Caitlin Shayda Pendleton

What Rafsanjani's death means for the Supreme Leader's succession

Rafsanjani’s unexpected death will transform the Iranian political system. The Supreme Leader and regime hardliners have lost a major obs...

Iranian involvement in missile attacks on the USS Mason

Iran almost certainly played a role in the missile attacks against the USS Mason near the Bab al Mandab Strait on October 9 and October 1...

Iran Presidential Election Tracker: Updates and Analysis

Is this proposal the future of Iranian elections?

Iran is likely to revise its electoral system in the near future. A proposal by Guardian Council spokesman Abbasali Kadkhodaei would redu...

Iran's Guardian Council Pushes the Limits of Its Electoral Control

The Guardian Council has long held and exercised the right to vet candidates before elections. The ex post facto disqualification of Mino...

Translation: The Foreign Ministry's First Report on the Nuclear Deal's Implementation

The Iranian Foreign Ministry submitted its first report on the nuclear agreement’s implementation to Parliament on April 17. The report’s...

Translation: Rouhani expresses support for Iran's missile program in December letter

Iran Elections Tracker: Updates and Analysis

Rouhani's Challenge in Parliamentary Elections: The Disqualification of Key Allies

One of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s greatest victories, the implementation of the nuclear deal, overlapped this weekend with a sign...

Iran's 2016 elections: The process, the players, and the stakes

Iranian Cyber Strategy: A View from the Iranian Military

In letter to Rouhani, Supreme Leader Khamenei approves the implementation of the JCPOA