Will Fulton

Reaction of Iranian officials to potential U.S. strike on Syria

Rouhani feels limits of office

The larger question is whether Rouhani can follow through on some of his more ambitious campaign promises within the confines of the regi...

The IRGC Command Network: Formal Structures and Informal Influence

This report examines the formal structures that comprise the IRGC's senior leadership and the informal influence networks that dominate t...

IRGC Messaging: Insight into a Revolutionary Regime

This assessment examines messaging from senior IRGC officials on issues of critical importance to U.S. national security, including: IRGC...

Iranian Strategy in Syria

Iran has conducted an extensive, expensive, and integrated effort to keep President Bashar al Assad in power as long as possible while se...

IRGC Messaging on Critical U.S. National Security Issues

This assessment examines messaging from senior IRGC officials on issues of critical importance to U.S. national security, including: IRGC...

Testimony: Iran's Global Force Projection Network: IRGC Quds Force and Lebanese Hezbollah

The Islamic Republic of Iran is first and foremost concerned with regime preservation, and its strategic calculus and behavior are deepl...

The Assassination of Iranian Quds Force General Hassan Shateri in Syria

On February 13, 2013, IRGC Quds Force Brigadier General Hassan Shateri was assassinated in Syria. His death is a serious blow to the Quds...

Iran-Pakistan Pipeline Moves Forward Despite U.S. Opposition

Iran on Saturday pledged to forge ahead on a new gas pipeline project with Pakistan despite U.S. urgings to Pakistan to quash the deal. T...

IRGC Shows Its (True) Hand in Syria

Iran has been deploying training teams to Syria, drawn from some of its elite regular combat formations, similar in some respects to the ...

Iranian Regime Exerts Pressure on Green Movement

As Iran's presidential election draws near, it appears there is an effort underway to rekindle a national debate about the regime's legit...

IRGC Rank Insignia Guide

Understanding the IRGC's formal rank system is an important component of understanding the Iranian regime's power structure and its key p...

IRGC Command Network: Formal Structures and Informal Influence

Understanding the IRGC is essential to understanding Iran. Whether it is Iran's nuclear program, conflict in Syria, international terrori...

Quds Force Commander and Candidate: Gholamreza Baghbani

A review of Brigadier General Gholamreza Baghbani's career trajectory solidifies a pattern of generational change in the IRGC QF in which...

Iran's 2012 Parliamentary Elections: A Political Primer

The Islamic Republic of Iran will soon hold its first national election since widespread protests led to a violent crackdown following th...

Iran-Lebanese Hezbollah Tracker 2012: Hezbollah Statements

Iran-Lebanese Hezbollah Tracker 2012: International Relations

Iran-Lebanese Hezbollah Tracker 2012: Arms Transfers and Militant Operations

Iran-Lebanese Hezbollah Tracker 2012: Funding

Iran-Lebanese Hezbollah Tracker 2012: Iran-Hezbollah Relations

Iran-Lebanese Hezbollah Relationship Tracker 2012

Ali Akbar Velayati: A Window into the Foreign Policy of Iran's Supreme Leader

Assessing the rhetoric and actions of the Supreme Leader's senior advisor for international affairs, Ali Akbar Velayati, provides a valua...

Iranian Reactions to U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq

Qods Force Terrorist Plot in the U.S.

Iran has been plotting a mass-casualty attack on American soil targeting Saudi Arabian interests. The significance of this plot cannot be...

After the Arab Spring: Iran's Foreign Relations in the Middle East

The transformative events of the Arab Spring have presented the Islamic Republic with new challenges and opportunities. Most notably, whi...

Israel-Iran Foreign Relations

Iran-Lebanese Hezbollah Relationship Tracker 2011

Lebanon-Iran Foreign Relations

Iraq-Iran Foreign Relations

Jordan-Iran Foreign Relations

United Arab Emirates-Iran Foreign Relations

Saudi Arabia-Iran Foreign Relations

Egypt-Iran Foreign Relations

Syria-Iran Foreign Relations

Bahrain-Iran Foreign Relations

Afghanistan-Iran Foreign Relations

Kuwait-Iran Foreign Relations

Qatar-Iran Foreign Relations

Oman-Iran Foreign Relations

Yemen-Iran Foreign Relations