Vatanka Reports
News and Analysis on the Greater Middle East 
 

In a freewheeling press conference on February 16, U.S. President Donald Trump signaled to Iran that the fate of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is uncertain.

The Trump administration is said to be considering listing a powerful state actor in Iran as a terrorist organization.

On January 23, Washington quickly rejected newsthat US forces had carried out joint air attacks with Russia against Islamic State targets in Syria.

The death of Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on January 8 marks a major turning point for Iran.

For the generals of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, anti-Americanism is an indispensable component of their worldview.

The last few weeks has seen a flurry of important announcements in Iranian-Indian relations.

Iran has a military-industrial complex problem.

Interview with Alex Vatanka

For the first time since 1979, Iran has given a foreign power the right to conduct military operations from its soil.

On August 8, the leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, and Russia gathered for a rare trilateral summit in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku.

The next U.S. presidential term will coincide with heightened domestic competition for power in Tehran, which will shape Iranian posture toward Washington.

On June 6, Khorasan Province of Islamic State claimed credit for the killing of Sher Wali Wardak, an Afghan parliamentarian.