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Short Analysis
Iran- Short Analysis
April 2010
What are Iran’s goals?
- Dominate the Persian Gulf.
- Export the Islamic Revolution and lead the Islamic world.
- Challenge the US in the Middle East and confront Israel.
- Restore Iran’s ‘ancient greatness’ and ‘proper’ place.
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Long Analysis
Iran’s goals
- To dominate the Persian Gulf
- To export the Islamic Revolution and lead the Islamic world
- To challenge the US in the Middle East and confront Israel
- To restore Iran’s ‘ancient greatness’ and ‘proper’ place
General Overview
- Iran: Profile, CIA World Factbook
- Iran: A Country Study, Library of Congress
- Iran: Background Note US Department of State
- Profile: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards BBC News
- Iran Military Guide GlobalSecurity.org
- Iran Profile Nuclear Threat Initiative
- Iran Security Initiative, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Research Publications
- Iran & Terrorism Council on Foreign Relations
- Iran: US Concerns and Policy Responses Congressional Research Service
- Iran’s Nuclear Program: Tehran’s Compliance with International Obligations, Congressional Research Service
- Iran: Profile of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Congressional Research Service
- Matthew Levitt and Michael Jacobson, Punitive Power: Combating Proliferation with Sanctions Jane's Intelligence Review, May 2009
- Dr. Dore Gold et al., Iran, Hizbullah, Hamas and the Global Jihad, A New Conflict Paradigm for the West, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
- Joshua Teitelbaum, What Iranian Leaders Really Say about Doing Away with Israel Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, 2008.
- Excerpts from Internal IAEA Document on Alleged Iranian Nuclear Weaponization Institute for Science and International Security
News Media
- Ali Anssardi, "The Revolution Will be Mercentilized" The National Interest, December 21, 2009.
- Bret Stephens, "Iran Cannot Be Contained" Commentary Magazine July/August 2010.
- Marguerite Del Giudice, “Persia: Ancient Soul of Iran”, National Geographic Magazine, August 2008.
- Azadeh Moaveni, “How Quarreling Ayatullahs Affect Iran's Crisis” Time Magazine June 26, 2009.
- Anthony Cordesman, “The Iran Attack Plan”, Wall Street Journal, September 25, 2009.
- Boris Morozov, “Why Russia Isn't Afraid of an Iran Bomb” Jerusalem Post October 13, 2009
- David Schenker & Matthew Levitt, "Dinner in Damascus: What did Iran ask of Hizballah?" Washington Institute for Near East Policy March 2, 2010
- Dieter Bednarz, Erich Follath and Holger Stark, "The Secret Nuclear Dossier: Intelligence From Tehran Elevates Concern in the West" Der Spiegel January 25, 2010
- George Friedman, "Rethinking American Options on Iran" Stratfor August 31, 2010
- Jeffrey Goldberg, "The Point of No Return" The Atlantic August 2010
- Phil Stewart and Adam Entous, "Iranian missile may be able to hit US by 2015" April 19, 2010
- Siobhan Gorman and Jay Solomon “U.S. Considers a New Assessment of Iran Threat”, Wall Street Journal October 19, 2009.
- Mehdi Khalaji, Who’s Really Running Iran’s Green Movement Foreign Policy November 4, 2009
- Ehud Yaari, Iran's Nuclear Program: Deciphering Israel's Signals Washington Institute for Near East Policy November 5, 2009
Videos
- MEMRI: Iran
- Iran and the West - The Man Who Changed the World Part 1, BBC (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6)
- Iran and the West - The Pariah State Part 1, BBC (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6)
- Iran and the West - Nuclear Confrontation Part 1, BBC (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6)
- Iran and the West, National Geographic
- Iran Negah
Recommended Reading
- Bowden, Mark. “Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam” New York, NY: Grove Press, 2007.
- Gold, Dore. “The Rise of Nuclear Iran: How Tehran Defies the West” Washington DC: Regerny Press, 2009.
- Berman, Ilan. “Winning the Long War: Retaking the Offensive against Radical Islam” Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009.
- Ross, David and David Makovsky. “Myths, Illusions, and Peace: Finding a New Direction for America in the Middle East”. New York, NY: Viking, 2009.
- Nasr, Seyyed Vali R. “The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam will Shape the Future.” New York, NY: Norton, 2006.