Iran’s Regime Is Headed for a Hard Landing

The regime’s survival now depends on compromises that will permanently alter its internal order.

1990

The 47th anniversary of Iran’s 1979 revolution is less than a week away, but instead of celebrating, the Islamic Republic is faced with an insuperable political and economic crisis. Simultaneously, Tehran’s nearly half-century-old conflict with Washington has come to a head. Divided though they are, Iran’s elite factions recognize that their only hope to preserve […]

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Kamran Bokhari
Kamran Bokhari, PhD, is a regular contributor to and former senior analyst (2015-2018) with Geopolitical Futures. Dr. Bokhari is now the Senior Director, Eurasian Security & Prosperity Portfolio at the New Lines Institute for Strategy & Policy in Washington, DC. Dr. Bokhari is also a national security and foreign policy specialist at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute. He has served as the Coordinator for Central Asia Studies at the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) at @Kamran Bokhari