Sina Toossi

Sina Toossi is a senior nonresident fellow at the Center for International Policy.

Articles by Sina Toossi

Iranian students attend a parliament session in Tehran on November 15, 2009.

Iran Is Doubling Down on Headscarves

Analysis

September 26, 2023, 8:44 AM

A fan at the FIFA World Cup match between Wales and Iran on Nov. 25, 2022 in Doha, Qatar.

Iran Is Conceding Much Less Than It Seems

Analysis

December 7, 2022, 3:47 AM

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi (C) gestures during his swearing in ceremony at the Iranian parliament in Tehran on Aug. 5.

U.S. Policymakers Are Misreading Iran

Response

November 5, 2021, 3:51 PM

Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raisi addresses his first press conference in Tehran on June 21, 2021.

Iran and Raisi Have a Legitimacy Crisis

Argument

June 23, 2021, 9:48 AM

Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi casts his ballot for the presidential elections at a polling station on May 19, 2017 in Tehran.

The Islamic Republic’s Republic Is Dying

Argument

May 27, 2021, 2:51 PM

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Iran’s Hard-Liners Are Using a TV Thriller to Undermine Their Rivals

Argument

April 28, 2021, 5:19 AM

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf gives an address during the 2017 Iranian presidential election.

Iran Is Becoming Immune to U.S. Pressure

Argument

July 2, 2020, 2:32 PM

Iraqis hold portraits of Iranian Gen. Qassem Suleimani (left) and a Yemeni Houthi leader (right) during a demonstration in Baghdad against the Saudi-led coalition carrying out airstrikes on targets across Yemen on March 31, 2015.

Iran Is Winning the Battle for the Middle East’s Future

Argument

October 24, 2019, 5:05 AM

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh on October 23, 2018. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images)

Mohammed bin Salman Is the Next Saddam Hussein

Argument

Ryan Costello, Sina Toossi

October 29, 2018, 5:09 PM

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