22 Aug, 2024 Who’s who in Pezeshkian’s cabinet? The Iranian Parliament unanimously approved President Masoud Pezeshkian’s nineteen ministerial nominees, despite criticisms and controversies during several days of hearings. Most of the nominees are not officially
22 Aug, 2024 How Oman Plays a Role in Iran’s Plan To Become an LNG Superpower Liquefied natural gas (LNG) has become the world’s most sought-after emergency energy source following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. This is because it is ...
21 Aug, 2024 New Wave of State Murders in Iran There’s been a massive wave of executions in Iran recently – in short, a killing spree. We’ve highlighted the issue before in the Daily Brief, but the ...
21 Aug, 2024 Waiting period for Iran’s attack on Israel ‘could be long,’ says IRGC general After three weeks of threatening to attack Israel, a spokesman for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) announced on Tuesday that the attack could be delayed even further. “Time ...
20 Aug, 2024 How Syria and Iran fuel regional instability through illicit drug trade Over the past decade, the Middle East has witnessed a surge in drug manufacturing and trafficking, largely fueled by the Syrian conflict, with Iran proxies playing a ...
20 Aug, 2024 Reduction of US presence in Iraq likely to embolden Iranian axis The United States and Iraq have been engaged in talks aimed at transitioning the U.S.-led international military coalition in Iraq into a bilateral partnership, a process that ...
19 Aug, 2024 Iran expands surveillance capabilities through Chinese satellite partnerships In a significant move to enhance its intelligence-gathering capabilities, Iran is actively pursuing partnerships with two Chinese satellite companies, according to a Friday report by The Washington ...
16 Aug, 2024 Iranian-backed Iraqi factions form backbone of IRGC presence in Syria The Iraqi "militias" aligned with Tehran in Syria represent the "backbone" of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) power in Syria, a recent report by Independent Arabia ...
16 Aug, 2024 US arrests man attempting to smuggle military aircraft parts to Iran Jeffrey Chance Nader’s indictment marks a blow to illegal operations seeking to bypass US sanctions, highlighting the Justice Department’s intensified efforts to curb military technology smuggling to ...
16 Aug, 2024 Iraqi militias admitted to Tehran university without entrance exams The University of Tehran has announced an increase in the admission of members of Hashd al-Shaabi, the Iranian-backed Shiite militia in Iraq, without the need for entrance ...
15 Aug, 2024 Iranian Regime Funnels Public Funds into Foreign Religious Influence A recent report by Iran Open Data has shed light on the Iranian regime’s significant financial commitments to religious propaganda in Iraq and other countries. The findings ...