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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Building on the JCPOA with a WMD Free Zone in the Middle East

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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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Building on the JCPOA with a WMD Free Zone in the Middle East

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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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Building on the JCPOA with a WMD Free Zone in the Middle East

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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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Oct 30, 2017

Building on the JCPOA with a WMD Free Zone in the Middle East

By Mehran Haghirian

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is arguably the most comprehensive and verifiable non-proliferation agreement since the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). It not only ensures against the proliferation of nuclear weapons, but also recognizes the right to a peaceful nuclear program. As more countries, including members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) develop nuclear […]

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Oct 25, 2017

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Fire Back at Trump

By Shahir Shahidsaless

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the most powerful security and military organization in Iran, recently presented its analysis of Trump’s new strategy toward Iran as laid out in his October 13 speech de-certifying the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

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Oct 16, 2017

Iran Policy after Trump Decertification of the Nuclear Deal

By Barbara Slavin

As President, Donald Trump has always had the power to blow up the Iran nuclear deal for any reason or no reason at all. On Friday, he sought to foist that responsibility on the US Congress but the decision ultimately remains with him.

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Oct 4, 2017

Will Iran Stick to the JCPOA if Trump Refuses to Re-certify It?

By Farhad Rezaei

Tension is building in Washington and Tehran as the date for re-certifying Iran as compliant with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nears. Certification of the agreement every 90 days by the American administration is not part of the JCPOA. Rather, it was imposed on the Obama administration by the Republican-led Congress, which passed […]

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Sep 27, 2017

Rebutting the Critics of the Iran Nuclear Deal

By Sina Azodi

As President Trump weighs whether to re-certify Iranian compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), one of the major arguments used by opponents of the deal is that Iran has continued to test ballistic missiles. The US views those missile tests as provocative, and while technically not a breach of JCPOA, they come […]

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Sep 26, 2017

US Credibility as a Negotiator Rests on the Iran Nuclear Deal

By Sirous Amerian

This September was an important month for President Donald Trump. It was the first time he stood in front of the UN General Assembly and talked directly to such a large gathering of world leaders and senior foreign officials. He started by bragging about the big changes he has brought to the US but moved […]

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Sep 19, 2017

The Iran Nuclear Deal’s Fate is a Litmus Test for Multipolarity

By Sina Toossi

An understated consequence of the July 2015 Iran nuclear deal was that it represented conflict resolution through a multilateral framework and a step away from forceful US unilateralism. Washington, it seemed, had turned its back on the days of the George W. Bush administration’s seeming indifference to the interests and concerns of other global powers, […]

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Sep 6, 2017

Nikki Haley: The Iran Deal Is in US National Security Interests

By Barbara Slavin

Appearing at a Washington think tank on Tuesday, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley laid out what appeared to be a rationale for the Trump administration to walk away from the Iran nuclear deal next month.

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Aug 15, 2017

Gas Field Contract Dispute Threatens Iran-India Ties

By Aditya Ramachandran

As Iran’s economy began recovering with the lifting of international sanctions, Akbar Torkan, a top advisor to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, stated in December 2016, “Iran’s wealth and national interests were plundered by a bunch of marauders from Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E, Qatar, China and India.”

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Aug 11, 2017

Why Iran’s ‘Enemy narrative’ is Flawed

By Shahir Shahidsaless

In a featured article entitled “Why we have enemies” in the July 7 issue of the weekly Sobhe Sadeq, Brig. Gen. Yadollah Javani expounded the deep state view that there is an inherent, irreconcilable antagonism between Iran and its enemies.

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