ifmat - The IRGC and Irans Water Mafia

The IRGC and Iran’s “Water Mafia”

Several weeks ago, Saeed Mohammad’s name made the rounds as a possible candidate for Iran’s upcoming presidential election in June for Water Mafia.
ifmat - 42 years after Iran 1979 revolution

42 years after Iran’s 1979 revolution

Forty-two years ago, Iranians, fed up with the oppression of the 50-year-old dictatorship of the Pahlavi dynasty, joined hands in hopes of gaining freedom in a revolution that overthrew the Shah in 1979. The revolution brought a ...
ifmat - Iran government at the brink of collapse

Iran’s government at the brink of collapse

One day before the rejection of the general budget by Iran’s Parliament (Majlis), an expert of the so-called reformist faction said that the approval of the parliamentary integration commission “put the country on the brink of a ...
ifmat - Iran is a significant player in Afghan internal affairs

Iran is a significant player in Afghan internal affairs

Iran is a significant player in Afghan internal affairs, presenting a sustained and long-term threat to its national security. The ability of Afghan institutions to identify and counter these threats needs to be improved.
ifmat - Iran sentences three dissidents to 20 years in prison

Iran sentences three dissidents to 20 years in prison

According to a knowledgeable source Zahra Safaei, her daughter Prastoo Moeini and her son Mohammad Masoud Moini were handed their sentences by the Branch 23 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court presided over by judge Mohammad Mehdi Shahmirzadi.