ifmat - Iran Regime Builds New Terror Centers

Iran Regime Builds New Terror Centers

It is heartening that the Trump Administration is considering officially designating the Iranian regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a "Foreign Terrorist Organization" (FTO), writes US. Colonel Wes Martin who served as the first senior antiterrorism ...
ifmat - Iran deserves terrorist state reputation

Iran deserves terrorist state reputation

In his May 14 guest viewpoint, M. Reza Behnam claims that characterizing Iran as a terrorist state is false and the result of anti-Iran bias. Along the way, Behnam indulges in an obsession against the legitimacy of ...
ifmat - Iran remains a threat to the world and to its own people

Iran remains a threat to the world and to its own people

The re-election of President Hassan Rouhani changes nothing. Iran remains an impoverished dictatorship governed by a theocratic elite. The illusion of pluralism was given by the candidacy of hardliner Ebrahim Raisi, who in the late Eighties allegedly ...
ifmat - Rifts Deepening Amongst Senior Iranian Elites

Rifts Deepening Amongst Senior Iranian Elites

With the election façade coming to an end in Iran and the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei claiming victory – based on rigging the number of votes in the millions – will the divides amongst the regime’s senior ...
ifmat - How Iran views its role in the Middle East

How Iran views its role in the Middle East

A recent study of political statements by key Iranian officials throughout 2016 and the first half of 2017 provides interesting insights into the country's political vision and identifies future trends in its foreign policy, especially with regards ...