List of Iran articles
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Three women hold up portraits of a man while crying in a crowd. Why Iran Is Downplaying Israel Assassinating Its Officials
As Israel ups the ante of covert warfare, Iran scrambles to respond.
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Men in military dress kneel around a coffin decorated with the Iranian flag. Why Does Israel Keep Assassinating Iranian Officials? Because It Works.
Targeting senior leaders critical to an enemy program makes strategic sense from Israel’s perspective.
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American and Iranian flags, with a man removing the Iranian one America’s Iran Follies
How two decades of misjudgments by Washington helped lead Tehran to the nuclear brink.
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Young men wearing headphones sit in front of computer screens showing a scene from an online game. Iran’s Leaders Are Scared of the Internet
They should be more scared of shutting it off.
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People in jackets hold up posters with a face that read "FREE Ahamad Reza Jalali." ‘A Pawn in a Cruel Political Game’
Iran is threatening to execute an Iranian Swedish doctor—and human rights activists say the West isn’t doing enough.
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the American Freedom Tour at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas, on May 14. Trump’s Poison Pills Are Still Toxic
Whether it’s Iran, China, Cuba, or immigration, U.S. President Joe Biden often finds himself stymied by his predecessor’s foreign policy.
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The families of American hostages detained abroad hold a rally in front of the White House. Families of American Hostages Abroad Find Power—and Solace—in Numbers
Biden faces pressure to secure release of Americans wrongfully detained abroad.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov welcomes his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. Sanctioning Russia Won’t Stop Putin. Just Look at Iran.
Iran is a cautionary tale that stubborn autocracies can’t be disciplined with sanctions.
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An Iranian flag flies next to a ground-to-ground Sejjil missile at an undisclosed location in Iran. The Little Iran Nuclear Deal That Couldn’t
A revived nuclear pact could benefit Washington and Tehran but is proving a hard sell.
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Iranian protocol soldiers stand guard during a ceremony to mark the 27th anniversary of the Islamic revolution at the mausoleum of Iran's late founder of Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran on Feb. 1, 2006. It’s Time to Give the Revolutionary Guards a Concession
An Iranian nuclear deal is more important than the symbolism of a terrorist list.
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Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Bagheri Kani, speaks to the press in front of the Palais Coburg in Vienna on Dec. 27, 2021. The United States’ Clueless Diplomacy Won’t Stop a Nuclear Iran
A new nuclear deal will strengthen the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps without derailing the regime’s long-term ambitions.
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A woman walks past a mural showing Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran on March 9. Iran Needs a Cushion, and Europe Needs Gas
Politics in Tehran may finally fall into sync with the commercial logic of expanding energy markets.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov welcomes his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. Russia’s ‘Eleventh-Hour’ Interference in the Iran Deal
Moscow is seeking to use the Iran deal to shield itself from the full effect of Western sanctions.
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Pro-Ukraine protesters in Iran. In Backing Russia on Ukraine, Iran Is on the Wrong Side of History
The self-proclaimed champion of anti-imperialism is now sugarcoating an imperial war.
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Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires on Nov. 30, 2018. Putin’s War Has Middle Eastern Countries Hedging Their Bets
Washington’s security guarantees now seem worth even less.
