Ray Takeyh

Ray Takeyh is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of The Last Shah: America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty.

Articles by Ray Takeyh

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks after casting his ballots at a polling station in Tehran on March 1.

Khamenei’s Strategy to Dominate the Middle East Will Outlive Him

Shadow Government

Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

March 20, 2024, 9:10 AM

Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi addresses a press conference in Tehran.

Iran’s Revolution Is Eating Its Own

Argument

January 19, 2022, 4:10 PM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan at the signing of the Abraham Accords at the White House in Washington, DC, on Sept. 15.

Trump’s Parting Gift to Biden: A More Stable Middle East

Elephants in the Room

November 16, 2020, 2:45 PM

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a memorandum that reinstates sanctions on Iran after announcing his decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal, at the White House on May 8. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The United States Finally Has an Aggressive Plan to Defang Iran

Elephants in the Room

Ray Takeyh, Mark Dubowitz

May 21, 2018, 5:58 PM

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Trump Can Make Iran Policy Great Again

Argument

November 11, 2016, 5:00 AM

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America Will Regret Abandoning the Middle East

Argument

May 3, 2016, 7:02 PM

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Two Cheers From the Islamic World

Prime Numbers

November 17, 2009, 3:45 PM

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Faith-Based Initiatives

Argument

November 17, 2009, 3:10 PM

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