Iran
The Islamic Republic of Iran refuses to cooperate with IAEA inspectors, has pursued nuclear weapons technologies covertly, stockpiles enriched uranium that it can rapidly convert to bomb fuel, constructs reactors that provide a pathway to plutonium-fueled bombs and was caught building a buried enrichment facility. Despite being hit with international sanctions, Iran has accelerated its enrichment operations -- to the dismay of the international community and Tehran's neighbors in the Middle East. As tension mounts in the standoff over Iran's nuclear program -- and speculation brews about strikes to nip it -- here are some crisp and straightforward insights into the Islamic Republic.
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Can Hassan Rouhani follow through on his campaign promises? History can and should serve as a guide to the obstacles Rouhani must overcome in order to make substantive changes to policies that serve the interests of other regime centers of power.
How have the Revolutionary Guards reacted to Hassan Rouhani's victory? AEI's Will Fulton provides clarity in a Q&A with the United States Institute of Peace.
This report examines the formal structures that comprise the IRGC's senior leadership and the informal influence networks that dominate it. The central focus is a faction within the IRGC referred to here as the "Command Network" (IRGC-CN), and its extended branches.
Increasing inflation continues to take its toll on ordinary Iranians, making it increasingly difficult to put food on the table.
As the Iranian Navy expands its reach and adds new capabilities, Iranian officials continue to declare that its main foe is the U.S. Navy.
Decisions about the character of Iranian policy and diplomacy most often rest in the hands of the Supreme Leader and his unelected aides, as well as increasingly the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
