Director of US National Intelligence: Russia’s ‘Actions have Been Pretty Nefarious Towards Us’

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Oct 2, 2024

What is Iran thinking now?

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Tehran launched nearly two hundred missiles at Israel on Tuesday. Atlantic Council experts consider the ways that the barrage—which was largely ineffectual—offers a window into Iranian thinking.

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Director of US National Intelligence: Russia’s ‘Actions have Been Pretty Nefarious Towards Us’

IranSource
Oct 2, 2024

It’s time Iran’s artists be considered as human rights defenders

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Sanjay Sethi and Johanna Bankston

International recognition of the acute risk creatives face in Iran is necessary to ensure their vital role in advocating for human rights continues.

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Director of US National Intelligence: Russia’s ‘Actions have Been Pretty Nefarious Towards Us’

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Sep 28, 2024

Experts react: Hassan Nasrallah is dead. What’s next for Hezbollah, Israel, and Iran?

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On Saturday, Hezbollah confirmed that its leader had been killed in an Israeli air strike. Atlantic Council experts share their insights on what might come next for the already war-torn region.

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Oct 8, 2024

A bipartisan Iran strategy for the next US administration—and the next two decades

As tensions spike in the Middle East, how should the next US president approach Iran and its network of proxies including Hezbollah and Hamas? With a strategy that can be maintained for decades, by administrations of either party. A bipartisan, expert working group lays out the details.

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Blinded Iranian activist Elaheh Tavakolian: ‘We lost our eyes on this path. Let us not lose sight of our goal’

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Holly Dagres

Holly Dagres sits down with blinded Iranian activist Elahe Tavakolian to share her story and discuss the situation in Iran and what the West needs to do.

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Nov 20, 2024

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

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Danny Citrinowicz  

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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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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Jul 20, 2018

Director of US National Intelligence: Russia’s ‘Actions have Been Pretty Nefarious Towards Us’

By Dan Coats and Andrea Mitchell, Aspen Institute

Excerpts from Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats interview with NBC Chief Correspondent Andrea Mitchell, July 19, 2018.

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

IranSource

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

Oil and Iran: How renewed sanctions will affect Iran and world markets

By Global Business & Economics Program

On July 18, the Atlantic Council’s Future of Iran Initiative in the South Asia Center, Global Energy Center, and Global Business & Economics Program co-hosted a panel discussion on the likelihood and effect of renewed US sanctions on Iran.

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Jul 19, 2018

Slavin in AXIOS: Trump’s Iran sanctions could lead to volatile gas prices, recession

By Barbara Slavin

Read the full article here.

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EconoGraphics

Jul 19, 2018

US Iran Sanctions Could SpOIL the Global Economy

By Ole Moehr

The Trump Administration’s “maximum pressure” approach against Iran to reduce Iranian crude oil exports to zero as soon as possible is expected to rattle markets and could undermine the credibility and effectiveness of US sanctions. This edition of the EconoGraphic outlines how re-imposed US sanctions against Iran will affect the global oil market, the price of oil, US consumers, and the American economy.

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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)

IranSource

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)

IranSource

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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MENASource

Jul 16, 2018

Diplomatic relations between Morocco and Iran sour over Western Sahara dispute

By Mariam Elatouabi

Tensions between Morocco and Iran over the Western Sahara dispute ignited in March 2017, when the Moroccan authorities arrested Lebanese Hezbollah financier Kassim Tajideen in Casablance, en route to Beirut from Guinea-Bissau.

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EnergySource

Jul 13, 2018

What Iran’s World Cup team says about oil production

By Brenda Shaffer

In the current tight oil market, where little wiggle room exists between supply and demand, any production outage has the potential to significantly impact the global oil price. And while observers frequently discuss many of the geopolitical risks that could lead to such outages, the potential for outages in Iranian production warrants further consideration—and not […]

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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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