2024 Nicholas Carl Ashka Jhaveri Alexandra Braverman Johanna Moore Kelly Campa Andie Parry Kathryn Tyson May 16, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, May 15, 2024 Annika Ganzeveld Kelly Campa Kathryn Tyson Alexandra Braverman Johanna Moore Brian Carter May 15, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, May 14, 2024 Brian Carter Johanna Moore Kelly Campa Kathryn Tyson Annika Ganzeveld Alexandra Braverman Ashka Jhaveri May 14, 2024 ANALYSIS Israeli forces expanded clearing operations on May 14 into areas of Jabalia refugee camp that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had not pre...
Iran Update, May 11, 2024 Nicholas Carl Alexandra Braverman Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri May 11, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, May 9, 2024 Nicholas Carl Kelly Campa Johanna Moore Kathryn Tyson Annika Ganzeveld Ashka Jhaveri May 09, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, May 8, 2024 Brian Carter Annika Ganzeveld Kathryn Tyson Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri Andie Parry May 08, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, May 5, 2024 Brian Carter Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Andie Parry May 05, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, May 4, 2024 Brian Carter Alexandra Braverman Johanna Moore Kathryn Tyson May 04, 2024 ANALYSIS Hamas and Qatari delegations arrived in Cairo to discuss the current ceasefire proposal on May 4.
Iran Update, May 3, 2024 Brian Carter Annika Ganzeveld Alexandra Braverman Johanna Moore May 03, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, May 2, 2024 Nicholas Carl Brian Carter Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Amin Soltani Kathryn Tyson May 02, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, April 30, 2024 Brian Carter Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Alexandra Braverman Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Andie Parry April 30, 2024 ANALYSIS Russia and China are hosting talks to facilitate Hamas’ inclusion in the Palestinian Authority, which would result in a Hamas-influenced ...
Iran Update, April 27, 2024 Brian Carter Annika Ganzeveld Amin Soltani Johanna Moore April 27, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, April 26, 2024 Brian Carter Liam Karr Kathryn Tyson Christina Harward Peter Mills Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Johanna Moore April 26, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, April 24, 2024 Nicholas Carl Amin Soltani Kelly Campa Peter Mills Andie Parry Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld April 24, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, April 23, 2024 Nicholas Carl Karolina Hird Ashka Jhaveri Alexandra Braverman Annika Ganzeveld Peter Mills Johanna Moore Andie Parry April 23, 2024 ANALYSIS Hamas military spokesperson Abu Obeida called on April 23 for the anti-Israel protest movement in Jordan to escalate.[i] Abu Obeida calle...
Iran Update, April 19, 2024 Brian Carter Kelly Campa Annika Ganzeveld Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Kathryn Tyson Ashka Jhaveri April 19, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, April 20, 2024 Brian Carter Amin Soltani Peter Mills Johanna Moore April 19, 2024 ANALYSIS The Nahal Brigade (162nd Division) continued to conduct “targeted raids” along the Netzarim corridor in the central Gaza Strip on April 20.
Iran Update, April 17, 2024 Nicholas Carl Ashka Jhaveri Kelly Campa Alexandra Braverman Peter Mills Annika Ganzeveld Andie Parry Johanna Moore April 17, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, April 16, 2024 Brian Carter Kathryn Tyson Alexandra Braverman Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri Annika Ganzeveld April 16, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, April 14, 2024 Nicholas Carl Peter Mills Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri Alexandra Braverman Andie Parry April 14, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, April 13, 2024 Nicholas Carl Brian Carter Ashka Jhaveri Johanna Moore Alexandra Braverman Annika Ganzeveld April 13, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, April 12, 2024 Brian Carter Kathryn Tyson Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Ashka Jhaveri April 12, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, April 10, 2024 Brian Carter Ashka Jhaveri Peter Mills Kathryn Tyson Johanna Moore Andie Parry Alexandra Braverman Annika Ganzeveld April 10, 2024 ANALYSIS Bloomberg reported on April 10 that Iran or its proxies may conduct missile or drone strikes targeting military and government facilities...
