Several members of the Al-Tajamu network at a 2017 demonstration in Sydney, including Jay Tharappel, Hanadi Assoud, Hussein Dirani and Tim Anderson. (Source: Hanadi Assoud’s Facebook feed)
Teheran’s friends in Australia
In the previous edition of the AIR, I...
Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi: slated to be President and then likely Supreme Leader (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Iran’s one-man presidential race
Iran’s presidential campaign offered up a “May surprise”,...
Israel under fire
Behind the News – June 2021
Rocket and Terror  On May 10, Hamas, Palestinian...
The immediate aftermath of a Palestinian rocket hitting a passenger bus in Holon, Israel, on May 11, 2021. (Credit: Roman Yanushevsky/Shutterstock)
Editorial: Gaza reveals Iran sanctions relief danger
The massive barrage of some 4,350 rockets launched...
A map of Israel showing the red alert sirens indicating to civilians that a barrage of rockets has been fired towards them.
5 things we have learned after 11 days of fighting
1. Hamas fired rockets more quickly and with...
Israeli security forces patrol the streets of the mixed Jewish-Arab city of Lod, the site of the worst Arab-Jewish violence over the past few days (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
Israel’s latest conflict with Hamas: How did it happen and what happens next?
Update from AIJAC   05/21 #02   A...
Australian soldiers (L-R) Corporal Amanda Wright, Corporal Cindy Veenman and Captain Karin Cann at Multinational Base Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, 2010 (credit: SGT Mick Davis)
Afghanistan withdrawal will increase terror threat to Australia
Originally published in The Strategist (ASPI) – 14...
Little,Crack.,Flags:,China,,Iran
The strategic implications of the China-Iran deal 
On March 27, China and Iran announced a...
Putin
Russia is astutely playing the players in Yemen
Originally published in The Strategist (ASPI) – 29...
Israeli F-15 strike fighter: Reported strikes on Iranian-linked targets in Syria
Behind the News – May 2021
Rocket and Terror Report Two rockets launched from...
AIJAC's Jamie Hyams discussed the Iranian threat on "The Bolt Report"
Media Microscope: Enriched Coverage
Both the efforts to negotiate a return to...
The Houthis have not merely been armed by Iran, but were effectively founded from Teheran (Screenshot: Twitter)
Essay: Allies of Convenience or Birds of a Feather?
Iran and the Houthis   The popular framing...