Iran

Security men wearing protective masks stand on a street during a 24-hour curfew amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sanaa, Yemen May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Order from Chaos

Yemen’s disaster becomes “cataclysmic”

Bruce Riedel

Monday, July 6, 2020

Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Mustafa al-Kadhimi delivers a speech during the vote on the new government at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, May 7, 2020. Iraqi Parliament Media Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Order from Chaos

Was Iraq’s prime minister right to go after an Iranian proxy?

Ranj Alaaldin

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Iranians, some wearing protective masks,walk outside in Tehran, during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic crises, on March 17, 2020 in Tehran, Iran. Photo by Ali Shaeigan/Parspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Op-Ed

Emerging pandemic-related triple crisis raises fears of protests in Iran

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Sunday, June 21, 2020

Iranians wearing protective face masks ride the metro, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tehran, Iran, June 28, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

Order from Chaos

Reopening the World: Reopening Iran

Suzanne Maloney

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Blog Posts

Iranian lawmakers attend the opening ceremony of Iran's 11th parliament, practicing social distancing as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Tehran, Iran, May 27, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

Order from Chaos

What explains the decline of Iran’s moderates? It’s not Trump

Ali Fathollah-Nejad and Amin Naeni

Monday, June 15, 2020

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during the cabinet meeting, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Tehran, Iran, April 8, 2020. Official Presidential website/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Order from Chaos

Iran’s corona-diplomacy

Ali Fathollah-Nejad and Amin Naeni

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Senators look at a placard presented as evidence of Russian social media manipulation, during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing to answer questions related to Russian use of social media to influence U.S. elections, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 1, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

TechStream

Podcast: Camille François on COVID-19 and the ABCs of disinformation

Camille François, Quinta Jurecic, and Evelyn Douek

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

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Experts

Suzanne Maloney

Interim Vice President and Director - Foreign Policy

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Daniel L. Byman

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy

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John R. Allen

President, The Brookings Institution

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Events

2019

Dec

Past Event

Upheaval and repression in Iran: What’s next for the Islamic Republic?

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST

Pushing the limits: U.S.-Iranian brinkmanship in the Gulf

6:00 PM - 7:30 AM EDT

The impact of militias on governance and geopolitics in the Middle East and North Africa

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Washington, DC

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Research

FILE PHOTO: Iran's national flags are seen on a square in Tehran February 10, 2012, a day before the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl/File Photo - RTX2RCC8

Report

The Islamic Republic of Iran four decades on: The 2017/18 protests amid a triple crisis

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Monday, April 27, 2020

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger - RC13159EFD90

Policy 2020

Averting a new Iranian nuclear crisis

Robert Einhorn

Friday, January 17, 2020

Iraq

Pitfalls of the paramilitary paradigm: The Iraqi state, geopolitics, and Al-Hashd al-Shaabi

Vanda Felbab-Brown

June 2019

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Related Books

The Iranian Revolution at Forty

Edited by Suzanne Maloney

2020

Brookings FOCUS Book

By Steven Pifer and Michael E. O’Hanlon

2012

Becoming Enemies: U.S.-Iran Relations and the Iran-Iraq War, 1979–1988

By Bruce Riedel

2012

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Multimedia

Personnel assigned to the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower conduct small boat operations during a training exercise in the Arabian Sea April 17, 2020. Picture taken April 17, 2020. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Brennen Easter/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Iran

US-Iran tensions escalate amid COVID-19

Suzanne Maloney, Brian Hanson, and Ariane Tabatabai

Deep Dish

Thursday, April 30, 2020

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stands under pictures of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) and Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini while speaking during a ceremony to mark Khomeini's death anniversary at his tomb at Tehran's Behesht-Zahra cemetery June 3, 2011. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl/File Photo

Podcast Episode

The 1979 Iranian Revolution’s enduring impact on the world

Suzanne Maloney and Bill Finan

Friday, March 27, 2020

A demonstrator holds the picture of Qassem Soleimani during a protest against the assassination of the Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis who were killed in an air strike in Baghdad airport, in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Nazanin Tabatabaee via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Podcast Episode

How will Iran respond to US assassination of Soleimani?

Suzanne Maloney and Adrianna Pita

Friday, January 3, 2020

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