2022-06-03
The Iranian regime's latest attempt to indoctrinate children has struck a sour note with child psychologists, activists and many Iranians.
2022-05-30
Iran-backed attacks on countries where China hopes to gain a foothold, and international sanctions, bode ill for Beijing's military and economic plans in the region.
2022-05-10
Over the past four decades, the IRGC has increased its emphasis on ideological training, giving it equal weight with military training and rewarding those most committed to Wilayat al-Faqih.
2022-04-15
Chinese media have enabled Kremlin propaganda to skirt bans in the West. Meanwhile, Chinese citizens are being indoctrinated with an anti-Western, pro-Soviet ideological campaign.
2022-04-14
Pollution in Iran is getting deadlier every year, but the government has taken away all pollution-combating subsidies while increasing its budget for military and expansionist expenses.
2022-03-25
The regime has continued to flout international sanctions by relying on front companies in other countries, which puts these nations at risk.
2022-02-10
The public expulsion of IRGC-QF commander Mostafa Javad-Ghaffari from Syria points to the Syrian regime's rising frustration with Iran and its ambitions in the country, analysts say.
2022-01-31
The IRGC has taken over projects in different sectors of the economy, while increasingly nominating affiliated officials and commanders to key political posts.
2021-12-17
The Emirati government was unaware that ships disguised as commercial vessels entering the Khalifa port were actually ships the Chinese military uses for signals intelligence collection.
2021-12-07
Iran's president has declared engagement with neighbours a foreign policy focus, but the IRGC's existence depends on generating crises, from which it can command state funds.