Iran
Avenging the Supreme Leader’s Death in the War Is State Policy, and Iranian Media and Officials Reflect It
The Prime Minister Didn’t Present Promised New Iran Intel or Issue Additional Threats Against the Regime, or Talk About Saudi Peace
Post-Assad Syria Has Become the Primary Theater in Which Competing Visions for the Region’s Future Are Being Tested
Erdoğan’s Seeming Obsession with Homosexuality Is Not Unlike Closeted Homosexuals Who Are Among the Most Self-Hating
Trump Could Still Decide to Win the War, Though He Would Need to Defy Opponents from Both Ends of the Spectrum
Forum Calls on IRS, FEC, State and Local Election Authorities, and Congress to Examine Tax-Exempt Groups Named in the Report, Several With Ties to Iran, Türkiye, or the Muslim Brotherhood
Iranian Kurds Can Help the United States Win, but They Will Not Do So on Promises Alone
While Beijing Frequently Speaks the Language of Diplomacy, It Expands Infrastructure That Gives It Leverage in the Region
Ehsan Khandouzi Has Qualities That May Matter More in Tehran than an Ability to Understand Economics
Police High Schools Extend the Regime’s Ideological Recruitment into Adolescence
There Are Not Many Opportunities Left for Netanyahu to Capture Headlines — And Potentially Move Crucial Votes — In Israel
Iranian Judicial Authorities Ordered the Closure of the Centre de Langue Française in Tehran, a Language Institute Affiliated with the French Embassy
Iran May Be Losing Confidence in Traditional Militias and Is Turning to Smaller Cells Tied to the Revolutionary Guard
The Regime Has Compiled a List of More than 100 Diaspora Members Who Will Be Allowed to Return to Iran
Bank Mellat’s Istanbul Closure Exposes the Limits of Ankara’s Defiance of U.S. Sanctions.
Iranian and Allied Expertise Underpins the Houthis’ Expanding Military Reach
While Al-Zaidi Promised the White House He Would Extricate Iranian Influence, He Has Since Hedged His Bets
The Most Conservative Hardliners Worry That the Regime Is Losing Its Islamic Posture