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A woman displays an AI-generated image of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, in an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) military uniform on her cellphone screen during a pro-government rally in downtown Tehran, Iran, on April 6, 2026.

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI as a weapon of war in Iran

Valerie Wirtschafter

April 8, 2026

A man rides a motorcycle past a banner displayed at Valiasr Square in central Tehran on March 10, 2026, depicting Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L) watching as his successor the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (C) hands over a national flag to his son and new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

Iran The Third Islamic Republic

Suzanne Maloney

April 1, 2026

Canakkale, Turkey, November 12,2023: Cargo ship on the Dardanelles strait against evening sunset sky.

Defense & Security Trump, don’t make Churchill’s deadly mistake

Aslı Aydıntaşbaş

March 31, 2026

The U.S. Capitol Building viewed from the National Mall on March 8, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Iran How Congress can prevent a quagmire in Iran

Michael E. O’Hanlon

March 30, 2026

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