Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

In his first public remarks in weeks, Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei claimed on Monday that the United States and Israel had incited the ongoing protest movement surrounding the death...

Studies in political science indicate that tyrants want to build a regime without end. In doing so, they need a good succession plan, often called the “keep it in the...

Key point: America can still do more to hurt Iran economically. However, more damage does not necessarily mean that Tehran will fall. The United States, reacting to the shooting down of...

Tensions between the United States and Iran seem to be deescalating again, but the countries clearly are still at loggerheads.  Much media attention has been focused in recent days on...

Despite the limited reach of the United States to directly affect some areas of the Iranian economy with sanctions, it does have room to add effective secondary sanctions. The United...