Ali Alfoneh

Ali Alfoneh is a Visiting Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington.

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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi during a session of the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad, on September 3. (Reuters)
In Iraq, Tehran plays with fire
September 15, 2018
A wounded Iranian Kurdish Peshmerga member of the Iranian Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP-I) walks after a rocket attack in Koysinjaq, on September 8. (AFP)
Missiles and executions mark Iran’s escalation of conflict with Kurds
September 15, 2018
Leader of the Shia militia group Asaib Ahl al-Haq Qais al-Khazali (C) speaks to his followers in Baghdad, last May 7. (AP)
Does it matter that Washington outed Tehran’s agent in Iraq?
September 08, 2018
A woman walks past a beggar in Tehran. (AFP)
Iranian oligarchs bask in wealth while others suffer
September 01, 2018
Holding to power. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks at a meeting in Tehran, on August 13. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)
Iran’s supreme leader: Not infallible, after all
August 18, 2018
Under pressure. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) sits next to President Hassan Rohani (2nd-L) during a government meeting in Tehran. (Office of Iran’s Supreme Leader)
External and internal threats split Tehran regime
August 11, 2018
An Iranian Kurdish man arrives at the Iran-Iraq border crossing of Haji Omran, last January. (AFP)
Iran’s porous periphery faces armed challenge
August 04, 2018
US President Donald Trump (R) talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a cabinet meeting, on July 18. (AP)
Trump’s Iran policy: The mother of all confusion
July 28, 2018
Iranians take part in an anti-US and anti-Israeli demonstration in Tehran, last May. (AFP)
Iran’s IRGC plays Palestinian tunes but only provides threadbare propaganda
July 21, 2018
Dead trees and an abandoned house at a field that farmers left due to the lack of water in a village near the southern Iranian city of Sirjan. (AFP)
As water crisis deepens, Tehran accuses Israel of ‘cloud theft’
July 07, 2018
In trouble. A vendor counts money in a shop in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar. (Reuters)
Falling rial has Iranians slamming regional adventurism
June 30, 2018
A propaganda billboard for the pro-Iran Kata’ib Hezbollah militia hanging on a pedestrian crossing in Baghdad. (AFP)
Unclaimed strikes bring further complexity to Syria’s intractable war
June 23, 2018
Adding fuel to the flames. A file picture shows Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, chief commander of the extraterritorial al-Quds Force, in Tehran. (AFP)
Worse than a sore loser, chief commander of Iran’s al-Quds Force is a bad winner
June 23, 2018
Iranian President Hassan Rohani walks past the media at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit, on June 10. (AP)
The atomic spectre returns to haunt Iran
June 16, 2018
Iran will watch Trump-Kim summit more closely than anyone
June 09, 2018
(L-R) EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, in Brussels. (AP)
Tehran plays the Yemen card
June 02, 2018
Blood and thunder. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in Tehran. (AFP)
Iran doesn’t really care about Muslims if they’re in China or Russia
May 26, 2018
Iranian navy troops march in a parade outside Tehran. (AP)
Can Trump’s Iran policy lead to regime change in Tehran?
May 26, 2018
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrives for a meeting at the Europa building in Brussels, on May 15. (AP)
Iranian foreign minister’s nuclear diplomacy faces limits
May 19, 2018
An Iraqi woman shows her ink-stained index finger before a national flag after having cast her vote in the parliamentary election in Baghdad, on May 12. (AFP)
Tehran alarmed by Iraqi nationalism
May 19, 2018