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April 17, 2024

Iran
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

Conceived as the principal defenders of the 1979 revolution, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has evolved into an institution with vast political, economic, and military power.

Members of the Revolutionary Guards attend a parliamentary session in Tehran.
Backgrounder by CFR.org Editors

May 22, 2024

International Criminal Court
The Role of the ICC

The International Criminal Court was created to bring justice to the world’s worst war criminals, but debate over the court still rages.

Judges are pictured in the courtroom during the trial of Bosco Ntaganda at the International Criminal Court.
Backgrounder by Claire Klobucista and Mariel Ferragamo

March 13, 2006

Iran
Sadjadpour: On Iranian Public Support for Tehran’s Nuclear Ambitions

Karim Sadjadpour, an Iran analyst with the International Crisis Group who was in Iran until last summer, says the general assumption that most Iranians support the Iranian government’s pursuit of nuc…

Interview by Karim Sadjadpour and Bernard Gwertzman

October 26, 2007

Iran
Sadjadpour: New Sanctions Likely to Worry Moscow, Beijing More Than Tehran

Karim Sadjadpour, an Iran political analyst, says the sanctions imposed by Washington on Iran this week are unlikely to have much of a financial impact on Tehran.  

Interview by Karim Sadjadpour and Bernard Gwertzman

May 29, 2007

Iran
Sadjadpour: Revolutionary Guards Have Financial Interest in Keeping Iran Isolated

Karim Sadjadpour, an Iranian-American who served for several years in Iran for the International Crisis Group, says he believes elements within the Revolutionary Guards have an economic motivation in…

Interview by Karim Sadjadpour and Bernard Gwertzman

February 27, 2024

International Law
Three Challenging Policy Issues for the Prosecutor in the Israel-Hamas Situation

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC),[1] Karim A. A. Khan,[2] faces several challenging policy issues in the months ahead regarding the Israel-Hamas situation.[3] In this co…

Article by David J. Scheffer International Institutions and Global Governance Program

May 20, 2024

Middle East Program
Virtual Media Briefing: Iran After Raisi and New ICC Charges

CFR experts discuss the implications of the death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, new International Criminal Court charges against Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leadership, and other updates from …

Play Outside the Iranian embassy in Baghdad after the deaths of Raisi and others
Virtual Event by Steven A. Cook, David J. Scheffer, Ray Takeyh, and Carla Anne Robbins Middle East Program