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Opinion: The China Summit — Trump can win the Iran war with a diplomatic offensive

Featured Articles, Iran Policy | May 21, 2026 | Khosrow B. Semnani

Few statesmen have reflected as deeply on the unpredictable nature of war as Winston Churchill. In his autobiography, “My Early Life: A Roving Commission,” written in the aftermath of the Boer War, he wrote: “Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on that strange voyage can […]

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Articles | May 20, 2026 | omid_for_iran

SERVE YOUR IRAN IN THIS TIME OF NEED – MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD. What is this campaign about? Omid for Iran’s campaign is premised on a simple idea: that an Iran led by Mojtaba Khamenei and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) would be a disaster for the Iranian people, the region, and American security

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Opinion: An Iran Charter, 10 Points to Secure Iran’s Freedom

Democracy, Featured Articles, Iran Policy | March 24, 2026 | Khosrow B. Semnani

On Feb. 28, as Operation Epic Fury was launched, President Donald Trump addressed the Iranian people directly in his opening statement. It remains one of the most consequential statements in American presidential history. “Finally, to the great proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand. Stay sheltered. Don’t leave

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Opinion: Trump seizes the Iran moment

Democracy | January 9, 2026 | Khosrow B. Semnani

The fall of the Maduro regime in Venezuela has ramifications far beyond Latin America — especially in the Islamic Republic of Iran, another oil-dependent state on the brink of economic and political collapse. Another dictator — Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — is beginning to reap what he has sown. What started as a strike by

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Opinion: President Trump can win the peace in Iran

Iran Policy | June 20, 2025 | Khosrow B. Semnani

President Trump is about to make a monumental decision — whether to strike Iran’s nuclear program or not. It is a decision as critical to his presidency, popularity and party, as well as our nation and the world, as President George W. Bush’s decision to invade Iraq to destroy the threat of Saddam Hussein’s weapons of

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Opinion: Trump and the promise of peace

Iran Policy | June 2, 2025 | Khosrow B. Semnani

President Donald Trump may be the only person standing between Iran, Israel and an apocalyptic war of biblical proportions. At the outset of such a war, strikes on nuclear facilities would expose entire populations to toxic chemical plumes and radioactive materials. Nuclear disasters know no boundaries: think Chernobyl and Fukushima on steroids. At a press conference in

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UN pushes for Iran nuclear deal talks, says ‘time of the essence’

News, Newsroom | January 31, 2025 | omid_for_iran

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 17 (Reuters) – A top U.N. official on Tuesday pushed world powers and Iran to urgently work to restore a 2015 deal that lifted sanctions on Tehran in return for restrictions on its nuclear program, warning that its “success or failure matters to all of us.” Iran’s deal with Britain, Germany, France,

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Iran foreign minister: attacking our nuclear sites would be ‘one of biggest mistakes US could make’

Featured News, News | January 31, 2025 | omid_for_iran

CAIRO, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Iran will respond immediately and decisively if its nuclear sites are attacked which would lead to an “all-out war in the region,” Tehran’s foreign minister told Al Jazeera TV in an interview aired on Friday. Israel and the U.S. launching a military attack on Iranian nuclear facilities would be “one

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards commander says Iran purchased Russian-made Sukhoi 35 fighter jets

Featured News, News | January 31, 2025 | omid_for_iran

DUBAI, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Iran has purchased Russian-made Sukhoi-35 fighter jets, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander said on Monday, amid Western concerns about Tehran and Moscow’s growing military cooperation. This is the first time an Iranian official has confirmed the purchase of Su-35 jets. However, Ali Shadmani, who was quoted by the Student News

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Iran’s weakening will not harm Iraq, deputy parliament speaker says

News, Newsroom | January 31, 2025 | omid_for_iran

BAGHDAD, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Iraq will not be negatively affected by the weakening of Iran’s influence in the Middle East, Iraq’s deputy parliament speaker said, with Baghdad looking to chart its own diplomatic path in the region and limit the power of armed groups. Mohsen al-Mandalawi spoke to Reuters in a recent interview after

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