Analyses & Perspectives

Islamic Republic Using Surveillance Tool to Monitor Released Prisoners

What Brought the Saudis to the Negotiating Table with Iran?

The recent Iran–Saudi Arabia rapprochement, mediated by Beijing, leaves Washington out in the cold while significantly boosting Chinese influence in the Middle East. But the United States has itself to blame, as its desire to pivot away from the Middle East and its contradictory foreign policy led...

The MAHSA Act Passes the House Foreign Affairs Committee

Special Program: The MAHSA Act on the Congressional Docket

Ten Points to Know About the MAHSA Act

What exactly is the “MAHSA Act” and why has it galvanized unprecedented support and interest from the Iranian-American community? This comprehensive Q&A will attempt to answer frequently asked questions about the MAHSA Act, such as whether these sanctions are already in place, its impact on the...

The Iranian Revolution Continues

The Islamic Republic’s murder of twenty-two year old Mahsa Amini on September 16, 2022 sparked a popular uprising which has posed the greatest threat to the ruling theocracy in its forty-four years of existence. An unhesitatingly violent political system, the Islamist regime has killed and injured...

Biden Administration Does Not Deny Claims of Possible Interim Deal with Iran

The Biden Administration is Still Fixated on the JCPOA

The United States is reportedly considering offering the Islamic Republic a new, “interim” agreement that would lift some sanctions on the regime in exchange for Tehran freezing parts of its nuclear p...

The MAHSA Act

What is the MAHSA Act? The Mahsa Amini Human Rights and Security Accountability Act, or the MAHSA Act, is a bill newly introduced to the 118th Congress as H.R. 589 that would require the President to ...

Leaked Document Casts Doubt on Cohesion of the IRGC

A 44-page leaked document containing notes from a January 3 meeting between top Islamic Republic officials, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders, and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei shows ...

NUFDI Calls on Twitter to Protect Iranian Digital Activists

Washington, DC—In light of the mass suspension of Iranian digital activists on Twitter, NUFDI wrote to Twitter CEO Elon Musk outlining the current problems faced by Iranian dissidents on the platform ...

The MAHSA Act and Pressuring the Regime in Iran