Iran Update, April 9, 2024 Nicholas Carl Peter Mills Alexandra Braverman Johanna Moore Kathryn Tyson Ashka Jhaveri Andie Parry Annika Ganzeveld April 09, 2024 ANALYSIS IRGC Navy Commander Rear Adm. Ali Reza Tangsiri implicitly threatened the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during an interview with Lebanese He...
Iran Update, April 6, 2024 Nicholas Carl Alexandra Braverman Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri April 06, 2024 ANALYSIS Palestinian fighters have claimed several attacks targeting Israeli forces near Deir al Balah in the central Gaza Strip in recent days.
Iran Update, April 4, 2024 Nicholas Carl Rachel Friedman Alexandra Braverman Kathryn Tyson Johanna Moore Andie Parry Peter Mills Annika Ganzeveld April 04, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, April 3, 2024 Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Kathryn Tyson Ashka Jhaveri Amin Soltani Alexandra Braverman Annika Ganzeveld April 03, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, March 27, 2024 Nicholas Carl Alexandra Braverman Annika Ganzeveld Kathryn Tyson Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri March 27, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, March 26, 2024 Nicholas Carl Kathryn Tyson Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Alexandra Braverman Ashka Jhaveri March 26, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, March 22, 2024 Brian Carter Rachel Friedman Elizabeth Volynsky-Lauzon Kathryn Tyson Alexandra Braverman Johanna Moore Peter Mills Ashka Jhaveri March 22, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, March 20, 2024 Brian Carter Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Andie Parry Anne McGill Kathryn Tyson Ashka Jhaveri March 20, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, March 19, 2024 Brian Carter Johanna Moore Alexandra Braverman Kathryn Tyson Annika Ganzeveld Andie Parry March 19, 2024 ANALYSIS
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Iran Update, March 14, 2024 Nicholas Carl Elizabeth Volynsky-Lauzon Alexandra Braverman Johanna Moore Peter Mills Ashka Jhaveri March 14, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, March 8, 2024 Brian Carter Alexandra Braverman Ahmad Omid Arman Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri March 08, 2024 ANALYSIS The United States will construct a temporary pier on the coast of the Gaza Strip to facilitate the arrival and distribution of humanitari...
Iran Update, March 7, 2024 Nicholas Carl Ahmad Omid Arman Alexandra Braverman Johanna Moore Peter Mills Andie Parry Amin Soltani March 07, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, March 6, 2024 Brian Carter Marcus Mildenberger Peter Mills Alexandra Braverman Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Ashka Jhaveri March 06, 2024 ANALYSIS IRGC Quds Force Commander Brig. Gen. Esmail Ghaani said on March 6 that Iran’s proxies and partners have taken a more “offensive stance” ...
Iran Update, March 5, 2024 Brian Carter Ahmad Omid Arman Rachel Friedman Peter Mills Johanna Moore Alexandra Braverman Andie Parry March 05, 2024 ANALYSIS Iranian hardline factions are expected to retain their majority in parliament.[1] The majority of Tehran province’s 14 confirmed candidat...
Iran Update, March 2, 2024 Brian Carter Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri March 02, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, February 29, 2024 Nicholas Carl Ahmad Omid Arman Rachel Friedman Kathryn Tyson Andie Parry Annika Ganzeveld Alexandra Braverman Ashka Jhaveri Johanna Moore February 29, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, February 28, 2024 Brian Carter Amin Soltani Alexandra Braverman Kathryn Tyson Rachel Friedman Johanna Moore Andie Parry February 28, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, February 24, 2024 Nicholas Carl Alexandra Braverman Annika Ganzeveld Peter Mills Johanna Moore Kathryn Tyson Ashka Jhaveri February 24, 2024 ANALYSIS The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continued clearing operations in Zaytoun neighborhood, southeastern Gaza City.
Iran Update, February 23, 2024 Brian Carter Kathryn Tyson Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri February 23, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, February 21, 2024 Anne McGill Ahmad Omid Arman Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Kathryn Tyson Alexandra Braverman Johanna Moore Brian Carter Amin Soltani Andie Parry February 21, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, February 20, 2024 Nicholas Carl Kathryn Tyson Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Andie Parry Annika Ganzeveld February 20, 2024 ANALYSIS Russia may be setting conditions to supplant the United States as a security partner in Iraq in anticipation of the United States possibl...
