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Senior cleric says Iran-US talks will remain a ‘graveyard dream’

A member of Iran's Assembly of Experts has condemned the idea of potential talks with the US, stressing that resistance against Washington is a core principle of the Islamic ...
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The Fall of Assad: A Blow to Iran’s Proxy Forces and Regional Influence

The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, one of the most critical regional allies of the Iranian theocracy, has triggered a seismic political shift in the Middle East. For Tehran, ...
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The Fall of an Ayatollah: Whispers of Succession in Iran

A quiet political shake-up is unfolding behind the scenes of Iran's religious power structure. Ahmad Khatami, once a seemingly untouchable hardline cleric, has been stripped of his position in ...
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Who are Khamenei’s likely successors?

On November 15, a member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts announced that the Assembly has selected three individuals as potential successors to Ali Khamenei in order of priority. However, ...
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Iran’s House of Cards

Masoud Pezeshkian’s election to Iran’s presidency remains a sideshow to the true contest for power in the Islamic Republic. Who will succeed to the leadership of the regime upon ...
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Inside Iran’s Quds Day Celebration of October 7

In April, the Islamic Republic of Iran once again marked the last Friday of the month of Ramadan as Quds Day. Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the Iranian regime ...
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