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Alfoneh in Middle East Institute: Iran’s Quds Force Officers in the Limelight

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Feb 22, 2018

Alfoneh in Middle East Institute: Iran’s Quds Force Officers in the Limelight

By Ali Alfoneh

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Feb 22, 2018

Slavin in Al Monitor: World Financial Watchdog Keeps Punting on Iran

By Barbara Slavin

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Feb 21, 2018

Iran’s History of Suspicious Deaths in Prison

By Holly Dagres

A single word “baba,” dad, appeared on an Instagram post by Iranian punk rocker King Raam taken at his father’s funeral.  Kavous Seyed-Emami, a prominent Canadian-Iranian environmentalist and academic, was quickly buried without an independent autopsy due to pressure by authorities, according to his family. Officials said Seyed-Emami had committed suicide in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison on February 9, […]

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Feb 20, 2018

Alfoneh Quoted in Wall Street Journal on Iran General Qasem Soleimani

By Ali Alfoneh

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Feb 20, 2018

Iran’s Missile Program in Perspective

By Future of Iran Initiative

Iran’s missile program has long been a subject of controversy and the Trump administration has in recent weeks tied its continued implementation of a landmark 2015 nuclear accord to European support for more stringent curbs on Iran’s missile development. At a Feb. 20 panel on the issue organized by the Atlantic Council’s Future of Iran […]

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Feb 19, 2018

Alfoneh in Middle East Institute: Tehran Stands to Lose in Syria’s Postwar Reconstruction

By Ali Alfoneh

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Feb 19, 2018

Alfoneh Quoted in The Times of Israel on Iran’s Military Bases in Syria

By Ali Alfoneh

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Feb 19, 2018

Alfoneh Quoted in Hamodia on Iran’s Military Force

By Ali Alfoneh

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Feb 19, 2018

Alfoneh Quoted in The New York Times on Strikes in Syria

By Ali Alfoneh

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Feb 18, 2018

Iran and India Revive Economic Relations with New Chabahar Agreement

By Masoud Mostajabi

The development of the strategic Chabahar port is becoming a success story in the Iran-India relationship. The Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman is a key project for the two countries. Originally agreed to in 2003 during the presidency of Mohammad Khatami and the prime ministership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the project was suspended […]

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