'The hard truth: Either America maintains the power and will to deter its enemies, or those enemies learn to deter America – over and over', says Clifford D. May in The Washington Times
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With Afghanistan now under Taliban control, the rationale for the Chabahar waiver is no longer applicable. Yet the Biden administration has refrained from revoking the waiver as a concession to Tehran, presumably with the hope of resuming nuclear talks.
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America’s Iran policy has become increasingly ineffective and partisan. Faced with multifaceted and enduring threats from the Islamic Republic, Washington has embraced a reactive posture that has failed to deter and roll back regime-sponsored terrorism: fdd.org/analysis/2024/…

Mohammad Mokhber: Khamenei’s Confidant

New FDD Policy Brief by Saeed Ghasseminejad: fdd.org/analysis/2024/…

📰 via The Times of Israel:
Three drones launched at Israel by an Iran-backed militia in Iraq were shot down by Israeli fighter jets on Thursday night and early Friday morning, the military said.
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The security services will, probably, be able to handle any internal dissent. But it would be a delightful irony if Raisi’s unexpected demise led the regime—Khamenei personally—to make mistakes that cracked the fear that allows the theocracy to survive:fdd.org/analysis/2024/…

📰 via Reuters:
Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa said in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that there is no reason to postpone the resumption of diplomatic relations between the kingdom and Iran, state news agency reported.
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📰 via The Wall Street Journal:
The crash that killed President Raisi and his foreign minister this past weekend tells a different story: They died aboard a decades-old U.S.-made helicopter, part of an aging fleet that has been starved of spare parts by Western sanctions.
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With Raisi and Amir-Abdollahian gone, Iran will fall back on the IRGC which controls much of the country behind the scenes. It is the IRGC that moves drones and weapons to groups like Hezbollah

More from Seth Frantzman: fdd.org/analysis/op_ed…

India Ports Global Limited (IPGL) and the Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran signed a 10-year deal on May 13 that allows New Delhi to develop and operate the Iranian port of Chabahar.

More here from Saeed Ghasseminejad and Janatan Sayeh:
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Iran’s Terror Proxies Gather On Sidelines of Raisi’s Funeral

Analysis from Richard Goldberg and Joe Truzman:
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📰 via The Wall Street Journal:
As Iran buried its president, killed in a helicopter crash over the weekend, it assembled a number of foreign dignitaries and drew large crowds in a display to show the sanctions-hit and deeply unpopular government still has supporters.
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Conventional wisdom holds that Mr. Biden is attempting to placate the Islamist/left alliance – think Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Sen. Bernie Sanders – that, he seems to think, is key to the election outcome in November.

More here from Clifford D. May:
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How can Americans support the Iranian people as they fight to remove the Islamist regime?

Behnam Ben Taleblu, Saeed Ghasseminejad, Andrew Ghalili, Cameron Khansarinia break it down in the latest FDD National Union for Democracy in Iran Memo. Check it out here: fdd.org/analysis/2024/…

📰 via Bloomberg:
The list of foreign dignitaries who attended Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s funeral on Wednesday underscored how Tehran’s efforts to blunt US sanctions and mend ties with its neighbors have paid off.
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Israel has no choice but to confront the Iranian threats on all fronts, and it cannot allow Tehran to encircle it with a “ring of fire”. The time has come to take off the gloves and be ready to go on offensively against Iran and the Palestinian Authority: fdd.org/analysis/2024/…

It’s a pleasure for the NUFDI team to partner with experts such as those at FDD led by Mark Dubowitz and his colleagues.

We look forward to this collaboration and working together to bring the people of #Iran #MaximumSupport .

With much attention on #Gaza , terror groups backed by the Islamic Republic of #Iran are carrying out daily attacks in the West Bank.

FDD’s live interactive map c/o Long War Journal's Joe Truzman details West Bank terror before & after Oct 7.

📍: fdd.org/westbankterror…

At FDD we stand with the Iranian people against the Islamic Republic, which illegally occupies and brutalizes the great nation of Iran.

Our memo on maximum support for the Iranian people co-authored with our friends National Union for Democracy in Iran

How will the Islamic Republic of Iran select its next president?

Behnam Ben Taleblu joins Washington Journal to break down the role of Iranian clerics.

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