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Trump’s Fundamental Misunderstanding in Iran

Karim Sadjadpour

April 7, 2026

Illustration showing Trump, Iran imagery, and an optical illusion

Trump May Not Be Able to End This War

Pegah Banihashemi and Paul Poast

March 18, 2026

A color photo showing portraits of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei displayed alongside Iranian flags at a rally.

Glimpsing Victory in Iran

Mark Dubowitz and Richard Goldberg

March 16, 2026

Photograph of black silhouettes of military personnel beneath the wing of a fighter jet as the sun shines brightly behind them

The Iranian Regime Doubles Down

Karim Sadjadpour

March 10, 2026

Collage of red and black maps of Iran with arrows and Mojtaba Khamenei's face

Meet the Nepo-tollah

March 9, 2026

Black and white illustration of Mojtaba Khamenei against a red and green geometric background.

What Iran Might Do When It Has Nothing to Lose

Colin P. Clarke

March 7, 2026

Old photograph of people standing in the wreckage of a bombed building.

Trump Has Lost the Plot in Iran

Karim Sadjadpour

March 4, 2026

Illustration with black-and-white photographs of Mojtaba Khamenei, Ali Larijani, and Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf with a red backdrop

Hubris Without Idealism

March 2, 2026

Photo-illustration with images of Donald Trump, George W. Bush, and George H. W. Bush against an abstract backdrop resembling an American flag.

Why Khamenei Is Dead

March 1, 2026

Iranian leader Ali Khamenei

The Death of Khamenei and the End of an Era

Karim Sadjadpour

February 28, 2026

Women in chadors surround a large framed photograph of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

National Security

What Are the Chances Trump Attacks Iran?

Nancy A. Youssef and Vivian Salama

January 30, 2026

A portrait of Ayatollah Khomeini leaning against a white wall amid rubble and debris

What Iranians Want From Trump

January 20, 2026

Protesters in New York City carry Iranian royalist flags and placards.

Trump’s Fateful Choice in Iran

Karim Sadjadpour

January 16, 2026

A frame grab from footage circulating on social media showing protesters dancing and cheering around a bonfire in Tehran, Iran

Is the Iranian Regime About to Collapse?

Karim Sadjadpour and Jack A. Goldstone

January 10, 2026

A photo of the protests in Iran

‘Nobody Knows What to Do About the Future’

December 17, 2025

A distorted portrait of Khamenei with the reflection of overhead lights over one of his eyes

Horrible and Devastating—And Worse, Not Shocking

December 15, 2025

A color photograph of a paramedic running with a stretcher

Why Iran Hit Australia

August 28, 2025

Photograph of flowers hanging from the fence at the Adass Israel Synagogue

Iran’s Stunning Incompetence

June 13, 2025

People gather at the scene of a residential complex struck by Israel in Tehran.

In the Game of Spy vs. Spy, Israel Keeps Getting the Better of Iran

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

May 16, 2024

Binoculars with the Iranian flag on one lens and the Israeli flag on the other