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What Does Iran Want?

February 3, 2024

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The U.S. Tries Escalating to Deescalate

David A. Graham

February 2, 2024

President Joe Biden attends a transfer ceremony.

Iran Is Not a ‘Normal’ Country

February 2, 2024

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei speaks on a stage, gesturing with his left hand.

Iran’s Proxies Are Out of Control

January 30, 2024

A Houthi fighter from behind, with a weapon on his back and militia insignia

The Stay Puft Marshmallow Doctrine

January 29, 2024

Collage of map of site where drone attack happened, picture of Biden, and two black squares

Iran Cannot Be Conciliated

January 29, 2024

An Iranian protester burns the U.S. flag

The Houthis Have Backed Iran Into a Corner

January 12, 2024

Houthi fighters march with weapons pointed in the air, a white-bearded militia member in the foreground.

What Hamas Promises, Iranians Know Too Well

November 22, 2023

Two Iranian clerics wave Iranian and Palestinian flags at an anti-Israel rally in Tehran.

The Axis of Resistance Has Been Gathering Strength

October 24, 2023

Map of Middle East, face of Ali Khamenei, and war imagery

Forget the Bomb and Help Iranians Fight Their Regime

Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh

October 21, 2023

Raised fists, signifying activism, form a spiral

Is Israel at War With Iran?

October 8, 2023

A photo collage of the Iranian leader Ali Khamenei and smoke billowing over Gaza City on October 7

A Message From Iran

October 8, 2023

A rocket rises into a yellow, smoky sky from a darkened urban area in Gaza.

Soccer Diplomacy Comes to the Middle East

Salar Abdoh and Reza Ghobeishavi

October 7, 2023

Cheery pictures of soccer over the green and red of the Iranian flag

Iran’s Influence Operation Pays Off

September 28, 2023

An image of Mohammad Javad Zarif

I Was a Hostage in Iran. The Deals Are Part of the Problem.

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

August 25, 2023

Photo showing an open window in a prison captured from behind bars

How to Be a Man in Iran

Salar Abdoh and Vali Khalili

August 9, 2023

The Poisonous Atmosphere That Pervades Iran

April 6, 2023

An Iranian cleric saluted by guards

Iran Needs to Believe America’s Threat

March 5, 2023

A triptych illustration in which an American eagle approaches an Iranian nuclear symbol.

Why I Went to Iran

Mary Louise Kelly

February 17, 2023

Black-and-white photo of Iranian protesters

You Can’t Reform the Morality Police

December 10, 2022

An Iranian morality policeman looks at a woman sitting in a vehicle in Tehran.

The Real Reason Iran Says It’s Canceling the Morality Police

December 7, 2022

An Iranian police officer stands at a busy traffic intersection.

World Cup: The Great Game

The Tormented Soul of Iranian Soccer

November 29, 2022

An Iran fan holds a jersey in quiet protest at the November 25 World Cup match between Iran and Wales

Why Saudi Arabia Is So Quiet About Iran’s Protests

November 24, 2022

Illustration of a finger pointing upward in front of Iran's national flag

Who’s Afraid of Masih Alinejad?

November 22, 2022

Ukrainians and Iranians Have the Same Enemy. They Should Have the Same Ally.

November 2, 2022

A diptych of Ukrainian and Iranian flags being waved by protesters

Iran Has Become a Prison

November 1, 2022

A photo of the gates of Evin Prison

How to Avoid the ‘White Savior Industrial Complex’

October 20, 2022

A photo of Howard Baskerville against a green and red background

The Reason Iran Turned Out to Be So Repressive

October 4, 2022

An Iranian flag at half mast

A Whole Generation Revolts Against the Iranian Regime

October 2, 2022

A woman walks in front of a mural of the Iranian flag

In Iran, Raw Fury Is in the Air

Robert F. Worth

October 1, 2022

Protests in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini.

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‘I Think the Women Are Winning’

Kelli María Korducki

September 28, 2022

People protest the death of Mahsa Amini in Tehran on September 19

The Bonfire of the Headscarves

September 24, 2022

A photo collage of Mahsa Amini and other Iranian figures.

Iran’s Knucklehead Assassination Strategy

September 12, 2022

Photo collage of the Department of Justice and Qassem Soleimani

When Iran Says ‘Death to Israel,’ It Means It

Behnam Ben Taleblu

July 15, 2022

A shadow is cast over the Israeli flag.

Iran Feels Cornered by the Biden Administration

December 1, 2021

Illustration of Joe Biden and a map of the Middle East

The Iran Nuclear Deal Isn’t the Problem. Iran Is.

James Jeffrey and Dennis Ross

June 29, 2021

Collage of Presidents Biden and Raisi, and the colors of the Iranian flag