Arash Azizi

October 18, 2024
Who Will Lead Hamas Now?
It took more than a year of waging war, but Israel has finally succeeded in killing its top target in Gaza: Yahya Sinwar.
October 15, 2024
The Collapse of the Khamenei Doctrine
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...
September 23, 2024
Iran’s Russia Problem
Iran’s newish president and foreign minister could hardly be more different in demeanor.
August 1, 2024
A Wake-Up Call for Iran
Ismail Haniyeh should have known that Tehran wasn’t a safe place for him to be.
July 10, 2024
Iran’s Supreme Leader Is Worried
Iran has taken a turn that hardly anyone could have seen coming a few short months ago.
June 27, 2024
Even the Iranian Election Is About Trump
A specter is haunting Iran’s presidential election—the specter of Donald Trump’s return to office.
June 13, 2024
Who Will Be Iran’s Next President?
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...
May 28, 2024
What if Iran Already Has the Bomb?
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...
May 20, 2024
Who Would Benefit From Ebrahim Raisi’s Death?
Accidents 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, 2024
Is Iran a Country or a Cause?
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...
April 12, 2024
Iran’s Deadly Message to Journalists Abroad
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...
January 31, 2024
Iran’s Proxies Are Out of Control
Iran and the United States have been in a shadow war with each other for years.
January 15, 2024
The Houthis Have Backed Iran Into a Corner
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...

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