Iran Update, February 17, 2024 Brian Carter Alexandra Braverman Kathryn Tyson Johanna Moore February 17, 2024 ANALYSIS Northern Gaza Strip: Israeli forces continued operations in and around al Nasser Hospital in western Khan Younis on February 17. Israeli ...
Iran Update, February 16, 2024 Nicholas Carl Alexandra Braverman Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri February 16, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, February 15, 2024 Nicholas Carl Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri February 15, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, February 10, 2024 Nicholas Carl Peter Mills Kathryn Tyson Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri February 10, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, February 9, 2024 Brian Carter Talia Tayoun Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Amin Soltani Kathryn Tyson Johanna Moore February 09, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, February 7, 2024 Brian Carter Kathryn Tyson Peter Mills Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Alexandra Braverman Ashka Jhaveri February 07, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, February 3, 2024 Kathryn Tyson Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Brian Carter February 02, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, February 2, 2024 Nicholas Carl Kathryn Tyson Peter Mills Brian Carter Johanna Moore Amin Soltani February 02, 2024 ANALYSIS The United States struck over 85 Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force and Iranian-backed militia targets in Iraq and Syr...
Iran Update, January 30, 2024 Nicholas Carl Brian Carter Alexandra Braverman Andie Parry Peter Mills Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Ashka Jhaveri January 30, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, January 27, 2024 Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Andie Parry January 27, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, January 26, 2024 Brian Carter Kathryn Tyson Johanna Moore Peter Mills Annika Ganzeveld Ashka Jhaveri January 26, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, January 25, 2024 Nicholas Carl Andie Parry Johanna Moore Kathryn Tyson Alexandra Braverman Ashka Jhaveri Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld January 25, 2024 ANALYSIS The United States and the Iraqi federal government will soon begin negotiations on Iraq's current security arrangement with US-led coalit...
Iran Update, January 24, 2024 Brian Carter Kathryn Tyson Johanna Moore Alexandra Braverman Annika Ganzeveld Ashka Jhaveri January 24, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, January 23, 2024 Nicholas Carl Brian Carter Kathryn Tyson Peter Mills Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Andie Parry Alexandra Braverman Ashka Jhaveri January 23, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, January 20, 2024 Brian Carter Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld January 20, 2024 ANALYSIS Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian fighters in eastern Jabalia on January 20. The al Qassem brigades fired small arms and Yasin-105 ...
Iran Update, January 19, 2024 Brian Carter Peter Mills Johanna Moore Kathryn Tyson Annika Ganzeveld Ashka Jhaveri January 19, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, January 18, 2024 Nicholas Carl Brian Carter Alexandra Braverman Kathryn Tyson Peter Mills Annika Ganzeveld Andie Parry Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Ashka Jhaveri January 18, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, January 17, 2024 Brian Carter Kathryn Tyson Amin Soltani Alexandra Braverman Annika Ganzeveld Peter Mills Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri January 17, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, January 15, 2024 Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Andie Parry Ashka Jhaveri Annika Ganzeveld January 15, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, January 14, 2024 Nicholas Carl Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Andie Parry Brian Carter January 14, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, January 10, 2024 Nicole Wolkov Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Andie Parry Alexandra Braverman Annika Ganzeveld Kathryn Tyson Ashka Jhaveri January 10, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, January 9, 2024 Nicholas Carl Brian Carter Johanna Moore Alexandra Braverman Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Peter Mills Kathryn Tyson Andie Parry January 09, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, January 8, 2024 Brian Carter Alexandra Braverman Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Kathryn Tyson Ashka Jhaveri January 08, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, January 7, 2024 Nicholas Carl Kathryn Tyson Alexandra Braverman Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Ashka Jhaveri January 07, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, January 4, 2024 Nicholas Carl Riley Bailey Kathryn Tyson Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Peter Mills Andie Parry Ashka Jhaveri Johanna Moore January 04, 2024 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, December 31, 2023 Nicholas Carl Peter Mills Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Ashka Jhaveri December 31, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, December 28, 2023 Nicholas Carl Alexandra Braverman Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Brian Carter December 28, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, December 27, 2023 Johanna Moore Alexandra Braverman Annika Ganzeveld Andie Parry Brian Carter December 27, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, December 22, 2023 Brian Carter Alexandra Braverman Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri December 22, 2023 ANALYSIS Israeli forces are executing tasks consistent with holding operations in Beit Hanoun and al Shati Camp in the northern Gaza Strip.
