List of Iran articles
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A man stands in a doorway Taliban Takeover Seen as a Boon for Human Smugglers
Along one part of the Turkish border, hundreds of new Afghan migrants show up every day.
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Protest in Karbala, Iraq. After Afghanistan Collapse, Iraqis Fear They Could Be Next
The parallels are easy to list.
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Iran's then-Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) meeting with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (C) of the Taliban in Tehran on Jan. 31. Why Iran Will Welcome the Taliban Takeover in Afghanistan
Tehran’s Shiite regime has strategic, economic, ideological, and ecological reasons for backing Sunni extremists.
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Raisi at a press conference in Tehran. How to Make Iran Trust a New Nuclear Deal
Even if Washington can’t provide a guarantee that future administrations will maintain the deal, there are other ways to bridge the gap.
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The Mercer Street, an oil products tanker, is shown off the Port of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, on Aug. 3. How Iran’s Deadly Tanker Attack Is Linked to the Nuclear Deal
Not responding to a drone attack off Oman could actually impair progress on a deal.
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A Belarusian athlete arrives at an international airport. The Geopolitical Stakes of Olympic Perfection—and Defection
The Tokyo Games have brought a surge of nationalism and laid bare the methods of autocrats like Belarus’s Aleksandr Lukashenko.
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Iranian president-elect attends his first press conference. Raisi Will Yank Biden Back Into the Middle East
Iran’s new president is ruthless and seems set on putting the United States back on a trajectory of mutual escalation.
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Ebrahim Raisi Ebrahim Raisi and India’s Bet on Iran
The U.S. Afghanistan pullout and other geopolitical shifts are aligning New Delhi with Tehran.
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U.S. soldiers in Bradley tanks near the Iraq-Syria border No Matter What Biden Calls U.S. Troops in Iraq, Iran Is Gunning for Them
Relabeling U.S. soldiers as “noncombat” won’t spare them from militia attacks.
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with then-Chinese President Jiang Zemin in Tehran on April 21, 2002. The China Model Will Never Work in Iran
Tehran thinks it can have Chinese-style authoritarian prosperity—but Iranian leaders will never abandon revolution or offer citizens rising living standards in exchange for acquiescence.
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Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks to the media about the agency’s monitoring of the Iranian nuclear program in Vienna on May 24. Is Iran Bluffing About Its Enriched Uranium Stockpile?
Tehran’s numbers don’t add up. They seem to be exaggerated to pressure Biden for sanctions relief.
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Iraqi prime minister speaks in Berlin. Will Biden and Kadhimi Produce Platitudes on Iraq?
At the White House on Monday, the Iraqi leader needs a guarantee that Biden won’t use Iraq’s independence as a pawn in negotiations with Iran.
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Iranian supertanker Grace 1 is seen from a boat off the coast of Gibraltar on Aug. 15, 2019. Iran and Israel’s Naval War Is Expanding
The collapse of Lebanon is intensifying a conflict in the Mediterranean that has mostly taken place in the shadows.
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Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi smiles as he greets media representatives during his first press conference in Tehran. Iran Nuclear Talks Stalled While U.S. Waits for Raisi
Hopes for a fast deal—or any deal at all—are fading.
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A member of the Iraqi security forces walks past a destroyed vehicle. America’s Other Forever War
Iraq could become a major thorn in Biden’s side.
