Senior Fellow, AGSIW
Ali Alfoneh is a senior fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. He is a political scientist by training and the originator of the theory of transformation of the Islamic Republic into a military dictatorship. Alfoneh first put forward the theory in the spring 2006 edition of Udenrigs, journal of The Danish Foreign Policy Society. In the United States since 2007, Alfoneh advanced the theory in a series of essays published by the American Enterprise Institute culminating in Iran Unveiled: How the Revolutionary Guards are Transforming Iran from Theocracy into Military Dictatorship published by AEI Press in April 2013. He is also the author of Political Succession in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Demise of the Clergy and the Rise of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (2020).
The October 3 edition of the Iran Media Review examines reactions to reports that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei granted Iranian officials permission to enter direct negotiations with the United States.
The September 29 edition of the Iran Media Review examines regime commentary on the anniversary of Iran’s 2022 protests.
The September 26 edition of the Iran Media Review examines recent caustic remarks targeting Iran’s Arab neighbors.
The September 22 edition of the Iran Media Review highlights triumphant commentary about the resilience of Iran’s oil industry.
The September 19 edition of the Iran Media Review examines the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ threats to strike Kurdish separatists based in Iraq.
The September 15 edition of the Iran Media Review highlights tensions over Iranian Kurdish groups based in Iraq and the regime’s efforts to blame them for domestic unrest.
The September 12 edition of the Iran Media Review highlights comments on Iran’s 2022 protests from Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The September 8 edition of the Iran Media Review examines criticism of the ongoing purge of Iranian universities.
The September 5 edition of the Iran Media Review highlights a forceful call for political reform by former President Mohammad Khatami.
The September 1 edition of the Iran Media Review highlights an increasingly common critique of Iranian foreign policy vis-à-vis great powers.
