The death of Grand Ayatollah Hosein Ali Montazeri on December 19 was good news for Iran's supreme leader, Seyyed Ali Khamenei. With Montazeri's passing, one of his biggest religious opponents is now out of the way.

Khamenei's animosity towards Montazeri ran deep - in fact, it was personal. Montazeri had...

By: Meir Javedanfar

On Tuesday December 15th, Dr Mohammad Saeedi, the deputy head of planning for the Atomic Energy Agency of Iran (AEOI) and a member of Iran's nuclear negotiation team for the past five years resigned.

Saeedi is the second senior member of AEOI who has resigned since...

The title of Jerome Corsi's latest book, Why Israel Can't Wait: The Coming War Between Israel and Iran, does not leave much to the imagination.

Dr. Corsi, together with former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, belongs to a cadre of American Republicans who have taken it upon...

Despite the recent protests, in the face of state-perpetrated violence, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will stay in power. Hearing this, many will lapse into despair over the prospects for achieving real social and political change in the country, or a shift in its foreign policy.

But the fact is, even with an...

The arrest of Faeze Rafsanjani, the oldest daughter of Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani by the Iranian government, is a sign of warning against her father, and her supporters.

Faeze is a well known figure. She is an ardent reformist and feminist. A former member of parliament, she...

The main goal of Khamenei's speech this morning was consolidation. The recent demonstrations have been unprecedented. The Supreme Leader is aware of their impact, and the main goal of today's speech was first and foremost to create some kind of cohesion in the system. This was done by emphasizing the...