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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Landmines Still a Major Menace in 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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Landmines Still a Major Menace in Iran

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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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Landmines Still a Major Menace in Iran

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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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Aug 25, 2016

Landmines Still a Major Menace in Iran

By Fatemeh Aman

Iran’s Ministry of Agricultural Jihad in Ilam Province, bordering Iraq, is planning to cultivate grapes on 600 hectares land previously contaminated with landmines.

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Aug 9, 2016

Aggressive Saudi Policies Toward Iran Unlikely to Succeed

By Shahir Shahidsaless

Iranian-Saudi hostilities peaked during the 1980-88 Iraq-Iran war when Saudi Arabia poured billions of dollars into financing Saddam Hussein with the aim of toppling the Iranian government, which had promoted the export of its revolution.

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Jul 27, 2016

Relatives of Jailed Iranians Seek Resolution Before Obama Leaves Office

By Barbara Slavin

Among the most dispiriting aspects of Iranian policy since the 1979 revolution has been the seizure of foreign hostages. From the 444-day ordeal of 52 Americans in the immediate aftermath of the revolution to the present-day captivity of three Iranian Americans and four other dual nationals, this policy has blackened Iran’s reputation and stymied its […]

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Jul 26, 2016

Sand Storms Turn Some Regions in Iran into “Hell”

By Fatemeh Aman

Iran is facing a series of environmental disasters this summer, including forest fires, record heat indexes in some provinces and sandstorms threatening the capital, Tehran. Namak (Persian Salt) Lake in Qom province, which once measured 200,000 hectares, has completely dried up because of climate change, the ill-considered construction of tens of dams and depleted underground […]

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Jul 12, 2016

A Year On, Iran Nuclear Deal is Working, but Challenged

By Barbara Slavin

A year after it was reached, a landmark nuclear agreement with Iran has met its primary goals but remains challenged on multiple levels by those who never supported the deal and oppose reconciliation between the Islamic Republic and the United States.

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Jul 7, 2016

Iranians Mock anti-American Billboards

By Mehrnaz Samimi

Iranians are poking fun at new billboards posted around Tehran by the city government that disparage what they call “American-style human rights.” Among the messages meant to inform the public about the real American lifestyle – as opposed to what Iranians see in American movies and music videos — are statistics about domestic violence, children […]

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Jun 28, 2016

Iran Takes Steps to Satisfy Banking Watchdog

By Tyler Cullis

On June 24, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – an intergovernmental body that sets and promotes standards for combating money laundering and terrorist financing – revised its public statement regarding Iran to account for positive steps that Tehran has recently taken to bring itself into compliance with global banking norms.  

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Jun 20, 2016

Love and Marriage, Iranian Style

By Mehrnaz Samimi

Arranged marriages are far from the main means through which nuptials take place in Iran. Long gone, too, are the days when a nervous young man in his early to mid-twenties would scribble his landline number on a piece of paper, look around to make sure the morality police were not watching, and pass the […]

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May 24, 2016

چگونه می توان ظرفیت های سواحل مکران را گسترش داد؟

By فاطمه امان

ایران به دنبال سرمایه گذاری تازه ای برای توسعه سواحل مکران (یا سواحل دریای عمان) در  طول خلیج عمان است. این سرمایه گذاری می تواند باعث توسعه یکی از محروم ترین مناطق ایران شود، به مبارزه با مواد مخدر یاری رساند، و حضور نیروی دریایی ارتش جمهوری اسلامی را فراتر از خلیج فارس گسترش دهد.

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May 24, 2016

Impressive Gains for Iranian Cinema after Nuclear Deal

By Mehrnaz Samimi

My movies are generally not happy ones. But I’m pleased that I make my people–or at least part of my people–happy with these awards,” said Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi in his acceptance speech last weekend at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.

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