Iran Update, December 21, 2023 Nicholas Carl Alexandra Braverman Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri December 21, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, December 20, 2023 Alexandra Braverman Andie Parry Amin Soltani Kathryn Tyson Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Brian Carter December 20, 2023 ANALYSIS Israeli forces are transitioning from clearing operations to holding operations in some areas of the northern Gaza Strip. Israeli forces ...
Iran Update, December, 15, 2023 Kathryn Tyson Alexandra Braverman Amin Soltani Peter Mills Johanna Moore Nicholas Carl Ashka Jhaveri Brian Carter December 15, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, December 14, 2023 Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Alexandra Braverman Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Ashka Jhaveri Kathryn Tyson December 14, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, December 13, 2023 Johanna Moore Alexandra Braverman Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Peter Mills Andie Parry Brian Carter December 13, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, December 12, 2023 Nicholas Carl Peter Mills Alexandra Braverman Annika Ganzeveld Kathryn Tyson Brian Carter Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri December 12, 2023 ANALYSIS Palestinian militias are attempting to resist Israeli advances north and east of Khan Younis. The IDF Arabic-language spokesperson reiter...
Iran Update, December 9, 2023 Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Ashka Jhaveri December 09, 2023 ANALYSIS Israeli forces continued clearing operations in Khan Younis as Palestinian militias attempt to resist Israeli advances.
Iran Update, December 8, 2023 Peter Mills Kathryn Tyson Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri Andie Parry December 08, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, December 5, 2023 Nicholas Carl Alexandra Braverman Annika Ganzeveld Amin Soltani Andie Parry Johanna Moore Brian Carter December 05, 2023 ANALYSIS Palestinian militia fighters continued to use more sophisticated tactics to target Israeli forces throughout the Gaza Strip on December 5...
Iran Update, December 2, 2023 Nicholas Carl Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Brian Carter December 02, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, December 1, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Amin Soltani Andie Parry Kathryn Tyson Annika Ganzeveld Peter Mills Angelica Evans Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri December 01, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, November 28, 2023 Nicholas Carl Kathryn Tyson Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Andie Parry Brian Carter November 28, 2023 ANALYSIS Israel and Hamas both reported at least one violation of the temporary truce agreement in the Gaza Strip, but neither side escalated the ...
Iran Update, November 26, 2023 Nicholas Carl Brian Carter Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Ashka Jhaveri November 26, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, November 25, 2023 Nicholas Carl Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Andie Parry November 25, 2023 ANALYSIS Hamas released a second round of hostages after Hamas accused Israel of violating the humanitarian pause agreement and threatened to dela...
Iran Update, December 24, 2023 Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Brian Carter November 24, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, November 22, 2023 Annika Ganzeveld Peter Mills Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri Andie Parry November 22, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, November 21, 2023 Nicholas Carl Brian Carter Amin Soltani Peter Mills Annika Ganzeveld Ashka Jhaveri Johanna Moore November 17, 2023 ANALYSIS Israel said its forces encircled Jabalia as Palestinian militias conducted attacks on the Israeli lines of advance.
Iran Update, November 20, 2023 Brian Carter Annika Ganzeveld Amin Soltani Peter Mills Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri Andie Parry November 17, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, November 17, 2023 Peter Mills Andie Parry Kathryn Tyson Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Brian Carter November 17, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, November 15, 2023 Johanna Moore Peter Mills Amin Soltani Andie Parry Kathryn Tyson Brian Carter November 15, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, November 14, 2023 Nicholas Carl Kathryn Tyson Peter Mills Annika Ganzeveld Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri Brian Carter November 14, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, November 12, 2023 Nicholas Carl Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Brian Carter November 12, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, November 11, 2023 Nicholas Carl Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri November 11, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, November 10, 2023 Peter Mills Kathryn Tyson Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri November 10, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, November 13, 2023 Kathryn Tyson Peter Mills Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri November 10, 2023 ANALYSIS Israel is pressuring Hamas to surrender its position inside the al Shifa Hospital.
