{"id":14171,"date":"2026-02-12T16:14:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T13:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/?p=14171"},"modified":"2026-02-17T14:55:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:55:30","slug":"rasanahs-iran-case-file-for-january-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/news\/rasanahs-iran-case-file-for-january-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Rasanah\u2019s Iran Case File for January 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/January-2026.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"366\" height=\"81\" src=\"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Download-and-read.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7815\" style=\"width:200px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>International Institute for Iranian Studies (Rasanah)<\/strong> has published its January 2026 Iran Case File (ICF), offering a detailed assessment for both the general public and researchers. The monthly report seeks to assess Iran\u2019s evolving conditions and interactions, structured across three sections: <strong>domestic developments<\/strong>, <strong>regional interactions<\/strong> and <strong>Iran\u2019s relations with international powers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Domestically, January saw notable economic, military, social and ideological developments. Economically, protests impacted the broader economy, driving inflation to 60% amid internet shutdowns and a worsening exchange rate. Militarily, Iran proposed selling weapons \u2014 including ballistic missiles, drones and warships \u2014 to foreign governments in exchange for cryptocurrency. Socially, structural changes have pushed the middle class toward poverty. Ideologically, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei\u2019s appearance in Qom conveyed multiple messages to domestic audiences and religious authorities, coinciding with US threats of strikes or assassination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran\u2019s interactions across the Arab and regional spheres were marked by key developments in Iraq and Israel. In Iraq, US Special Envoy Mark Savaya navigated complex challenges amid delays in forming a new government following President Donald Trump\u2019s veto of Nouri al-Maliki. In Israel, Tel Aviv\u2019s support for protests, alongside US involvement, enabled the Iranian establishment to justify a security-based crackdown while mobilizing its popular base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Internationally, tensions between Iran and the United States intensified. US threats of military action and potential regime change underscored Tehran\u2019s refusal to comply with conditions extending beyond the nuclear agreement, signaling a new phase of escalation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Institute for Iranian Studies (Rasanah) has published its January 2026 Iran Case File (ICF), offering a detailed assessment for both the general public and researchers. The monthly report seeks to assess Iran\u2019s evolving conditions and interactions, structured across three sections: domestic developments, regional interactions and Iran\u2019s relations with international powers. Domestically, January saw [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":14173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2451,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monthly-reports","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14171"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14193,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14171\/revisions\/14193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}