ifmat - Iran strategy following a deal with the US

Iran’s strategy following a deal with the US

News coming from the nuclear talks in Vienna shows that the topic of a prisoner exchange between Iran and the US has taken priority over the talk on monitoring Iran’s nuclear program. According to the officials of ...
ifmat - Iran China deal cannot save the Mullahs

Iran-China deal cannot save the Mullahs

After a great deal of fanfare about its “Look to the East” policy, the Iranian regime finalized its 25-year Cooperation Program with China last month. Regime officials boasted about this program as a “win-win” agreement, but when ...
ifmat - Is Raisi Iran Supreme Leader in waiting

Is Raisi Iran’s Supreme Leader in waiting?

On Friday, June 18, 2021, the Islamic Republic of Iran got not only a new president—Ebrahim Raisi[1]—but a possible successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Raisi is seemingly a lackluster bureaucrat anointed president thanks to Khamenei’s ...