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gatestoneinstitute.org – Trump’s biggest objectives at the moment concern not only Iran, Russia and China, but also how to help his party retain control of the House of Representatives and Senate. Most important is to remind voters not of his accomplishments, but to return to what got him elected in the first place: focus on them. He will need to tell Americans, whose …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Is the war launched by Israel and the US against Iran already over bar the shouting? As far as the war that the Islamic Republic of Iran started in 1979, the answer is no. The regime created by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini built its legitimacy around its claim of fighting against the “Great Satan” and its “Little” acolyte. The …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The Islamic Republic of Iran and its proxies have… been targeting their neighbors’ civilian infrastructure. Perhaps to these countries, a “deal,” even a bad one, sounds as if it might free them of Iranian threats without any cost. Their security calculations have to be quite different from ours: Why not just sit back and let America and Israel …

gatestoneinstitute.org.org -“The whole notion of a ‘private sector’ in China is fanciful…” — Roger Robinson former chairman of the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission, to Gatestone Institute, August 3, 2026. China’s regime has sold more than MANPADs to Iran. The CM-302 missiles Iran fired at the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group during the ongoing war — President Donald …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The regime that Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini founded has been and shall remain dangerous for the people of Iran, the region and beyond, without closing the strait or developing the bomb. As far as one can make out, a consensus is emerging in Iran today that this regime must go… The regime that Khomeini founded has been and shall …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The regime is murdering its youth, including two young men who were only offering help to fleeing protesters. At least 26 people linked to those protests have been hanged after trials marked by torture and forced confessions, while dozens more – in a terror state determined to instill fear – remain at urgent risk. The only countries taking …

Iranwire – To gauge the resilience of the ruling establishment, I arrange to meet a retired IRGC officer who has reinvented himself as a wealthy businessman at one of the nightly gatherings in Enghelab (Revolution) Square. We meet at the north-eastern corner of the square, where the entrance to the metro station stands beside Bahman Cinema, formerly known as Capri …

RFL/RE — Russia’s partnership with Iran has become one of the most influential strategic partnerships in today’s geopolitical landscape. While Moscow and Tehran have stopped short of a formal military alliance, their cooperation in drones, intelligence, sanctions evasion and internal security has deepened since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In an interview with RFE/RL, Nicole Grajewski, an expert on Russian-Iranian relations at …

gatestoneinstitute.org – There is little doubt that for the first time since its inception in 1979, the Islamic Republic faces a grassroots opposition present in virtually all of Iran’s 938 towns and cities. This opposition has formed local leaders and shown its ability to operate a horizontal campaign. The message is: We know this regime cannot last but don’t know …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Over the past week, the Iranian regime has demonstrated once again that its ambitions extend far beyond destroying Israel. It is a war against the entire Middle East and, ultimately, against the United States and the West. Tehran then launched missiles and drones not only against US assets but also against infrastructure in Arab countries across the Gulf, …