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Combined with the COVID-19 pandemic, the country is struggling to stay afloat.

His administration wants to trigger the JCPOA’s snapback mechanism, but he probably can’t do that from the outside.

Trump’s Iran gambit is sweeping, punitive, and has little chance of success.

The supreme leader’s youth-washing strategy could keep detente with the United States off the table for years.

The controversial former national security advisor left his mark in Washington—especially on nuclear arms deals and Iran.

The coronavirus brings additional health concerns, Israeli democracy is threatened by the West Bank annexation, and protests in Europe bring issues of racism to the fore.

Two years after Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal, Tehran has cut in half the time it would need to produce enough weapons-grade fuel for a nuclear bomb.

Exploiting Iran's coronavirus crisis to demand an end to sanctions is fundamentally dishonest—and panders to a brutal regime.

Washington and Tehran could use the public health emergency to show goodwill, dial down tensions while saving face, and avoid a dangerous confrontation.

By triggering the Iran deal’s dispute resolution mechanism, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom are hoping to push the sides back to the negotiating table—but they may escalate instead.

As the assassination of Suleimani shows, it might be Washington that is the main spoiler in the region.

The U.S. president may claim that the strike on Iran’s Suleimani was meant to “stop a war,” yet it will do anything but.

Further steps to asphyxiate the country’s economy will backfire.

Britain, France, and Germany say Iran’s ballistic missile program is inconsistent with the nuclear deal and improves its capacity to deliver nuclear payload. Tehran counters that Europeans have failed to meet obligations under the pact.

The withdrawal from Syria is part of a broader pattern of weakness, especially in response to Iran.

Iran is flouting and bypassing its nonproliferation promises. If Trump is serious about stopping an Iranian bomb, he should cancel or suspend nuclear waivers for the Fordow and Arak facilities.

A poll finds that most Iranians believe better ballistic missiles and military supremacy in the Middle East will make their country safer.  

Blame U.S. blunders for the worsening crisis in the region.

Talks have little appeal because Tehran is convinced that Trump can’t be trusted to negotiate in good faith. And there isn’t much political support for observing what’s left of the deal while Washington wages economic war.