Iran’s Hardline Power Grab Betrays Growing Vulnerability, Desperation on June 11, 2020In the last week of May, the Iranian parliament elected its new speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. It was a major career move for someone who played numerous roles in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), dating back to 1982, before serving for 12 years as the mayor of Tehran. It was also the latest example […]
Khamenei’s broad transborder view: the cause of war and destruction in the region on November 4, 2019“One of the components of power is our strategic depth. Presence in the countries of the region and the support of the nations of the region for the Islamic Republic is the strategic depth of the Islamic Republic; the Islamic Republic cannot ignore it; no wise government will. … This broader transborder view, this strategic […]