Iran Politics & Policy News: Foreign Relations, Current Affairs, & Issues

Targeting senior leaders critical to an enemy program makes strategic sense from Israel’s perspective.

How two decades of misjudgments by Washington helped lead Tehran to the nuclear brink.

They should be more scared of shutting it off.

Iran is threatening to execute an Iranian Swedish doctor—and human rights activists say the West isn’t doing enough.

Whether it’s Iran, China, Cuba, or immigration, U.S. President Joe Biden often finds himself stymied by his predecessor’s foreign policy.

Biden faces pressure to secure release of Americans wrongfully detained abroad.

Iran is a cautionary tale that stubborn autocracies can’t be disciplined with sanctions.

A revived nuclear pact could benefit Washington and Tehran but is proving a hard sell.

An Iranian nuclear deal is more important than the symbolism of a terrorist list.

A new nuclear deal will strengthen the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps without derailing the regime’s long-term ambitions.

Politics in Tehran may finally fall into sync with the commercial logic of expanding energy markets.

Moscow is seeking to use the Iran deal to shield itself from the full effect of Western sanctions.

The self-proclaimed champion of anti-imperialism is now sugarcoating an imperial war.

Washington’s security guarantees now seem worth even less.

Rekindling the nuclear deal with Tehran will solve one regional problem—and cause others.

Without real reform at home, Iranians will continue to seek opportunities elsewhere.

It’s only a matter of time until Saudi military advancements force Iran to respond in kind.