Iran Update, November 7, 2023 Nicholas Carl Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Peter Mills Kathryn Tyson Brian Carter November 07, 2023 ANALYSIS CTP and ISW have refocused the update to cover the Israel-Hamas war.
Iran Update, November 4, 2023 Frederick W. Kagan Amin Soltani Brian Carter Johanna Moore Andie Parry Ashka Jhaveri November 04, 2023 ANALYSIS Captured Hamas plans suggest that Hamas has not heavily committed to defending parts of the northern outskirts of Gaza City, which may in...
Iran Update, November 2, 2023 Nicholas Carl Christina Harward Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Kathryn Tyson Ashka Jhaveri Brian Carter November 02, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, November 1, 2023 Nicholas Carl Amin Soltani Peter Mills Annika Ganzeveld Kathryn Tyson Andie Parry Johanna Moore November 01, 2023 ANALYSIS Lebanese Hezbollah-affiliated al Mayadeen reported that an Israeli armored unit advanced from the northwestern Gaza Strip south along the...
Iran Update, October 31, 2023 Nicholas Carl Annika Ganzeveld Brian Carter Kathryn Tyson Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri October 31, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, October 30, 2023 Nicholas Carl Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Peter Mills Andie Parry Brian Carter October 30, 2023 ANALYSIS The Iran Update provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities abroad that undermine regional stability and threaten US ...
Iran Update, October 29, 2023 Nicholas Carl Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri October 29, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, October 25, 2023 Andie Parry Peter Mills Annika Ganzeveld Amin Soltani Johanna Moore Kathryn Tyson Brian Carter Nicholas Carl October 25, 2023 ANALYSIS Iran and its so-called “Axis of Resistance” are pursuing a coordinated strategy to (1) deter Israel from trying to destroy Hamas in the G...
Iran Update, October 24, 2023 Nicholas Carl Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Amin Soltani Andie Parry Peter Mills Brian Carter October 24, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, October 23, 2023 Johanna Moore Brian Carter Ashka Jhaveri Kathryn Tyson Peter Mills Amin Soltani October 23, 2023 ANALYSIS Palestinian militias continued attacks at their usual rate from the Gaza Strip into Israel while IDF airstrikes targeted Palestinian mili...
Iran Update, October 21, 2023 Nicholas Carl Amin Soltani Andie Parry Johanna Moore October 21, 2023 ANALYSIS Palestinian militias continued indirect fire at their usual rate into Israel.
Iran Update, October 20, 2023 Kathryn Tyson Brian Carter Annika Ganzeveld Ashka Jhaveri Johanna Moore October 20, 2023 ANALYSIS Palestinian militias continued indirect fire from the Gaza Strip into Israel on October 20. Hamas also released two American hostages hel...
Iran Update, October 18, 2023 Amin Soltani Brian Carter Johanna Moore Andie Parry Ashka Jhaveri October 18, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, October 17, 2023 Nicholas Carl Brian Carter Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri October 17, 2023 ANALYSIS CTP and ISW have refocused the update to cover the Israel-Hamas war.
Iran Update, October 16, 2023 Nicholas Carl Andie Parry Annika Ganzeveld Ashka Jhaveri Johanna Moore October 16, 2023 ANALYSIS Palestinian militias continued drone and indirect fire attacks into Israel, primarily southern Israel, on October 15. The rate of small a...
Iran Update, October 15, 2023 Nicholas Carl Andie Parry Johanna Moore October 15, 2023 ANALYSIS CTP and ISW have refocused the update to cover the Israel-Hamas war.
Iran Update, October 12, 2023 Nicholas Carl Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri Andie Parry October 12, 2023 ANALYSIS
Iran Update, October 11, 2023 Amin Soltani Annika Ganzeveld Johanna Moore Ashka Jhaveri Andie Parry October 11, 2023 ANALYSIS
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 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.