Covering topics ranging from security and politics to business and society, IranSource draws on written analysis and multimedia content to inform a broader public conversation about Iran from an array of angles and perspectives.

It aims to identify the challenges, opportunities, and policy conundrums facing the US-Iran relationship and present a range of options to address them.

Editor: Holly Dagres

The views expressed in IranSource are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Atlantic Council, its staff, or its supporters.

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Trump’s Twitter War Unites Iranian Factions and Bolsters Rouhani

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Nov 20, 2024

2025 will be a decisive year for Iran’s nuclear program

Diplomatic deadlines and regional factors will force Iran to decide soon whether to strike a deal or seek a nuclear weapon. Either choice will have major ripple effects.

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Trump’s Twitter War Unites Iranian Factions and Bolsters Rouhani

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Nov 20, 2024

How to wrestle with an ayatollah 

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Khosro Sayeh Isfahani

If one looks closely, the ancient Persian sport of wrestling might have answers to understanding how to contain Iran

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Trump’s Twitter War Unites Iranian Factions and Bolsters Rouhani

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Nov 1, 2024

How the death of Abdul Malik al-Houthi could impact the Houthis and Iran

By
Emily Milliken and Caitlin Miller Hollingsworth

While Abdul Malik al-Houthi is still alive today, his death in the near term would impact the Houthi’s ability to operate and widen a leadership vacuum within Iran’s Resistance Axis.

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Jul 24, 2018

Trump’s Twitter War Unites Iranian Factions and Bolsters Rouhani

By Holly Dagres

As is so often the case with the current occupant of the White House, a presidential tweet muddied the message of the rest of the Trump administration. Iranians had been focusing on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s “Supporting Iranian Voices” event at the California-based Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library. But shortly after Pompeo finished […]

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Jul 23, 2018

Trump’s Angry Iran Tweet

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US President Donald J. Trump, in a late-night, all-caps tweet on July 22, threatened Iran with “consequences the likes of which few throughout history have suffered before” if Iranian leaders continued to threaten the United States with war. Trump’s tweet was an apparent response to a comment by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to Iranian diplomats […]

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Jul 23, 2018

US Policies Undercut ‘Support’ for ‘Iranian Voices’

By Barbara Slavin

Among the oddest features of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s address at the Reagan Library on July 22 — billed as “Supporting Iranian Voices” – was the absence of any actual Iranian on the dias. Pompeo was introduced by Fred Ryan, chairman of the board of the Reagan Foundation, and by Sen. Tom Cotton, a […]

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A poster and flag bearing Lebanese Hezbollah's logo in Baalbek, Lebanon. (Wikimedia Commons)

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Jul 20, 2018

Tehran struggles with terrorism financing bill

By Nader Uskowi

The Supreme Leader and hardliners will have a choice to make: continue supporting and commanding the armed militia groups and accepting questionable cash flow out of the country, or take action for the sake of their government’s future.

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Jul 19, 2018

Travel Ban Punishes Iranian Scholars and Undermines US Economy

By Tahereh Hadian-Jazy

The Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision to uphold the third iteration of President Donald Trump’s travel ban falls hardest on Iranians – both those seeking to travel to the US and those in the US who cannot go home without jeopardizing their ability to return. The situation is particularly dire for Iranians studying for graduate degrees, […]

An Iranian woman attends a viewing of the Iran-Portugal World Cup match on June 25, 2018 in Tehran's Azadi Stadium (Wikimedia Commons/Fars News)

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Jul 17, 2018

After the World Cup, Will Iranian Women Still Be Able to Watch Soccer?

By Owen Daniels & Phoebe Amend

The 2018 World Cup is over after a whirlwind month of matches, with France claiming the title. There was no shortage of engrossing stories from the tournament, with political drama undergirding the action. In Iran, for example, beyond the national team’s relatively impressive display, the country grabbed headlines off the pitch for allowing women to […]

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Iranian people on Youtube (Israeli Prime Minister's Office/YouTube)

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Jul 17, 2018

Netanyahu’s New Iran Approach: YouTube Diplomacy

By Ehud Eiran

Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership style always includes dramatic warnings about threats to Israel. For more than a decade now, Israel’s prime minister warns that Iran—in particular its nuclear program—are the chief threat. In 2015, a glaring Netanyahu stared down the United Nations General Assembly in silence for almost a minute. The gesture was to protest what […]

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Jul 16, 2018

Iran’s Renewable Energy Outlook Dims after US Withdrawal from the Nuclear Deal

By Omid Shokri Kalehsar

Countries across the world are planning to increase the share of renewables in their national energy baskets, particularly for electricity generation. Iran, as a major oil producer, has only recently begun to stress the role of renewables with the coming into force of its Fourth Development Plan (2004-2009). Iran has high potential for progress in […]

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Jul 16, 2018

Iran’s Renewable Energy Outlook Dims after US Withdrawal from the Nuclear Deal

By Omid Shokri Kalehsar

Countries across the world are planning to increase the share of renewables in their national energy baskets, particularly for electricity generation. Iran, as a major oil producer, has only recently begun to stress the role of renewables with the coming into force of its Fourth Development Plan (2004-2009). Iran has high potential for progress in […]

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Jul 13, 2018

Expect Russia to Do Little on Iranian Presence in Syria

By Holly Dagres

Israel’s prime minister met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss Iranian presence in Syria, on the same day the Supreme Leader’s senior advisor arrived in Moscow with a message. Benjamin Netanyahu told Russia’s president on June 11, “Our opinion is known that Iran needs to leave Syria—that is not something new,” hours after a […]

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