Three-minute read The rollout of the "Tarheh Noor" initiative, Persian for the Plan of Light, purportedly aimed at combating improper veiling but widely
The recent visit of the Iranian regime's Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, to Damascus has raised questions about its purpose, particularly in
The departure of Hossein Taeb from his post as the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Intelligence Organization triggered a wave of reshuffling in the command structure of the guardsmen. But the story is more than just a reaction to Iran’s unsuccessful terrorist targeting of Israelis in Turkey and counterintelligence lapses. There are internal power struggles and a natural maturation of the Islamic Republic’s security structure that also likely figured into the decision to remove Taeb.