Ali Alfoneh

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

Author Articles

A balancing act. Syrian President Bashar Assad (R) walks alongside Iran’s First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri (L) in Damascus, January 29. (AFP)
Iran could be deprived of spoils of war
March 23, 2019
Iran’s Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi (C) attends a parliament session in Tehran, February 4. (AFP)
Tehran’s campaign against the opposition raises questions
March 16, 2019
Time up? Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif checks his watch during a news conference in Tehran, February 13. (AFP)
The strange tale of the Iranian foreign minister’s resignation
March 02, 2019
Iranian mourners gather around the coffins of members of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who were killed February 13 in a suicide attack, during their funeral in Isfahan, February 16. (AFP)
Unrest in Iran’s periphery prompts concern in Tehran
February 23, 2019
Sly tactics. A surface-to-surface ballistic missile on display in an undisclosed location in Iran. (AP)
Ballistic missiles: From Iran with hate
February 16, 2019
A group of Iranian paramilitary Basij forces re-enact a riot situation during training in north-eastern Tehran. (AP)
Nothing to celebrate about Iran’s revolution
February 09, 2019
Iranian Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri meets with Syria's President Bashar Assad in Damascus, Syria in this handout released by SANA on January 29, 2019. (Reuters)
Iran eyes share in Syria’s reconstruction
February 09, 2019
A Shia Hezbollah supporter stands on a rocket launcher in Nabatieh with a poster of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in the background. (Reuters)
Tehran’s not-so-mixed signals to Israel
February 02, 2019
Foggy prospects. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) speaks during a government meeting in Tehran, last August. (AFP)
Power struggle in Tehran ahead of post-Khamenei succession
January 26, 2019
Former Iranian Labour Minister Ali Rabiee. (Twitter)
1979 again? Spectre of unrest hangs over Iran
January 19, 2019
US national security adviser John Bolton (L) speaks to Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin (R) following their meeting in Ankara, January 8. (AFP)
Is Trump’s America a force for good in the Middle East?
January 12, 2019
A voice for change. Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s last shah before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. (AP)
What is Reza Pahlavi, prince of Iran, up to?
January 12, 2019
Hanging by a thread. A cleric holds a poster showing a portrait of the late founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran. (AP)
Malodour of decay? Islamic Republic at 40
January 05, 2019
Iranian President Hassan Rohani speaks during a public gathering in the northern city of Shahroud, December 4. (Iranian Presidency)
Rohani tells EU: If we go down, we will drag you with us!
December 15, 2018
An elderly man holds a newspaper as he walks on a sidewalk in Tehran. (Reuters)
Ageing Iran is a bit like a Greek tragedy
December 08, 2018
Torch bearer of division. (L-R) Iranian President Hassan Rohani speaks as former President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai and Deputy Chief of Hezbollah Sheikh Naim Qassem listen during the 32nd annual Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran, November 24. (Iranian Presidency)
‘Islamic Unity’ conference in Tehran was neither Islamic nor seeking unity
December 01, 2018
Iranian President Hassan Rohani (R) speaks during a joint news conference with his Iraqi counterpart Barham Salih at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran, on November 17. (Iranian Presidency)
Baghdad torn between Tehran’s pressures and US sanctions
November 24, 2018
Anticipating trouble. An Iranian police vehicle is seen parked outside a currency exchange shop in Tehran. (AFP)
Iran is in survival mode. Here’s how we know
November 17, 2018
A Pakistani border security official (R) and an Iranian border official meet at Zero Point in the Pakistan-Iran border town of Taftan, on October 16. (AFP)
Tehran’s neglect has bred trouble in Iran’s periphery
November 10, 2018
A Danish policeman stands guard outside a building in Copenhagen. (AFP)
Tehran’s terror reaches the shores of Denmark
November 03, 2018