Iran
Iranians Fed up with Crime Are Likely to Direct Their Anger Toward the Islamic Republic
State Policies, Religious Decrees, and Social Hostility Make It Difficult for LGBTQ+ Muslims to Live Openly
If Trump Wants to Do More than Make Headlines, He Should Help Resolve the Water Crisis
The Internal Unrest Is Iran’s Achilles’ Heel as the Trump Administration Continues to Seek a Nuclear Deal
Urging Solidarity, Activists Hope the Truckers’ Strike Could Become a Catalyst to Threaten the Islamic Republic
A New JCPOA-Style Agreement Would Not Stabilize the Middle East but Re-Empower Iran at the Precise Moment When Its Regional Project Is Weakening
To Deal With the Energy Deficit, the Regime Has Blamed Citizens for Excessive Consumption and Proposed a Price Hike
The Islamic Republic Has Squandered $1.5 Trillion in Oil Revenues Through Ideological Adventures, Mismanagement, and Insider Corruption
With a Fundamental Impasse on Nuclear Talks, Israeli Officials Have Shifted from Quiet Preparation to Barely Concealed Readiness
Iran Already Has Enough Highly-Enriched Uranium to Produce Multiple Nuclear Weapons Within Weeks—and Can Deliver Them
Iranians Are Not Following the Clerics’ Dictate to Prop Up the Birth Rate, Which Has Been at Sub-Replacement Level Since 1999
Having Vowed to End Tehran’s Path to Nuclear Weapons, Trump Faces a Difficult Choice of Compromise or Confrontation
Iran’s Regime Has Been Unable to Properly Develop Its Share of a Critical Natural Gas Field—and That’s Good for Qatar
Decades of Islamic Republic Rule Has Changed the Spirit of Iran’s Artistic Spheres
Precedent Suggests That Even If Negotiations Progress, Iran Could Freeze the Process at a Critical Juncture
Pakistan’s Nuclear Drive Is America’s Original Sin
In 46 Years Under Shi’ite Clerics, Iran Has Slid Into International Isolation and Economic Decay
What Began as a State-Sanctioned Workaround for Sanctions Has Mutated Into a Security Vulnerability