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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Saudi-led Blockade of Qatar Could Boost Iran

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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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Saudi-led Blockade of Qatar Could Boost Iran

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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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Saudi-led Blockade of Qatar Could Boost Iran

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Nov 1, 2024

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

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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 10, 2017

Saudi-led Blockade of Qatar Could Boost Iran

By Shahir Shahidsaless

An extended deadline for a Qatari response to a list of 13 Saudi-led demands expired on July 5 with no sign that Qatar would capitulate.

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Jul 6, 2017

New Strains Arise Between Iran and India

By Fatemeh Aman

The historic visit this week of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Israel could not have been welcome news in Iran.

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Jul 3, 2017

Theocracy vs. Democracy in Iran: A New Round in an Old Conflict

By Farhad Rezaei

As predicted, the June 7 terrorist attacks in Tehran have complicated the rule of newly re-elected President Hassan Rouhani and his pragmatic coalition. More aftershocks have occurred, some of which potentially threaten his tenure.

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Jun 29, 2017

Saudi Arabia Scores an Own Goal on Qatar and Iran

By Barbara Slavin

As the Saudi-led blockade of Qatar approaches the one-month mark, the tiny emirate shows no sign of bending to a list of demands that include severing diplomatic ties with Iran.

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Jun 27, 2017

Hardliners Intensify Attacks on Rouhani Post-election

By Sirous Amerian

Conservatives in Iran don’t take defeat easily. In the past few years, they have lost to moderate and reformist candidates in elections for parliament, city councils and now the presidency.

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Jun 14, 2017

The Iran Deal Could Facilitate Persian Gulf Conflict Resolution

By Barbara Slavin

One way to ease the growing rift between Iran and its Arab neighbors across the Persian Gulf might be through dialogue about nuclear safety. Iran’s Bushehr reactors – started by Germany 40 years ago and completed a decade ago by Russia – sit on earthquake fault-lines and pose potentially grave risks to Iranians and Arabs […]

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Jun 12, 2017

Preserving and Building on the Iran Nuclear Deal

By South Asia Center

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Jun 9, 2017

The Trump Administration Should Ease Its Policy of Isolating Iran

By Amir Handjani

The Trump administration’s attempts to isolate and demonize Iran for all the ills of the Middle East will do far more harm than good to long-term US interests. Instead of seeking to isolate and confront Iran, the administration should build on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) to ease the region’s sectarian and other […]

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Jun 9, 2017

Terrorist Attacks in Iran Could Strengthen Hardliners

By Farhad Rezaei

Terrorists attacked two key sites in Tehran on June 7 — the Parliament building, a symbol of the republic, and the tomb of the Islamic Republic’s revolutionary founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a symbol of the revolution. Sixteen people died and 45 were wounded. The group that calls itself the Islamic State (ISIS) took responsibility and […]

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Jun 8, 2017

Europe Will Strive to Safeguard the Iran Nuclear Deal

By Ellie Geranmayeh

Since the conclusion of the Iran nuclear deal, member states of the European Union have unanimously affirmed their commitments to the agreement and accelerated their rapprochement with Tehran. This process has continued despite calls from President Trump for all nations of conscience to isolate Iran.

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