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By threatening to breach the nuclear deal, Tehran hopes to scare Europe into prodding the United States back to the negotiating table. It may not work.

Top Defense Department official warns Middle East allies that Moscow is not a reliable partner.

As Trump’s national security team barrels toward a confrontation in the Persian Gulf, Europe is starting to balk.

Tehran’s recent nuclear policy announcements were driven by the inescapable constraints of domestic politics.

The country may have threatened to walk away from the nuclear deal, but its actions say it may be prepared to stay.

The rising tensions with Tehran bear disturbing similarities to the run-up to war in 2003. Chief among them: the presence of John Bolton.

The Iranian president’s remarks about the future of the Iran nuclear deal.

Trump’s new Iran sanctions will hurt the United States in the long term.

Financial wars damage and disfigure economies as much as military ones. Countries ravaged by sanctions need reconstruction, too.

Javad Zarif’s gambit paid off, but his attempt to be a bridge between Tehran and the West has become virtually impossible in the Trump era.

The foreign minister’s fall from grace was a long time coming.

If accepted, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s resignation may open the door to a new Iranian radicalism.

Here's how.

If Tehran pulls out of the 2015 deal, it could have a weapon in a matter of months.

On the podcast: Wendy Sherman recounts the grueling path to the Iran nuclear deal.

The United States needs to keep Europe on board, go beyond sanctions, and ensure lasting bipartisan support for its new policy.

As the economic noose tightens on the Iranian economy, smugglers will thrive and the IRGC will be the first to profit.

More pressure on Tehran won’t work. Here’s what Trump should really do.

Tehran’s course is set by a shadowy figure behind the scenes—not the leaders who talk to the West.

Maximum financial pressure might be enough to force new nuclear talks.