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Iran Tracker Blog: Iran has no qualms about exploiting the nuclear deal's weaknesses

If there is one thing the Iranian leadership wants you to know, it is that the recently signed Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)...

Iran Tracker Blog: President Rouhani lays out vision for the new Middle East

While Washington debates whether the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) will mean a long-term shift in relations with Tehran, Ira...

Iran Tracker Blog: Khamenei has his own tough sell on the nuke deal

Iran Tracker Blog: Lifting arms embargo would be a real coup for Iran

Iran Tracker Blog: Near to a nuclear deal, Iran grapples with bigger headaches

Iran Tracker Blog: Did Iran's leaders admit they are intellectually bankrupt?

Iran Tracker Blog: Can Arresting Another Former Vice President Help Save Iran From Itself?

Iran Tracker Blog: Iran in Knots Over Inspections, Interrogations, and Western Spies

Iran Tracker Blog: Iran Doubles Down in the Fight for the Middle East

Iran Tracker Blog: So What Did Iran Think of the GCC Summit?

Iran Tracker Blog: Nuke Talk Pressure Is Getting to the Ayatollah

Iran Tracker Blog: How Far Will Obama Go in the Strait of Hormuz?

Iran Tracker Blog: Iran's Dangerous Calculations on the Sea

Iran Tracker Blog: Why Phased Sanction Relief is So Hard For Iran to Swallow

Iran Tracker Blog: Don't Hold Your Breath for a Moderate Post-Khameini Iran

Iran Tracker Blog: Nuclear Framework Agreement Has Iran Smiling

Iran Tracker Blog: What Does Iran Really Want in Yemen?

Iran Tracker Blog: Iran is Afraid of 2017. We Shouldn't Be

Last week’s approval by the US Senate Foreign Relation Committee of the Corker-Menendez bill to review any nuclear agreement with Iran di...

Iran Tracker Blog: A Partial Nuke Deal Would Salvage a Horrible Week for Iranian Foreign Policy

A likely partial agreement and extension of the nuclear talks comes as no surprise. Iran recognized the March 31 deadline for a political...

Iran Tracker Blog: Will Congressional Moves Push Iran Towards Concessions??

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s and other political figures’ recent venting about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah...

Iran Tracker Blog: Iran Likes the Looks of This Emerging Nuclear Deal

Iran Tracker Blog: Khamenei's Vanishing Red Lines

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s comments about the nuclear talks over the weekend did not reveal any shifts in Iran’s negotiating...

Iran Tracker Blog: Fajr Launch Highlights Missile Component of Iran Nuclear Negotiations

Iran Tracker Blog: Are Iran and Hezbollah on the same page?

Iran Tracker Blog: Iran Commends Hezbollah Attack That Killed Two Israeli Soldiers

Iran Tracker Blog: Killing of Another Senior Iranian General in Syria May Generate New Conflict with Israel

IRGC Brigadier General Mohammad Ali Allah Dadi’s death, along with that of several Lebanese Hezbollah officers, following an alleged Isra...

Iran Tracker Blog: Possible Changes in Iranian Foreign Policy

President Rouhani and Supreme Leader Khamenei’s recent rhetoric portrays an Iranian regime weighing significant shifts in its foreign and...

Iran Tracker Blog: Rouhani Possibly Signalling New Tactics in Nuclear Negotiations

President Rouhani's proposal for a referendum on the nuclear negotiations during a January 4 speech is unlikely to succeed, despite the m...

Iran Tracker Blog: Iran Accelerates Military Enhancement

Tehran announced a major multi-service military exercise in late December focused on defending against an attack from the Gulf of Oman. T...

Iran Tracker Blog: Iran Doubts Obama's Ability to Deliver a Deal but Reaffirms Commitment to Getting Sanctions Lifted

The Iranian regime expressed doubts that President Obama can deliver on any deal he commits to, but remains committed to negotiations nar...

Iran Tracker Blog: Situation Report Week of December 8, 2014

This blog series analyzes the most important Iran news events of the past week and provides an outlook of the regime's strategic calculus...

America VS. Iran: The Competition for the Future of the Middle East

This new AEI report analyzes US soft-power strategies in the Middle East and advocates for the restructuring of US foreign assistance to ...