Iran

Between a domestic challenge and the Arab Spring: the rise and fall of the Iranian revolutionary model

After the Islamic revolution, the Iranian regime focused on two interconnected objectives: first, to stabilize and solidify the Islamic regime while ensuring its continuity; second, to implement the revolutionary Ideology that was the driving force for the clerics, being a means of building a model Islamic society and curing the ailments that were a significant
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Spotlight on Iran (Week of December 7-14, 2011)

U.S. drone crash in Iranian territory brings joy and protest
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Spotlight on Iran (Week of November 30-December 7, 2011)

Other voices in Iran on British embassy break-in
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Spotlight on Iran (Week of November 23-30, 2011)

Tehran dismisses Western threats to impose sanctions on import of oil from Iran
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A terrorist cell was recently exposed in Bahrain which planned to attack Bahraini and Saudi Arabian targets.

A terrorist cell was recently exposed in Bahrain which planned to attack Bahraini and Saudi Arabian targets. The attacks, attributed by the Bahraini and Saudi media to Iran, may be part of a terrorist campaign waged by Iran against Saudi Arabia and its allies.
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Spotlight on Iran (Week of November 16-23, 2011)

Possible scenarios of war against Iran: a look from Tehran
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Iran

Exporting the Islamic Revolution was one of the Iranian Revolution’s original, basic objectives. Iran seeks regional hegemony and more than that – dominance of the Muslim world. To that end, Iran has developed a network of underground organizations and terrorist groups within Islamic (especially Shiite) communities in the Middle East and around the world, including Africa, Latin America, Asia and beyond. In the Middle East, Iran is leading an anti-American and anti-Israeli Shiite axis struggling against the Middle Eastern Sunni countries led by Saudi Arabia. The Iranian axis (the “Axis of Resistance”) includes Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, and Bahrain. In these countries, Iran handles proxy organizations operating to promote Iran’s interests.

Israeli-Iranian relations had their ups and downs. During the reign of the Shah of Iran, the two countries were allied politically. After the revolution and the establishment of the Islamic Republic, Iran revoked its recognition of Israel and ended all official relations with it.

To implement its anti-Israeli policies, Iran has broadened its ties to the terrorist organizations operating against Israel. Iran instigates terrorist organizations, especially the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah, to attack Israel, and finances and arms both organizations. In recent years, large shipments of weapons from Iran have been intercepted as they were en route to the Palestinian terrorist organizations.


To promote its regional and global interests and aspirations, Iran is developing military nuclear capabilities. It is also developing long-range missiles and warheads which can reach Israel, the rest of the Middle East, and Europe.