Analysis
Monday, June 23rd 2025
Amir Taheri Gatestone, June 22, 2025 “the overall mood in Iran, including in the ruling circles, is against Khamenei’s “to the last drop of blood” posturing, if only because people know this is posturing from a leader who is personally secure in his hideout.” After a week in purdah, “Supreme Guide” Ali Khamenei broke […]
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Farnaz Fassihi NY Times, June 22, 2025 “Iran’s options are grim. And whatever it does will be a turning point for the Islamic Republic’s nearly five-decade rule.” Iran’s clerical rulers have a long history of open animosity toward the United States. From vowing “Death to America” to striking an American base in Iraq after […]
William F. Wechsler The Atlantic Council, June 22, 2025 “The regime is in a fundamentally weak position and should leap at this last opportunity to save itself, as this is clearly Trump’s preferred outcome.” Just over one week ago, when Israel began its campaign of strikes on Iran, I argued that “Iran cannot be allowed to […]
Monday, June 23rd 2025 / Monday, June 23rd 2025
Saeid Golkar Moment, June 19, 2025 “While Khamenei’s rule remains unchallenged, he has a notable weakness: Among leaders in the modern world, he is one of the most disliked by his people.” In the wake of Israeli attacks since June 12, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader since 1989, was forced into hiding, retreating […]
Isranet Daily Briefing
Tuesday, May 20th 2025
*** Trump Envoy Says Iran Must Give Up Nuclear Enrichment Capability: David E. Sanger, NY Times, May 18, 2025 Iran’s Air Defenses Around Nuclear Site More ‘Brittle’ Than Expected: Exclusive Analysis: Aaron Mehta, Breaking Defense, May 15, 2025 Master Negotiator Who ‘Drowns the Devil in Words’: Iran’s Man in Nuclear Talks with US: Lion Ben Ari, Ynet News, […]
David E. Sanger NY Times, May 18, 2025 “It is unclear whether Mr. Witkoff and Mr. Trump can sell the president’s supporters on an agreement that stops short of dismantlement as a permanent solution to a problem Mr. Trump has insisted he would solve, once and for all.” President Trump’s chief Iran negotiator said on […]
Friday, May 9th 2025 / Thursday, May 8th 2025
Eldad Shavit and Sima Shine INSS Insight No. 1977, May 5, 2025 “It appears that the Trump administration has, in principle, accepted the notion—first adopted during the Obama era—that Iran has the right to enrich uranium. Iran, for its part, is unwilling to give up that right.” The nuclear discussions between Iran and the […]
Wednesday, February 5th 2025
Michael Lippin VOA, Feb. 3, 2025 “It makes sense for Iran to try to obtain more of these precursor chemicals from China because Tehran sees Beijing as a more trusted partner than other nations.” The Trump administration has made its first comment on Western media reports that Iran is trying to ship a missile propellant […]
Wednesday, October 9th 2024
“USE-OVER-LOSE” Experts See Hezbollah ‘Escalation’ In Use of New Missiles, As Group Weathers Israeli Bombardment: Agnes Halou, Breaking Defence, Oct. 8, 2024 — Ten days after the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and amid an aggressive Israeli bombardment, a senior Hezbollah official today attempted to assauge any of the group’s concerns by saying its capabilities are […]
Aaron MacLean Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute, no date “It is certainly tempting to argue that the Middle East, from the American strategic perspective, does not or ought not exist. The region is the scene of a generational strategic failure of American statesmen and the American foreign policy elite of both parties.” […]
Friday, June 21st 2024 / Friday, June 21st 2024
John Bolton WSJ, June 4, 2024 “Mr. Biden’s greater mistake is refusing to acknowledge Iran’s “ring of fire” strategy to intimidate Israel and achieve regional hegemony over the oil-producing monarchies and other inconvenient Arab states.” The world has truly turned upside down when a U.S. president begs America’s allies to have a United Nations […]
Friday, May 17th 2024
Efraim Inbar Jerusalem Post, May 15, 2024 “Hamas, an Iranian ally, has a good chance of taking over the state that the Americans are eager to establish within the framework of an anti-Iranian alliance. This state would be a Trojan horse.” The present American administration sees the war in Gaza as an opportunity to build […]
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