35 govt’s meet for Fifth Meeting of the Countering Transnational Terrorism Forum to target ongoing malign & destabilizing activities by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) & Ministry of Intelligence & Security (MOIS) & their proxies & partners www.state.gov/releases/off...
Thank you, Middle East Institute for including me in this even on Iran, Hezbollah, & Lebanon's Future, broadcast on CSPAN2 lnkd.in/eYSyaFHB
Pleased to participate in this Discussion on Lebanon Amid Israeli Strikes Against Hezbollah & the Iran War @cspan @MiddleEastInst
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Looking forward to participating in this event on "Iran, Hizballah, and Lebanon’s Future" at MEI alongside @AramNerguizian #AmbDavidHale @kennethpollack3 mei.edu/events/iran-...
How Tehran’s Proxy Network Could Outlast the Iranian Regime - my latest, with Michael Jacobson @washinstitute.bsky.social @latimes.com www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analy...
Counterterrorism expert @mattlevitt.bsky.social shares the three key things he's watching, including Iran’s missile capacity, international terror attempts tied to Tehran, and the Israel-Lebanon front.
New entries in #Hezbollah map & timeline re LH activities in Cuba, Ecuador, Kuwait, and Lebanon.
Check out the full Hezbollah interactive map & timeline @WashInstitute here: www.washingtoninstitute.org/hezbollahint... (click top left for latest entries)
Bahrain: Three arrested for forming terrorist cell linked to the Lebanese #Hezbollah terrorist group www.policemc.gov.bh/en/news/77495/
“The more concerned the remaining leaders of the Islamic Republic are that the revolution is under threat, the higher the likelihood that they employ terrorism against those they perceive to be undermining the regime,” writes @mattlevitt.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com.
UK charity Islamic Relief Worldwide sued by its US branch over alleged Muslim Brotherhood links
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“Tehran remains a desperate regime. U.S. officials should take its desperation—and the danger that desperation entails—seriously,” writes @mattlevitt.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com.
Spoke with Daniel Boffey at The Guardian about how Iran is increasingly outsourcing its terrorism campaigns. Pleased to see reports drawing on my interactive map of Iranian external operations www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Matthew Levitt @washinstitute.bsky.social believes [HAYA cover name] may be intended to "create the impression that there is an organized and dangerous group out there, when in reality it is just individuals tasked with" carrying out attacks taz.de/Neue-schiiti...
Iran and its proxies have been pounded, but more needs to be done to prevent them from regaining “their former ability to menace the region,” write @mattlevitt.bsky.social and Michael Jacobson in Statecraft and Strategy.
As the Iran war continues, here are three key things that counterterrorism expert @mattlevitt.bsky.social is watching. www.youtube.com/shorts/5aaOU...
3 Things I'm Watching Amid the Iran War
1. The race to his Iran's Ballistic missiles/launchers
2. Iran terror plots
3. The other front: Hezbollah in Lebanon
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Chuffed, as my British friends would say, to see my @ForeignAffairs article, "Will Iran Turn to Terrorism?," at the top of FA's Most Read listing today
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Thanks Jewish Insider for including my @foreignaffairs.com article on Iran's turn to terrorism in the JI Daily Kickoff's list of 'worthy reads'
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Pleasure to speak with @globalnews.ca about Israel's campaign to dislodge #Hezbollah from southern Lebanon
@washinstitute.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqsK...
Israeli officials warn #Hezbollah could use chemical weapons received from Iran in cross-border raids or battlefield kidnapping operations. I explain here:
Tehran’s Tactical Knockout: Weaponized Pharmaceutical-Based Agents www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analy... @washinstitute.bsky.social
“The strategic patience Iran once exhibited may go by the wayside now that Tehran believes this war is truly existential,” writes @mattlevitt.bsky.social. “At the moment, Iran may see no option other than hitting back as hard as it can, wherever it can.”
Thanks to @BBC for having me on to discuss Iranian-linked terror plots abroad and Israeli operations targeting #Hezbollah militants in Lebanon The @washinstitute.bsky.social
Iran has long used terrorism as a tool of state policy, but typically used strategic patience in deciding when & where. Now, with its back against the wall the regime is now pulling out all the stops.
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Treasury designates network of #Hezbollah companies—located in Lebanon, Syria, Poland, Slovenia, Qatar, & Canada—launders & raises funds for LH's finance team & are estimated to have enabled the diversion of >$100 million since 2020 content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UST...
Thanks @nickschifrin for highlighting @WashInstitute interactive map of Iranian foreign plots in a talk with @SebGorka @CFR_org
See map here: www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analy...
Severely degraded, Iran & proxies are likely to look to 3 operational trends: flooding markets with small arms, drone wars, & joint ops thru elements like IRGC QF unit 3900
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OTD #Hezbollah, with Iranian help, blew up the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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A "multitude" of intelligence reports provide "consistent analysis that the regime is not in danger" of collapse and "retains control of the Iranian public” …
…. But like the ad jingle, “he went to Jared!”
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Hot take: #Hamas had been trying to make inroads with Sunni Gulf states, but then declined to condemn Iranian attacks against Gulf neighbors. After the war, watch for Gulf states—including Qatar—to take a less benign approach to Hamas
Targeting the Iranian regime by air alone is unlikely to achieve regime change.
But it might create the space within which an organized political opposition could coalesce to take on the clerical regime from within
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