Ali Alfoneh علی آلفونه @Alfoneh
Political scientist by training: #Iran, #Civil-Military Relations, #IRGC, #QF, in Persian🇺🇸🇩🇰. See also: https://t.co/jlxr3SO108 amzn.to/30l1Z8j Washington D.C. Joined June 2009-
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"The Regime’s Half-Hearted Attempt at Appeasing the Public" @GulfStatesInst #IranMediaReview September 5, 2025. agsi.org/analysis/the-r…
"@drpezeshkian Invites the Hard-Liners Into the Tent" @GulfStatesInst #IranMediaReview September 2, 2025. agsi.org/analysis/pezes…
"Iran Struggles to Define Its Reaction to Snapback" @GulfStatesInst #IranMediaReview August 29, 2025. shorturl.at/29DX3
Event 9/16: Book Talk: Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History with author @vali_nasr and @Alfoneh, moderated by @Ibishblog. Register now. agsi.org/events/book-ta…
"@alilarijani_ir's Prescription for Stability Hard to Realize" @GulfStatesInst #IranMediaReview August 26, 2025. agsi.org/analysis/ali-l…
Federal agents raided the home of my former @AEI colleague, @AmbJohnBolton, just hours ago. Why?
"@Tasnimnews_Fa Warns Against Iran’s “Gorbachev Moment” @GulfStatesInst #IranMediaReview August 22, 2025. agsi.org/analysis/tasni…
جهت اطلاع دوستان فارسیزبان: شبکه تلویزیونی @IranIntl با بازتاب شیطنتآمیز مصاحبه من با بلومبرگ، کوشیده است مرا بهعنوان مدافع حمله نظامی آمریکا به ایران معرفی کند. برای رفع هرگونه سوءتفاهم، شما را به متن انگلیسی مقاله و همچنین پاسخ کتبی کامل من به خبرنگار بلومبرگ ارجاع میدهم.
"Stuck in Limbo: U.S. Negotiations and Iran’s Economy" @GulfStatesInst #IranMediaReview August 19, 2025. shorturl.at/lvRYK
Yours truly quoted in @golnarM's "Iran’s Military Elite Emerges From War Bruised and Emboldened" Bloomberg/Newsroom (London) August 19, 2025. Attaching my complete answers. shorturl.at/EtvgV
"U.S.-Iran Negotiations: Dead End" @GulfStatesInst #IranMediaReview August 15, 2025. agsi.org/analysis/u-s-i…
"In Iran, YouTube Emerges as a Security Valve to Vent Anger Over Intelligence Failure" @GulfStatesInst #IranMediaReview August 12, 2025. shorturl.at/ftKed
Yours truly quoted in @tatianakrotoff's "En Iran, le pragmatique Ali Larijani prend la tête de la sécurité nationale" @LOrientLeJour (Beirut) August 8, 2025. Attaching my comments. shorturl.at/B7n3g
Clever: President @drpezeshkian praises the patriotism of “a totally unveiled girl, [whose behavior] we may not approve of,” echoing the late Major General @soleimany_ir, who once said, “That girl, whose hijab is less than adequate, is also my daughter.” shorturl.at/R6RKJ
"The IRGC Backs Ali Larijani the Pragmatist" @GulfStatesInst #IranMediaReview August 8, 2025. shorturl.at/Uy82R
IRGC support to the regime “now comes at the cost of granting the Guards an increasingly unchecked role in the economy.” Quoted in @yjtorbati's "How the Revolutionary Guard stealthily shapes Iran’s economy" @washingtonpost (Washington D.C.) August 6, 25. shorturl.at/WUXBJ
"Cornered at Home and Abroad, the Regime Turns to the Pragmatists" @GulfStatesInst #IranMediaReview August 5, 2025. shorturl.at/Lua99
Facing internal and external threats, the regime is turning to pragmatists like @alilarijani_ir to coordinate national security, and the folksy @drpezeshkian to pacify a restive public, but risks undercutting them by reviving the Defense Council as a parallel institution.

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