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Oct 18, 2024
It took more than a year of waging war, but Israel has finally succeeded in killing its top target in Gaza: Yahya Sinwar.
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Oct 15, 2024
A year of conflict in the Middle East has destroyed the foreign-policy approach of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. His strategy was always implausible, but its...
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Sep 23, 2024
Iran’s newish president and foreign minister could hardly be more different in demeanor.
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Aug 1, 2024
Ismail Haniyeh should have known that Tehran wasn’t a safe place for him to be.
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Jul 10, 2024
Iran has taken a turn that hardly anyone could have seen coming a few short months ago.
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Jun 27, 2024
A specter is haunting Iran’s presidential election—the specter of Donald Trump’s return to office.
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Jun 13, 2024
The Soviet despot Joseph Stalin once said that it is not the voters who matter most in elections but those who count the votes. When it comes to elections held in the...
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May 28, 2024
There’s rarely a dull moment in Iranian affairs. The past few months alone have seen clashes with Israel and Pakistan, and a helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president...
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May 20, 2024
Accidents happen everywhere, but not all accidents are equal. Many hours after initial news broke about an “incident” involving a helicopter carrying Iranian President...
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May 2, 2024
On April 21, a week after Iran’s first-ever direct attack on Israel, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei met with his military commanders to gloat. The assault had failed to...
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Apr 12, 2024
On March 29, a friend of mine, the Iranian journalist Pouria Zeraati, was crossing the road outside his Wimbledon home in southwestern London, to get his car. A man approached him...
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Jan 31, 2024
Iran and the United States have been in a shadow war with each other for years.
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Jan 15, 2024
Fridays are holy days of rest in the Middle East, but today the region braces itself for the awful possibility of broader conflict. Following repeated attacks on their warships, the...
Jun 27, 2024A specter is haunting Iran’s presidential election—the specter of Donald Trump’s return to office. 
Jun 13, 2024The Soviet despot Joseph Stalin once said that it is not the voters who matter most in elections but those who count the votes. When it comes to elections held in the...
May 28, 2024There’s rarely a dull moment in Iranian affairs. The past few months alone have seen clashes with Israel and Pakistan, and a helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president...
May 20, 2024Accidents happen everywhere, but not all accidents are equal. Many hours after initial news broke about an “incident” involving a helicopter carrying Iranian President...
May 2, 2024On April 21, a week after Iran’s first-ever direct attack on Israel, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei met with his military commanders to gloat. The assault had failed to...
Jan 31, 2024Iran and the United States have been in a shadow war with each other for years. 
Jan 15, 2024Fridays are holy days of rest in the Middle East, but today the region braces itself for the awful possibility of broader conflict. Following repeated attacks on their warships, the...