It was a stark message: A convoy of masked Shiite militiamen, armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, drove openly through central Baghdad denouncing the U.S. presence in Iraq... Read more
Analysis: How Iran is transforming Iraq into a second Lebanon Analysis: How Iran is transforming Iraq into a second Lebanon Iraq plays a double game by claiming to integrate Iran-backed Shii... Read more
Iran targets Israel from Iraq Iran targets Israel from Iraq In a speech delivered on May 9, Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi, Secretary General of the Hezbollah Nujaba movement in Iraq, delivered a se... Read more
Iran Builds New Border Crossing to Smuggle Weapons to Proxies via Syria and Iraq Iran Builds New Border Crossing to Smuggle Weapons to Proxies via Syria and Iraq Iran is conducting construct... Read more
IS IRAN’S INFLUENCE IN IRAQ GROWING, OR HAS IT REACHED A PLATEAU? IS IRAN’S INFLUENCE IN IRAQ GROWING, OR HAS IT REACHED A PLATEAU? Iran’s role in Iraq is multi-layered. It suffered a slight... Read more
Iran Reshapes the Middle East Iran has always seen itself as being in competition with the Arab states for domination of the Persian Gulf. Its ambitions were put on hold in the late 1... Read more
Iran’s budget reveals its hardline priorities – The Iranian budget for the coming year, which begins on March 21, gives a fairly clear snapshot of the ruling regime’s priorities. And a... Read more
Iran’s Occupation of Syria – Most people immersed in Middle Eastern affairs have heard the charge, ad-nauseam, “Israeli occupation” of the West Bank. The United Nations (UN) age... Read more
After Blasting IRGC for Corruption, Rouhani Boosts Their Budget by 50% – Even as he was blasting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for corruption on Monday, President Hassan... Read more
Iran building new Hezbollah in Syria – Iran is working to unite Shiite foreign militias fighting in Syria under one organization that could serve as a “parallel army” to that of Bashar... Read more
