This issue brief examines the significance of armaments in Iran’s strategic thinking, particularly how they support Iran’s long-term objective of changing the status quo and transforming global order. It demonstrates that Iran’s strategy presents serious implications for the aerial balance of power in the region and is highly unlikely to be impacted by the deaths of President Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian earlier this year.  Read Publication

Read the latest publication by Shahram Akbarzadeh, Amin Naeni, Galib Bashirov & Ihsan Yilmaz.  Read Publication

Masoud Pezeshkian is a reformist politician who has been a member of parliament since 2008 and served as the deputy speaker from 2016 to 2020. The 69-year-old heart surgeon was Iran’s health minister in the early 2000s. Pezeshkian favours engagement with the West and supports the 2015 nuclear deal negotiated under former Iranian president Hassan Rouhani.  Watch Now