AFGHANISTAN, November 3 - Iran is signaling its readiness to attack Saudi Arabia and possibly Erbil ostensibly in retaliation for the Shiraz terror attack but primarily for the alleged role of the US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia in stoking protests. The …
AFGHANISTAN, November 2 - American and Saudi officials have warned of an imminent Iranian attack on Saudi Arabia and possibly Erbil, according to the Wall Street Journal. These warnings accord with CTP’s previous forecasts that Iran may attack American, …
AFGHANISTAN, November 2 - Kateryna Stepanenko, Riley Bailey, Karolina Hird, Grace Mappes, Madison Williams, Yekaterina Klepanchuk, and Frederick W. Kagan November 1, 8:30 pm ET Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. …
AFGHANISTAN, November 1 - Effective Ukrainian partisan attacks are forcing the Kremlin to divert resources away from frontline operations to help secure rear areas, degrading Russia’s ability to defend against ongoing Ukrainian counteroffensives, let …
AFGHANISTAN, October 31 - The regime has begun indicting and sentencing arrested protesters as part of the increasingly harsh and uncompromising stance that the regime has adopted toward the ongoing protests. Tehran Provincial Chief Justice Ali al Ghasi …
AFGHANISTAN, October 31 - Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 31 Karolina Hird, Katherine Lawlor, George Barros, and Frederick W. Kagan October 31, 9:00 pm ET Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map …
AFGHANISTAN, October 31 - The regime is escalating its protest crackdown in a way that could fuel an enduring and increasingly violent uprising against the political establishment. Protests continued on October 30 despite the call from Islamic …
AFGHANISTAN, October 30 - Frederick W. Kagan October 30, 5:00 pm ET Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report. ISW is publishing an abbreviated …
AFGHANISTAN, October 29 - IRGC Commander Hossein Salami set conditions to violently escalate the suppression of ongoing, anti-regime demonstrations on October 29. Salami described the Shah Cheragh Shrine attack in Shiraz on October 26 as an extension of …
AFGHANISTAN, October 29 - Likely Ukrainian forces conducted an attack against a Grigorovich-class frigate of the Black Sea Fleet (BSF) near Sevastopol with unmanned surface vehicles on October 29. Social media footage documented an unknown number of …
AFGHANISTAN, October 29 - Kateryna Stepanenko, George Barros, Riley Bailey, Katherine Lawlor, and Frederick W. Kagan October 28, 8:30 pm ET Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the …
AFGHANISTAN, October 29 - Iranian security personnel fired live ammunition and tear gas at anti-regime demonstrators in Zahedan, Sistan Baluchistan Province on October 28 as protesters commemorated the regime’s brutal crackdown there four weeks earlier. …
AFGHANISTAN, October 28 - Kitaneh Fitzpatrick, Johanna Moore, Nicholas Carl, and Frederick W. Kagan with LJ Trevette October 27, 8:00 PM ET The Iran Crisis Updates are produced by the Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute …
AFGHANISTAN, October 28 - George Barros, Riley Bailey, Karolina Hird, and Frederick W. Kagan October 27, 7:30 pm ET Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in …
AFGHANISTAN, October 27 - The ongoing, anti-regime protests in Iran expanded significantly on October 26, occurring in at least 33 cities in 23 provinces. These protests are the most reported in a single day since CTP began publishing daily protest updates …
AFGHANISTAN, October 27 - George Barros, Karolina Hird, Riley Bailey, and Frederick W. Kagan October 26, 7:30 pm ET Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in …
AFGHANISTAN, October 26 - Protest activity will likely increase—possibly significantly—on October 26 to commemorate the 40th day since the regime killed Mahsa Amini. Protest organizations such as the neighborhood youth groups have continued to call for …
AFGHANISTAN, October 26 - Kateryna Stepanenko, Karolina Hird, Riley Bailey, George Barros, and Frederick W. Kagan October 25, 7:00 pm ET Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the …
AFGHANISTAN, October 24 - Michael Nelson serves as the Director of Operations at the Institute for the Study of War. Prior to joining ISW, Mike served as an Army Special Forces officer, retiring after 23 years of active duty service. He served at the …
AFGHANISTAN, October 24 - Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 24 Kateryna Stepanenko, George Barros, Grace Mappes, Angela Howard, and Fredrick W. Kagan October 24, 8:30 PM ET Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of …
