List of Iran articles
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A man rides a horse next to the remains of an Iranian missile near the Israeli settlement of Tekoa in the occupied West Bank, on June 29. Iran and the Logic of Limited Wars
No one wants a long war, and doing nothing was no longer an option.
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Empress Farah Pahlavi in coronation attire with crown and robe, followed by attendants, during a royal ceremony in an ornate palace. Empress Farah Pahlavi and the Myth of the Secular Shah
Both admirers and critics see Iran’s Pahlavi dynasty as the embodiment of pro-Western modernization. But was it?
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Demonstrators raise their phones showing images of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest against cartoons depicting Khamenei published by French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, outside the French embassy in Iran's capital Tehran on January 11, 2023. Iran Policy Has Gone Postmodern
The Trump administration’s analysis of the war with Iran is an exercise in pure narrative.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks during a dinner at the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 7. Do Trump and Bibi Have a Longer-Term Middle East Strategy?
Tom Friedman on the region’s big shifts—and how the rest of the world sees it.
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Participants place radiation signs during a simulated nuclear emergency drill in Tehran on November 5, 2015. Iran’s Collapse Could Cause a Nuclear Security Nightmare
Washington would struggle to secure dangerous materials, technologies, and expertise.
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A scientist measures the radio-dose of a gamma container and a neutron container with a Geiger Mueller Detector during a demonstration of the MobileSearch X-ray Inspection System July 23, 2002 in Washington. Iran Can Already Build a Dirty Bomb
A bomb with uranium would be easy enough for Tehran to make—but may not make sense to use.
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Personal items are seen amid the destruction of a residential property in northern Tehran on June 29. Strikes on Iran Validate North Korea’s Nuclear Sprint
The United States and Israel are speeding up the collapse of nonproliferation.
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French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac and Iraqi Vice President Saddam Hussein look up during a visit to the Cadarache nuclear research center in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, France, on Sept. 6, 1975. The Lessons of Osirak for Israel and Iran
The 1981 strike on an Iraqi reactor jolted Baghdad’s nuclear program into high gear.
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A view of the destruction at Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran, after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike on June 23, viewed on July 1. What the War Changed Inside Iran
The regime has been pushed to the edge of strategic pivot.
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Iranians prepare for the Persian New Year, or Nowruz, in Tajrish Square, Tehran, on March 19. Why Don’t the Iranian People Rise Up?
A demonstrably unpopular regime maintains total control down to the neighborhood level.
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US President Donald Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House in Washington, DC, on April 7. Less Gloating and More Diplomacy Are Needed to Heal the Middle East
In D.C. visit, Netanyahu is expected to toast Trump for U.S. attack on Iran.
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U.S. President Donald Trump announces U.S. strikes on Iran with Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth standing alongside, at the White House in Washington on June 21. An Emerging Trump Doctrine?
Success in the Middle East could be a template for a new approach to Russia’s war.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech during the CyberTech conference in Tel Aviv on Jan. 29, 2019. For Netanyahu, Another Term as Israel’s Leader?
He’s hoping the Iran war will erase the stain of Oct. 7.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a handover ceremony for the new Israeli chief of staff on January 15, 2019 at the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv. Israel’s War on Iran Backfired
Despite what it claims, Israel failed to achieve its goals in its latest war.
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Trump and Hegseth sit side-by-side at a table. The U.S. flag is behind them. Hypermasculinity Is Driving U.S. Foreign Policy
Trump’s approach to Iran shows that America’s crisis of manhood has hit the global stage.
