Isranet Daily Briefing
Thursday, October 5th 2023 / Wednesday, November 1st 2023
Inside Tehran’s Soft War: Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, Iran International, no date — Three Iran experts who have worked closely with Robert Malley, the Biden administration’s special envoy on Iran, were members of an influence network formed and guided by Tehran, an investigation by Iran International shows. _____________________________________________________ Inside Iran’s Influence Operation: Jay Solomon, Semafor, Sept. 29, […]
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Thursday, October 5th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
Lee Smith Tablet, Oct. 1, 2023 “… the IEI recruited several U.S.-based analysts, including Tabatabai, Ali Vaez, and Dina Esfandiary, all of whom willingly accepted Iranian guidance.” The Biden administration’s now-suspended Iran envoy Robert Malley helped to fund, support, and direct an Iranian intelligence operation designed to influence the United States and allied governments, […]
Jay Solomon Semafor, Sept.29, 2023 “This initiative which we call ‘Iran Experts Initiative (IEI)’ is consisted of a core group of 6-10 distinguished second-generation Iranians who have established affiliations with the leading international think-tanks and academic institutions, mainly in Europe and the US.” THE SCOOP In the spring of 2014, senior Iranian Foreign Ministry […]
Graeme Wood The Atlantic, Sept. 28, 2023 “… some of the reported exchanges between the Iran Experts and their convenor are mortifying.” When news comes out that someone has suffered an email breach, my first instinct is to pity them and practice extreme charity. I don’t remember any emails I wrote a decade ago, […]
Caroline Glick Carolineglick.com, Sept. 29, 2023 “Vaez, who served as the head of ICG’s Iran desk rewrote the Iranian draft and published it as a policy paper under his name and the ICG banner. Vaez called his laundered Iranian draft, “Iran and the P5+1: Solving the Nuclear Rubik’s Cube.”” There is something terribly disturbing […]
Wednesday, September 27th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
Frederick Krantz “… he’s leading a relatively poor, corruption-stained country, independent only since 1991, which is nevertheless fighting for its life, with allies who, though generous, are not giving him full support for fear of antagonizing too greatly the very state that threatens his country.” Is there any political or moral alternative to the U.S.-led […]
Tuesday, August 29th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
JPost editorial Jerusalem Post, Aug. 23, 2023 “The Iranians don’t love dying, but it is very easy for them to send others to die. While we’re shedding blood fighting their tentacles, the octopus’s head is lounging in its chair, enjoying itself.” Bennett’s conclusion: it was time for Israel “to aim at the head of the […]
Monday, August 21st 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
Dr. Hamdy Bashir Arab Wall, July 30, 2023 “Tehran is seizing the opportunity to engage with Morocco, thereby countering Israel’s growing influence in the Arab Maghreb region.” The announcement made by Tehran regarding its initiative to normalize relations with Morocco, as stated by its Foreign Minister, Amir Abdollahian, marks a significant and unexpected shift […]
Friday, August 18th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
TOI Staff Times of Israel, Aug. 17, 2023 “Russia has a credible way of building over the next year or so a capability to go from periodically launching tens of imported Shahed-136 kamikaze drones against Ukrainian targets to more regularly attacking with hundreds of them.” Russian officials visiting Iran as part of cooperation on attack […]
Monday, August 14th 2023 / Friday, November 3rd 2023
What’s Behind the Tentative US-Iran Agreement Involving Prisoners and Frozen Funds: Jon Gambrell and Matthew Lee, AP,Aug. 12, 2023 Prisoner Deal Could Smooth Effort to Contain Iran’s Nuclear Program: Michael Crowley, Ronen Bergman and Farnaz Fassihi, NY Times, Aug. 10, 2023 US-Iran Prisoner Swap Said to Be Part of Larger Deal That Addresses Nuclear Program: […]
Jon Gambrell and Matthew Lee AP, Aug. 12, 2023 “Former Vice President Mike Pence and the ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Jim Risch, as well as former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, have all compared the money transfer to paying a ransom and said the Biden administration is encouraging Iran to […]
Monday, July 31st 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
IRAN’S TAKE Exclusive: Inside the Downfall of Rob Malley: Sadra Torabi, Tehran Times, July 10, 2023 — On June 30th, Matthew Miller, the spokesperson for the US State Department, somewhat reduced the ambiguity and announced via email to Reuters that Robert Malley had taken “a leave of absence” and that his duties would be temporarily […]
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