Kasra Aarabi is director of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) research at United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI). He specializes in Iranian military and security affairs and Shi’a extremism. Previously, he was the Iran Program lead at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and served as an advisor on Iran to the executive chairman, former British prime minister Sir Tony Blair. Kasra is a native Persian (Farsi) speaker and is undertaking a PhD at the University of St Andrews, where his research focuses on the IRGC. Follow him on X @KasraAarabi.