All Policy Analysis by Kasra Aarabi

Until now, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been happy with the comparisons his hard-core supporters make between him and Ali ibn Abi Talib—Shia Islam’s first divinely ordained Imam. Ironically, this insistence on Khamenei’s infallability, combined with the current acquiescence to strategic flexibility or policy concession, is eroding that sense of trust with Khamenei’s core base of hardline supporters.

Understanding the mistakes that led to the Russian invasion offers critical lessons for future Iran policy.

The United States should address Iranian soft-power expansion in Gaza when approaching Israeli-Palestinian issues.