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Inside America: How Iran’s regime built a decades-long influence network inside the United States

IRAN AFFAIRS: The Islamic Republic has spent 47 years trying to root itself inside America, building a network of institutions designed to shape influence in Washington along the regime’s ideals.

THE ISLAMIC Center of America in Dearborn, Michigan, pictured in 2024. Dearborn features prominently in a new National Union for Democracy in Iran report, which argues that the Islamic Republic has spent decades building an institutional ecosystem inside the US.
What just happened? Breaking down the ceasefire

What just happened? Breaking down the ceasefire

Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), arrives on the opening day of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, September 15, 2025.

Iran nuclear chief says enrichment cannot be stopped, calls US-Israel actions ineffective

A bride covers her face as she waits to take her wedding vow at a mass marriage ceremony at Bahirkhand village, north of Kolkata February 8, 2015. (illustrative)

4 million cancer cases studied: People who do not marry face as much as 85% greater cancer risk


Iran sees jihad, the West sees geopolitics - That gap is dangerous

Despite weeks of pressure, Tehran’s defiance exposed deeper failures in Western strategy, deterrence, and understanding of the conflict

 The Islamic Republic uses its proxies, such as Hezbollah and Hamas to conduct jihad: a religious war aimed at imposing a radical interpretation of Sharia law worldwide.
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US and Iran reach temporary ceasefire

“The temporary U.S.-Iran ceasefire has eased tensions and boosted markets, but lasting stability remains uncertain.”

Netanyahu announces Israel to begin direct negotiations with Lebanon, US-Iran ceasefire holds

IDF kills Hezbollah chief's secretary • US military to stay in region until ceasefire complied with • Israeli arrested in Iranian plot to assassinate former PM Bennett

IDF soldiers of the Paratroopers Brigade, operating under the 98th Division, seen during operational activity in southern Lebanon, April 2026.

Iranian FM says US must choose between ceasefire, supporting Israeli action against Hezbollah

Araghchi claimed that the terms of the ceasefire explicitly outline Lebanon's inclusion in the deal, a claim that US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have denied.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addresses a special session of the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations, aside of US-Iran talks in Geneva, Switzerland, February 17, 2026

US dispatching negotiating team for Iran talks, Tehran signals willingness to hand over uranium

US Vice President JD Vance, US special envoy Steve Witkoff, and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner will be involved in the talks, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.

US White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 8, 2026.

Iranian media releases 10-point ceasefire agreement outline

The terms of the Iranian-released plan, according to a New York Times report citing a US official, do not match those seen by the president.

People gather after US President Donald Trump said that he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 8, 2026.

Israel was not informed of US-Iran ceasefire plan until late stages of discussion - report

The extent of Israel’s involvement was a phone call US President Donald Trump made to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shortly before the ceasefire was announced, WJS cited a US official as stating.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, in Jerusalem, March 19, 2026.

A pause, not an end: What the two-week ceasefire with Iran really means - opinion

From Washington’s perspective, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz constitutes a major strategic achievement. For Iran, the ceasefire offers temporary breathing room.

A man holds a photo of Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, while the flags of the US and Israel are burnt, as people gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, April 8, 2026.

Long Island town ordered to pay $19M after blocking Chabad synagogue construction

Rabbi Aaron Konikov and Lubavitch of Old Westbury sued the Village of Old Westbury in 2008 after the village unlawfully blocked construction on the rabbi's property.

The Chabad of Roslyn/Old Westbury building.

Iran's 10-point ceasefire leaked, JD Vance and US negotiating team dispatched for talks

Iran threatens ships moving through Hormuz • US, Iran delegations arriving in Pakistan on Friday • Most Israeli schools to open on Thursday as Home Front Command updates guidelines

An IDF soldier operating in southern Lebanon, published April 7, 2026.