Islamic Republic

Decapitating a military leadership can create disruption. But Iran’s latest appointments suggest the regime’s institutions - and the strategic thinking behind them - remain firmly in place.

“We must not get used to the blockade as we did with sanctions,” Majidreza Hariri told Iranian site Khabar Online. “We should impose the cost of lifting the blockade on the US, even through war."

Ahmad Vahidi was formally named IRGC chief as Khamenei filled six senior military positions following the deaths of their predecessors in Israeli-US strikes.

For nearly five decades, the Islamic Republic has diverted national resources toward ideological expansion, proxy warfare, and regional confrontation.

Statements attributed to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei named Mohsen Rezaee as his representative to the Supreme National Military Council and Mohammed Bagher Zolghadr as his political advisor.

Iran Human Rights (IHR) recently reported that they believe that the Iranian regime is ramping up executions in the wake of the US strikes on the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Many Iranians view Israel as the only actor with the determination and strategic clarity to confront the regime, targeting military capabilities, nuclear ambitions, and its leadership and networks

TERROR AFFAIRS: As American victims of Iranian terrorism await justice, families fear spending decades seeking financial compensation that may never arrive.

IRAN AFFAIRS: Iran’s campaign of executions is part of a wider attempt to reverse the defiance of January, dismantle protest networks, and reassert control over society.

It took the UN three weeks to say anything. It would have taken hours anywhere else. Jonathan Harounoff, who spent two years there, on the silence around Iran's dead.