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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The Rowhani Front
WASHINGTON, DC – On June 17, at his first press conference as Iran’s President-elect, Hassan Rowhani broke little new ground in the Islamic …
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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 …
The Rowhani Front
Michelle Williams: Well, he did not exactly say that about sanctions. Yes, they are costly. But, one should admit, the cost is not as big as claimed. Many Iranian exporters have successfully diverted trade from th…
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…