19 May, 2020 Baha’is in Iran face accelerated persecution despite public health crisis The Baha’i International Community reports that two Baha’is in Isfahan have been arrested arbitrarily; seven in Shiraz have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from one to ...
15 May, 2020 Iran’s Khorramshahr missile is a copy of a copy The Khorramshahr missile is classic Iran—vintage Soviet technology adapted by another country, and then again upgraded and tweaked by Iran. This makes the Khorramshahr a copy… of ...
11 May, 2020 Denials delays and conspiracy theories in Iran about coronavirus Iran’s initial reaction to the coronavirus pandemic was sluggish, and its fight with the outbreak has been chaotic and inefficient. US sanctions undeniably played a role in ...
16 Apr, 2020 Iranian submarines could easily control the Arabian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz Iran’s smaller submarines are not much to talk about on paper, especially when compared to their more powerful nuclear counterparts. But in the Persian Gulf region, they ...
16 Apr, 2020 A Technical and Policy Note on Iran’s Recent Uranium Enrichment Capacity Claims On April 8, 2020, one day before Iran’s Nuclear Technology Day, a spokesperson for the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) announced that Iran could produce 60 “advanced” ...
16 Apr, 2020 By Nationalizing VPNs Iran takes another step toward the North Korean Model Iran’s Supreme Council on Cyberspace has launched plans for a national virtual private network (VPN) in an apparent bid to command further control over Iranian citizens — ...
15 Apr, 2020 Kadhimi is Iraq’s Next Iran-Backed Prime Minister On April 9, Iraqi President Barham Salih nominated Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Iraq’s director of National Intelligence Services and a former journalist, as the nation’s next prime minister-designate, giving ...
09 Apr, 2020 Iranian Army Commander lies about Iran’s speed boats "Iran is one of the five countries in the world that has a fast watercrafts industry,” Commander Amir Rastegari, head of the Maritime Industries Organization of the ...
03 Apr, 2020 Missiles are an essential tool of the Iranian regime Missiles are an essential tool of the Iranian regime. They are used for power projection, particularly towards Iran’s neighbors, or for anti-access/area-denial closer to home, in particular ...
02 Apr, 2020 More evidence suggests Iran’s nuclear shopping sprees persist Even amid a negligent and botched response to the coronavirus pandemic, Tehran’s leaders are investing precious resources to further their nuclear program in violation of the Joint ...
01 Apr, 2020 Iran boosts enriched uranium stockpile Iran has accumulated approximately 1,021 kilograms of low-enriched uranium (LEU), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) detailed in a report released March 3