Insights & Analysis

All (515)IranWatch (157)Media Coverage (134)Press Releases (81)Policy Briefs (79)Videos (28)Op-Eds (19)Reports (10)Publications (7)
IranWatch Daily: October 8, 2025IranWatch
Oct 8, 2025

IranWatch Daily: October 8, 2025

Brief Notes Supreme Leader Reportedly Lifts Missile Range Cap: Member of the Majles (Parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, Ahmad Bakhshayesh Ardestani, said, “The Leader had previously limited the missile range to 2,200 kilometers, but that restriction has now been lifted.”...

IranWatch Daily: October 7, 2025IranWatch
Oct 7, 2025

IranWatch Daily: October 7, 2025

Brief Notes U.S. Pressure Halts Ashgabat–Tehran–Baghdad Gas Deal: Turkmenistan’s plan to export natural gas to Iraq via Iran has collapsed after the U.S. warned it would sanction any banks involved in the deal. The arrangement, signed in July 2024, envisioned Turkmen gas flowing to northern Iran,...

IranWatch Daily: October 6, 2025IranWatch
Oct 6, 2025

IranWatch Daily: October 6, 2025

Brief Notes Tehran Aiming to Acquire Fighter Jets From Russia: Alleged leaks from Rostec, Russia’s state defense conglomerate, suggest that the Islamic Republic is trying to acquire dozens of Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets in a landmark deal with Moscow. For years, there have been reports of such an...

The Iran Conference 2025 SummaryReports
Oct 4, 2025

The Iran Conference 2025 Summary

From September 9–10, 2025, NUFDI hosted the fourth annual Iran Conference. The Iran Conference is the premier forum for Washington’s leading analysts, policymakers, experts, and activists from across ...

IranWatch Daily: October 3, 2025IranWatch
Oct 3, 2025

IranWatch Daily: October 3, 2025

Brief Notes IRGC Quds Force Chief Traveled to Lebanon on Day of 10/7 Attacks: In an interview with IRGC-linked Tasnim News, the commander of the Quds Force, Esmail Qaani, confirmed that he was in Lebanon on the day of the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel, and met with Hezbollah’s then-leader...

IranWatch Daily: October 2, 2025IranWatch
Oct 2, 2025

IranWatch Daily: October 2, 2025

Brief Notes IRGC Commemorates October 2024 Attack on Israel: The IRGC issued a statement on the anniversary of its October 1, 2024 missile barrage on Israel, which it calls “Operation True Promise II.” The statement says, “ The ‘True Promise II’ mission was not only a severe punishment in response...

IranWatch Daily: October 1, 2025IranWatch
Oct 1, 2025

IranWatch Daily: October 1, 2025

Brief Notes Tehran to Continue Increasing Ballistic Missile Range: Senior IRGC officer and deputy commander of the Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters Mohammad Jafar Asadi said the Islamic Republic “will extend the range of its missiles to any point deemed necessary,” ignoring snapback measures...

IranWatch Daily: September 30, 2025IranWatch
Sep 30, 2025

IranWatch Daily: September 30, 2025

Brief Notes Iran–Iraq War Veterans Support the Crown Prince: On the anniversary of the Iran–Iraq War, a group of the war’s veterans, their families, and the loved ones of those killed in action issued a letter backing Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi as “the only alternative to lead a governmental...

IranWatch Daily: September 29, 2025IranWatch
Sep 29, 2025

IranWatch Daily: September 29, 2025

Brief Notes Tehran Claims Israel is Eager for New War: In a September 27 televised interview, a member of the Supreme Leader-appointed Expediency Council and senior IRGC officer, Mohsen Rezaei, said that after the activation of the “snapback” mechanism and the return of UN sanctions, there is a...

IranWatch Daily: September 26, 2025IranWatch
Sep 26, 2025

IranWatch Daily: September 26, 2025

Brief Notes Tehran Behind Hezbollah’s Saudi Appeal: Hezbollah deputy leader Naim Qassem only made last week’s appeal to Saudi Arabia, calling on the Kingdom to turn a “new page” in its relationship with Hezbollah, following “signals” from Tehran, two Islamic Republic officials told Reuters. In the...

IranWatch Daily: September 25, 2025IranWatch
Sep 25, 2025

IranWatch Daily: September 25, 2025

Brief Notes Tehran’s Undeclared ICBM Test: The Islamic Republic has reportedly conducted an undeclared missile test at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport. Tehran has not responded to these reports specifically, although a member of the Majles (Parliament), on Monday, claimed that the regime conducted an...

IranWatch Daily: September 24, 2025IranWatch
Sep 24, 2025

IranWatch Daily: September 24, 2025

Brief Notes Moscow Agrees to Build Nuclear Infrastructure in Iran: Today, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Mohammad Eslami, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Russian state-owned Rosatom nuclear corporation to build small modular reactor power plants inside...