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Iran

January 2, 2020

Ideas

The Embassy Attack Revealed Trump’s Weakness

Peter Beinart

January 1, 2020

Politics

It Was Never Just About Human Rights in Iran

Kathy Gilsinan

December 10, 2019

People park their cars on a crowded highway in Tehran to protest rising gas prices.

Politics

An American Prisoner Comes Home From Iran

Kathy Gilsinan

December 7, 2019

Xiyue Wang poses with his wife and young son at a dinner table.

Global

What Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder Tells Us About the Saudi-Iran Rivalry

Kim Ghattas

October 2, 2019

A demonstrator wearing a mask of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a protest outside the Saudi consulate. In the background, other demonstrators hold signs with pictures of Jamal Khashoggi.

Politics

The U.S. and Iran Are Still Worlds Apart on a Deal

Kathy Gilsinan

September 25, 2019

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani shakes hands with United Nations Secretary General António Guterres in front of their respective flags.

Ideas

The Most Dangerous Moment of the Trump Presidency

Richard Fontaine

September 23, 2019

Politics

Everyone Is Getting Sucked Into the Iran Morass

Kathy Gilsinan

September 17, 2019

Ideas

Seven Questions That Need Answers Before Any Attack on Iran

David Frum

September 16, 2019

Politics

Iran’s Enemy du Jour: A Guy Who Runs a Think Tank

Kathy Gilsinan

August 29, 2019

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Politics

The Americans Left Behind in Iran

Kathy Gilsinan and Yara Bayoumy

August 23, 2019

Nizar Zaka sits at a desk, facing past the camera.

Ideas

The Bill for America First Is Coming Due

Kori Schake

July 27, 2019

Politics

Iran Is Acting Like the International Villain of Trump’s Prophecy

Mike Giglio

July 23, 2019

A military speedboat sails close to a tanker.

Politics

How Can Congress Authorize War When It Can’t Decide What War Is?

Kathy Gilsinan

July 21, 2019

Politics

The Woman at the Center of Trump’s Iran Policy

Kathy Gilsinan

July 20, 2019

Global

Tensions With Iran Reach the Point of Inevitability

Krishnadev Calamur

July 18, 2019

Ideas

The Three Myths of the Iran Deal

Michael Oren

July 18, 2019

Ideas

Trump’s Iran Strategy Is Helping China

Vali Nasr

July 12, 2019

Iranian students walk past an anti-American mural, the Statue of Liberty with skull head and Iran's map.

Ideas

There’s a Deal to Be Had Between the U.S. and Iran

Dennis Ross

July 10, 2019

Politics

The Iran Hawks Are Circling

Kathy Gilsinan

July 9, 2019

Politics

Trump Left the Nuclear Deal. Now Iran’s Fighting Back.

Kathy Gilsinan

July 1, 2019

Politics

Democrats Couldn’t Agree on Top National-Security Threats

Kathy Gilsinan

June 26, 2019

Global

Trump Heads Into the G20 on Shaky Ground—And the World Knows It

Peter Nicholas

June 26, 2019

Ideas

Not Even Trump Has Any Idea What His Iran Policy Is

David A. Graham

June 25, 2019

Global

What the Iran Crisis Reveals About European Power

Tom McTague

June 25, 2019

Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron, and Donald Trump are more and more at odds on international affairs.

Politics

Trump Goes After Iran’s Supreme Leader

Kathy Gilsinan

June 24, 2019

Ideas

The Question the Iran Hawks Haven’t Answered

Peter Beinart

June 24, 2019

Politics

Democrats’ Grand Plan to Contain Iran? Just Beat Trump

Edward-Isaac Dovere

June 23, 2019

Politics

Is There Still a Deal to Be Done With Iran?

Uri Friedman and Kathy Gilsinan

June 22, 2019

Sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln take part in an aerial change of command ceremony in the Arabian Sea.

Ideas

The Iranian Hedgehog vs. the American Fox

Karim Sadjadpour

June 21, 2019

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks at a meeting in Tehran in 2017.

Ideas

Worse Than Obama’s Red-Line Moment

Kori Schake

June 21, 2019

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seen near a "3 Khordad" system, which is said to have been used to shoot down a U.S. military drone.

Ideas

Not All Drones Are Created Equal

Amy Zegart

June 21, 2019

An undated U.S. Air Force photo of an RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft

Politics

The Iran Crisis Is Forcing Trump Into Uncomfortable Territory

Peter Nicholas and Elaina Plott Calabro

June 21, 2019

Ideas

The Military Is Not a Prop

David A. Graham

June 21, 2019

Politics

Trump Might Not Want War, but the Military Is Steering His Iran Policy

Kathy Gilsinan

June 20, 2019

Ideas

Bolton Keeps Trying to Goad Iran Into War

Peter Beinart

June 20, 2019

Sections

The Print Edition

Iran Loses Its Indispensable Man

The Embassy Attack Revealed Trump’s Weakness

It Was Never Just About Human Rights in Iran

An American Prisoner Comes Home From Iran

What Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder Tells Us About the Saudi-Iran Rivalry

The U.S. and Iran Are Still Worlds Apart on a Deal

The Most Dangerous Moment of the Trump Presidency

Everyone Is Getting Sucked Into the Iran Morass

Seven Questions That Need Answers Before Any Attack on Iran

Iran’s Enemy du Jour: A Guy Who Runs a Think Tank

The Americans Left Behind in Iran

The Bill for America First Is Coming Due

Iran Is Acting Like the International Villain of Trump’s Prophecy

How Can Congress Authorize War When It Can’t Decide What War Is?

The Woman at the Center of Trump’s Iran Policy

Tensions With Iran Reach the Point of Inevitability

The Three Myths of the Iran Deal

Trump’s Iran Strategy Is Helping China

There’s a Deal to Be Had Between the U.S. and Iran

The Iran Hawks Are Circling

Trump Left the Nuclear Deal. Now Iran’s Fighting Back.

Democrats Couldn’t Agree on Top National-Security Threats

Trump Heads Into the G20 on Shaky Ground—And the World Knows It

Not Even Trump Has Any Idea What His Iran Policy Is

What the Iran Crisis Reveals About European Power

Trump Goes After Iran’s Supreme Leader

The Question the Iran Hawks Haven’t Answered

Democrats’ Grand Plan to Contain Iran? Just Beat Trump

Is There Still a Deal to Be Done With Iran?

The Iranian Hedgehog vs. the American Fox

Worse Than Obama’s Red-Line Moment

Not All Drones Are Created Equal

The Iran Crisis Is Forcing Trump Into Uncomfortable Territory

The Military Is Not a Prop

Trump Might Not Want War, but the Military Is Steering His Iran Policy

Bolton Keeps Trying to Goad Iran Into War