Kasra Aarabi

Kasra Aarabi is the Iran program lead at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. He is also a nonresident scholar at the Middle East Institute and is undertaking a Ph.D. at the University of St. Andrews, where his research focuses on Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Articles by Kasra Aarabi

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (left) and Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud exchange documents after signing a memorandum of understanding in Beijing on April 6.

The Real Motivation Behind Iran’s Deal With Saudi Arabia

Analysis

Saeid Golkar, Kasra Aarabi

April 6, 2023, 1:55 PM

Hossein Salami, the head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, delivers a speech during a rally.

Conscription Is Not an Excuse for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard

Argument

Saeid Golkar, Kasra Aarabi

January 30, 2023, 4:32 PM

Hossein Taeb, then-head of the intelligence apparatus of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, looks on during a meeting in Tehran on June 24, 2018.

Why Did Iran’s Ali Khamenei Oust a Loyal Intelligence Head?

Analysis

Saeid Golkar, Kasra Aarabi

July 8, 2022, 12:07 PM

An Iranian woman walks past an anti-American mural on the wall of the former U.S. embassy in Tehran on May 8, 2018.

Iran Knows Who to Blame for the Virus: America and Israel

Argument

March 19, 2020, 9:51 AM

Iranian mourners stand on a bridge during the final stage of funeral processions for Qassem Suleimani in Kerman on Jan. 7.

Suleimani’s Killing Could Change the Middle East for the Better

Argument

January 7, 2020, 11:50 AM

Protesters gather at Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, amid ongoing anti-government demonstrations.

Iran’s Regional Influence Campaign Is Starting to Flop

Argument

December 11, 2019, 6:51 AM

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