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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What Would Happen in Iran if US Reneges on the Nuclear Deal

IranSource
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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What Would Happen in Iran if US Reneges on the Nuclear Deal

IranSource
Nov 20, 2024

How to wrestle with an ayatollah 

By
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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What Would Happen in Iran if US Reneges on the Nuclear Deal

IranSource
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 31, 2017

What Would Happen in Iran if US Reneges on the Nuclear Deal

By Sirous Amerian

Six months into his administration, Donald Trump appears increasingly determined to start implementing his campaign promise of “dismantling the disastrous deal with Iran.”

IranSource

Jul 25, 2017

Trump Administration Presses Iran to Free the Namazis

By Barbara Slavin

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met on July 24 with the top brass of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), reportedly seeking to end a spate of disagreements that have been aired in public since Rouhani’s re-election.

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Jul 25, 2017

Iran Complains US Pressure on Foreign Banks Violates JCPOA

By Farhad Rezaei

While the Trump administration asserts that Iran is violating the spirit of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran says the United States is violating the letter by trying to inhibit foreign business with the Islamic Republic and in particular, the return of tier one foreign banks.

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Jul 24, 2017

انتشار اسناد تازه ای از کودتای ۲۸ مرداد و احیای بحث تغییر رژیم

By نوشته ملکوم برن ترجمه مهرناز صمیمی

پس از شصت و چهار سال، پیامدهای کودتای ۱۳۳۲ در ایران همچنان در داخل و خارج از ایران مشهود است.

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Jul 24, 2017

Mathematician’s Death Ignites Debate Over Media Portrayal of Women

By Negar Mortazavi

Maryam Mirzakhani, the most prominent Iranian scientist of our times, just passed away from cancer at the age of 40. She was the first woman and the first Iranian to win the highest honor a mathematician can receive, the Fields Medal, also known as the Nobel prize of mathematics.

IranSource

Jul 20, 2017

Women Make Slow but Steady Progress in Iran

By Mehrnaz Samimi

On Aug. 5, Hassan Rouhani will officially start the second term of his presidency. Hossein-Ali Amiri, Rouhani’s vice president for parliamentary affairs, has said that three women have been asked to join the new cabinet.

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Jul 19, 2017

US Needs More Diplomacy, Not Just More Sanctions on Iran

By Barbara Slavin

New York – Iran’s foreign minister chose a pivotal week to come to the United States to argue his country’s case before Americans.

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Jul 13, 2017

New Documents about 1953 Iran Coup Enliven Regime Change Debate

By Malcolm Byrne

Sixty-four years on, the effects of the 1953 coup in Iran continue to resonate inside Iran and outside.

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Jul 12, 2017

Neocon Comparison of Iran and Soviet Union Profoundly Flawed

By Sina Azodi

After almost eight months, the Trump administration has yet to come up with a comprehensive Iran policy. The White House has grudgingly abided by its predecessor’s nuclear deal with Iran, while adopting a more hawkish tone toward Iran’s growing influence in the Middle East.

IranSource

Jul 11, 2017

Iran Seeks Neo-Protectorate in Syria

By Farhad Rezaei

The six-year civil war in Syria has propelled relations with Iran to a new level of importance on a par, according to some Iranian officials, with Iran’s control over parts of its own territory.

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