Mehdi Khalaji is a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
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Mehdi Khalaji
Commentaries by Mehdi Khalaji
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After Ahmadinejad
WASHINGTON, DC – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s preferred successor, Esfandiar Rahim Mashai, will not be running in the June 14 ele…
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The Enduring Egypt-Iran Divide
WASHINGTON, DC – Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi may look besieged at home, but by brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Novemb…
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Iran’s Electoral Strategy
WASHINGTON, DC – Negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program have again hit a wall, but the country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a…
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The Ayatollah Contemplates Compromise
WASHINGTON, DC – The recent nuclear talks in Istanbul between the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, plus German…
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Iran’s Rattling Saber
WASHINGTON, DC – As the West ratchets up its economic pressure on Iran to halt its drive to develop nuclear weapons, the Islamic Republic’s …
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The Domestic Logic of Iran’s Foreign Plots
WASHINGTON, DC – Though Saudi Ambassador Adel al-Jubeir is alive and well in Washington, the plot to assassinate him may have succeeded – if…
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The Ayatollah and the Witches
WASHINGTON, DC – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has now made the mistake that all Iranian presidents make: he has challenged the authority of the count…
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Iran’s Supreme Power Struggle
WASHINGTON, DC – Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has never been happy about the status of the Iranian presidency – neither du…
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Iran’s Republic of Fear
WASHINGTON, DC – Iran’s clerical regime governs by a simple formula: he who is the most frightening, wins. “Victory by terrifying” is trope …
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Iran’s Muddled Presidential Politics
WASHINGTON, DC – The decision of former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami not to seek the presidency again has revealed how muddled Iranian…
After Ahmadinejad
Faruk Timuroglu: Insightful and enlightening information. Thanks Mr. Khalaji. However, a foresight about what will happen to Iran after President Bashar Al Assad of Syria – if gone any time soon – would be more intere…
Iran’s Electoral Strategy
Frank O'Callaghan: Israel and Iran do not have a common border. They have very little to do with each other. This issue is one for internal political consumption. Unpopular regimes need an external enemy.