Reports & Analysis

Current status of Iran’s military presence in Syria

Nov 1st, 2021

Hassan Dai, November 1, 2021
Since 2018, as rebel forces have been largely defeated and the military conflict has subsided, IRGC and Hezbollah have decreased their military presence. However, they have established numerous military bases and continue to have thousands of troops in strategic areas of the country.



An Open Letter to President Biden on the Possible Nuclear Talks with the Iranian Regime

Mar 15th, 2021

Dr. Kazem Moussavi, March 2021
The ruling theocracy cannot be reformed in Iran through negotiations or deals as the Western powers could not deal with the German Nazis in the late 1930s. The ayatollahs perceive themselves as instruments of God in an apocalyptic war between good and evil. They anticipate the return of Mahdi, the hidden 12th Shiite Imam, who according to the regime’s constitution is the actual head of state, in which the current leaders occupy his seat until his imminent arrival.



Javad Zarif and Iranian regime’s web of influence in the U.S.

Sep 3rd, 2019

Hassan Dai, January 2020
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his colleagues at Iranian mission in New York, played a key role in establishing and expanding Tehran’s web of influence in the U.S. The Implementation of sanctions on Zarif will restrict the regime’s ability to coordinate the activities of this network that exploits political divisions in the U.S, deceives public opinion and influences U.S. policies toward Iran.



Iranian regime-sponsored Quds Day rally

May 28th, 2019

Hassan Dai
Annual Quds Day rally, initiated by Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979, is used as a platform to escalate the hatred against Israel and portray the Iranian regime as the champion of the Palestinian cause and the leader of the Islamic world. Quds Day provides Iran with a formidable tool to recruit among Muslims worldwide and forge an alliance with left and anti-Israeli organizations in the West



Iran in Latin America

Apr 11th, 2019

Hassan Dai, April 2019
Iran has spent billions of dollars to get a foothold in Latin America, pursuing a multi-pronged strategy. In order to expand its influence, Iran has also established a network of Mosques and Islamic centers



How the Iranian regime promotes anti-Semitism in Iran

Dec 12th, 2018

Hassan Dai, March 2020
What is most disturbing about the regime-sponsored anti-Semitism in Iran is the fact that is it relentless, widespread, expanding and increasingly more shameless. The Regime tries to theorize, legitimize, and often, trivialize anti-Semitism in Iran.



Arbaeen pilgrimage and Iran’s Shia crescent

Oct 28th, 2018

Hassan Dai, October 2018
The Iranian regime has been trying to gradually take the control of this event and utilize it for its domestic and regional goals specifically to expand its influence in Iraq, and strengthen the Shia crescent, a necessary step in its quest to dominate the Middle East.



Crime Against Humanity: 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran

Aug 25th, 2018

A short video documentary about the 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran



Iranian regime’s network of Islamic Centers, seminaries and Mosques in Europe

Jun 22nd, 2018

Hassan Dai and Kazem Moussavi, June 2018
Iranian regime runs a large number of Islamic centers and Mosques in Europe that disseminate its fundamentalist ideology and generate grassroots support for its radical foreign policy. These centers provide Iran with a recruiting pool for the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force or other Iranian Institutions responsible for terrorism or military activities abroad.



Business consultant tied to Iranian regime files defamation lawsuit against Iranian dissident in Germany

Apr 10th, 2018

Business consultant Dawood Nazirizadeh, a board member of “Islamic community of Shiites in Germany” (IGS), an organization controlled by the Iranian regime has filed a defamation lawsuit against Iranian dissident Kazem Mousavi to intimidate and silence him. Nazirizadeh’s attorney is notorious Michael Hubertus von Sprenger, a past attorney for Turkish dictator Erdogan and a long list of right-wing extremists and Holocaust deniers.