On Sunday, May 22, Iranian media reported the assassination of Col. Hassan Sayyad Khodaei, who was a senior officer of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force. Khodaei was shot five times by men on a motorcycle in an unarmored Kia Pride, in what was thought to be a secure area near the Iranian parliament.

US seizes Iranian crude from Russian tanker arrested in Greece

…On Monday afternoon a Dynacom-owned tanker Ice Energy (IMO: 9301732) started a ship-to-ship transfer with the Lana in Greek waters four miles off

Turkey, Iran race to fill Russian ‘void’ in Syria

…The illegal transit of Afghan refugees to Turkey from its border with Iran has also angered Ankara, which claims that Tehran facilitated the uncon

Iran Takes Two More French Citizens Hostage

France confirmed last week that two more of its citizens, Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, had been arrested by the Iranian regime just days before a visit to Tehran by European Union Political Director Enrique Mora, who coordinates negotiations over the Iran nuclear deal.

Four years of UANI Tanker Tracker data are punctuated by three key dates, all leading to significant sustained changes in total Iranian oil exports when looking at all destinations: 1) May 8, 2018 (the announcement that the U.S. would withdraw from the JCPOA); 2) May 2, 2019 (the end of U.S. oil waivers on all countries), and; 3) January 21, 2021 (the start of the Biden Presidency).

Harris condolence trip doubles as outreach to oil-rich United Arab Emirates

…In a sign of Abu Dhabi’s influence, dozens of dignitaries and world leaders descended on the federation to honor the late Sheikh Khalifa and shore

The outcome of Lebanon’s parliamentary elections revealed that the country’s citizens are largely disillusioned and apathetic, given the low voter turnout, and an active minority is angry. At 41% turnout, this suggests the majority of the Lebanese people believed the outcome of the election would be irrelevant, and that whatever the composition of the parliament, it will not be able to extricate Lebanon from its current crises.

New UANI Resource: The Houthis’ Evolution, Governance, And Power

In order to better understand the Houthi organization as it is today and how it might develop in the future, it is important to analyze how it evolved into its current state. United Against Nuclear Iran’s (UANI) new resource, The Houthis’ Evolution, Governance, and Power, details the organization’s evolution from a civil society movement to a state/proto-state, and its power structure, policies, and deteriorating effect on humanitarian concerns, security, and economies.

UANI Calls On Endress+Hauser To Clarify Apparent Ties To Iranian Regime

Research by United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) has found that the Swiss-based laboratory instrumentation and automation supplier Endress+Hauser features prominently as an approved vendor on multiple Iranian company websites.

Not “business as usual”: The Chinese military’s visit to Iran

UANI Policy Director Jason Brodsky and Tuvia Gering write: "Amid stalled nuclear talks with the P5+1, a senior Chinese military delegation, headed