List of Iran articles
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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.
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A handout picture provided by the Iranian Army's official website on September 11, 2020, shows an Iranian Simorgh drone during the second day of a military exercise in the Gulf, near the strategic strait of Hormuz in southern Iran. U.S. Strikes Point to Growing Iranian Drone Threat
Pentagon planners had been spotting Iran-backed drone attacks targeting U.S. troops for weeks before the strikes.
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Swiss President Guy Parmelin (C) leads U.S. President Joe Biden (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet media during the U.S.-Russia summit at Villa La Grange on June 16, 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland. Biden is meeting his Russian counterpart, Putin, for the first time as president in Geneva, Switzerland. Was the Biden-Putin Summit a Success?
The White House set clear red lines on cyberwar, but don’t expect much progress in the months to come.
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Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raisi Why Raisi Is the West’s Best Hope for a Deal With Iran
Hard-liners would never accept an agreement signed by a moderate—but they’ll fall into line if it comes from one of their own.
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Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raisi addresses his first press conference in Tehran on June 21, 2021. Iran and Raisi Have a Legitimacy Crisis
After an engineered election, Iran’s new president may have little choice but to govern cooperatively.
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Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi addresses his first press conference. Iran-U.S. Nuclear Talks on a Hair Trigger
Tehran’s new hard-line regime still wants a deal. But even restoring the old agreement is now impossible.
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Ebrahim Raisi Ebrahim Raisi Isn’t Who You Think He Is
Iran’s next president is a conservative obsessed with power—but less of a zealot than he seems.
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An election rally for Ebrahim Raisi Iran’s Election Is Unfree, Unfair, and Preordained
What a new president will mean for Tehran, Washington, and the world.
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An Iranian woman walks past banners of ultraconservative cleric and presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran, Iran, on June 17. Khamenei Wants a Nuclear Deal Before Rouhani Leaves
Blame will go to the departing president while praise will go to his handpicked successor.
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Supporters of Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi hold posters as they attend an election campaign rally in Tehran, Iran, on June 14. The Perils of the Iranian Presidency
Most meet unhappy endings. Here’s why Ebrahim Raisi might avoid a similar fate.
