Information Cutoff: 2:00 pm ET The Iran Update provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities abroad that undermine regional stability and threaten US forces and interests. It also covers events and trends that affect the stability and decision-making of the Iranian regime. The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American …
Read More »Iran Update, June 1, 2024
Key Takeaways: Gaza Strip: The IDF Air Force has killed three Hamas officials in the central Gaza Strip over the past week. Israeli forces continued clearing operations in Rafah.West Bank: Israeli forces engaged Palestinian fighters in five locations in the West Bank.Southern Lebanon and Golan Heights: Lebanese Hezbollah conducted nine …
Read More »The Iran-Russia Friendship Won’t Wither Under Raisi’s Successor
Moscow and Tehran’s partnership has been growing since 2015 and only increased since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On Sunday at 10 p.m. in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin convened an emergency meeting with Iran’s envoy to Russia, Kazem Jalali. The other attendees included some of the most influential figures in …
Read More »Ahmad Alamolhoda, Representative Of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Addresses Families Of Slain Fighters From Syria-Based Afghan Shi’ite Group Fatemiyoun Brigade
On May 14, 2024, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) news agency published a report on a speech delivered by Ayatollah Ahmad Alamolhoda, the representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Razavi Khorasan province, at a gathering of the families of the martyrs of the Fatemiyoun Brigade, a …
Read More »Iran Says Its Naval Ballistic Missile’s Technology At Disposal Of Houthis
Inspired by Iran, the Houthi military forces have obtained the technology to manufacture anti-ship ballistic missiles. Iran’s first homegrown naval ballistic missile, called ‘Qadr’, was developed by late Iranian commander Brigadier General Hassan Tehrani-Moqaddam more than a decade ago. Iran’s technical know-how to produce such anti-ship missiles is now at …
Read More »Iran’s intervention in Sudan’s civil war advances its geopolitical goals
Iran’s role in funding and arming proxy groups in the Middle East has been well documented and has gotten extra attention since the Hamas-led attack in Israel in October 2023. Similarly, Tehran’s arms shipments to Russia are well known and have prompted complaints and sanctions from the West. But Tehran …
Read More »Five pro-Iran forces killed in IS attack in eastern Syria
Five Syrian militia members have been killed by IS fighters amid increasing activity by the jihadist group in regime-held areas. Five members of militias loyal to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard were killed in an attack by the Islamic State group (IS) in the eastern Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor on …
Read More »Iran Update, May 26, 2024
Key Takeaways: Gaza Strip: The IDF withdrew its Givati Brigade from Rafah, leaving four IDF brigades in Rafah.West Bank: Israeli forces engaged Palestinian fighters in three locations in the West Bank.Southern Lebanon and Golan Heights: Lebanese Hezbollah conducted 13 attacks into northern Israel.Yemen: The Houthis fired two anti-ship ballistic missiles …
Read More »What has China learned from Russia and Iran’s use of proxies?
The answer may help U.S. planners anticipate and spot Beijing’s next moves. China has surely been watching as Russia and Iran have used non-state actors to pursue their strategic objectives in Ukraine, Gaza, and elsewhere. What lessons might Beijing have drawn, and how might we see them applied? The Kremlin …
Read More »Huge crowds in Tehran for Iran President Raisi’s funeral
The political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, joined the funeral procession in Iran, as did the deputy leader of Hezbollah, Naim Qassem. Huge crowds of Iranians thronged the streets of the capital Tehran on Wednesday for the funeral procession of President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage, who died in a …
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