Yossi Mansharof

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Feb 25, 2016, 2:36 PM

The elections to Iran’s Assembly Of Experts: A battle over the IRGC’s future

There is a great deal at stake in Friday’s elections to Iran's Assembly of Experts and parliament. The Assembly of Experts, comprised of 88 Ayatollahs, is authorized by the Iranian constitution to supervise the supreme ruler’s governance, depose him...

Nov 3, 2015, 12:02 AM

Soleimani’s Curse

Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, attends a meeting of Guard commanders in Tehran, Iran, September 17, 2013. (AP/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader, File)

Photos of a top Iranian general posing with fighters killed in Syria prove what a mess Iran’s got itself into

Oct 12, 2015, 10:15 PM

Iran stokes flames of Palestinian terror

Tehran is rallying behind the violence and urging jihadi factions to launch more deadly attacks

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About Me

Yossi Mansharof is a researcher of Shiite communities, born and living in Israel. He is currently completing a PhD thesis in the Middle Eastern History department at the University of Haifa, and is a researcher at the Ezri Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies. He worked (2006-2015) at the Iranian desk of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).