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Iran Faces Final Choice: Take the Deal or Pay the Price | Jim Hanson on Fox News
March 24, 2026
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Iran’s Regime Is Cracking Faster Than Anyone Expected | Jim Hanson on Fox News
March 23, 2026
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Iran’s Regime Is Cracking—And Insiders May Cut a Deal | Gregg Roman on Times of India
March 20, 2026
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Five Military Options for Breaking Iran’s Hormuz Pressure | Gregg Roman on Washington Watch
March 19, 2026
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New Jihadists – Homegrown or Imported?
March 17, 2026
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Jim Hanson
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Why Protest Has Not Returned to Iran | Mehrdad Marty Youssefiani on i24NEWS
March 16, 2026
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The Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Limits, and What Comes Next | Michael Rubin on Washington Watch
March 13, 2026
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A Free Iran and a New Middle East | Mehrdad Marty Youssefiani on C14
March 13, 2026
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Iran War Escalation Draws Global Coalition | Gregg Roman on India Today
March 12, 2026
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Why Tehran’s Regional Escalation May Hurt the Regime | Daniel Pipes on India Today
March 10, 2026
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Why Hezbollah Keeps Misreading Israel | Jonathan Spyer on ILTV News Flash
March 9, 2026
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What Comes Next for Iran? | Michael Rubin on C-SPAN’s Ceasefire
March 9, 2026
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Trump Leaning Toward Venezuela-Style Regime Change in Iran | Michael Rubin on CNBC
March 6, 2026
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Help the Kurds Start the Resistance in Iran
Not a Separatist Movement but a Safe Haven
March 6, 2026
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Jim Hanson
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Who Holds Iran Together After Khamenei? | Michael Rubin on Washington Journal
March 5, 2026
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Banning Iranians from getting visas to the United States essentially does the regime’s dirty work for it. A far more effective strategy would be for Secretary of State Marco Rubio to appoint a consul-general for Tehran—someone waiting in the wings to transfer his operation to Tehran the moment the regime changes. Image: Demonstrators gather in downtown Los Angeles on Jan. 18, 2026, to protest the Iranian government’s crackdown on recent demonstrations.
Middle East Forum Online
Don’t Snatch Defeat from the Jaws of Victory by Antagonizing Ordinary Iranians
Ordinary Iranians Are Sensitive About Intervention by Outsiders, and Especially So About the u.s.
March 27, 2026
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Michael Rubin
The island could be the path U.S. President Donald Trump sees to reopening the Strait. By striking and threatening shipping, Iran is trying to drive up costs for countries across the globe and for U.S. voters to raise pressure on Trump to end the war.
Middle East Forum Online
Taking Kharg Island Is Seen as Key to Opening Hormuz. There Are Better Options
The Future of the War in Iran Is Increasingly Focused on Less than 9 Square Miles of Coral Outcrop in the Persian Gulf
March 27, 2026
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Lazar Berman
While the egotistical Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of the Iranian parliament, has played to the limelight as the new strongman in Tehran, a far more powerful figure is likely to be silently pulling the strings: Ahmad Vahidi (above) – the new IRGC commander-in-chief who is a Khamenei absolutist.
Middle East Forum Online
There Is a Sinister New Power in Iran, and It’s Not Who the West Thinks
Ahmad Vahidi Is the Key Cog in the Regime’s Chain of Command. He Is Also Wanted by Interpol in Connection with Terrorist Attacks
March 27, 2026
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Saeid Golkar
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