Iran

A member of Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces) holds a flag of Kataib Hezbollah militia group during a protest to condemn air strikes on their bases, in Baghdad, Iraq December 31, 2019. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily

Biden’s decision to strike Iran’s proxies is a good start

Friday, February 26, 2021

Female protesters holds placards and shout anti-government slogans as they took part in demonstration held in the capital Tunis, to call for the fall of the regime and to protest against the 'police violence' used during the latest nightly protests that broke in the country. They called for the release of the young protesters arrested by the police.Protesters chanted slogans, some of them had marked the uprising against the authoritarian regime of the former Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali during the Tunisian revolution. The demonstration took place under the slogan: "National march against the return of the police state and Ennahdha's militias". Tunisia, January 23, 2021.Des manifestantes tiennent des pancartes et chantent des slogans antigouvernement alors qu'elles participent a une manifestation qui s'est tenue dans la capitale Tunis, pour appeler a la chute du regime et pour protester contre la 'violence policiere' employee lors des dernieres protestations nocturnes qui ont eclate dans le pays. Ils ont demande la liberation des jeunes manifestants arretes par la police. Les manifestants ont scande des slogans dont certains avaient marque le soulevement populaire contre le regime autoritaire du dictateur et ancien president de la Tunisie, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali pendant la revolution tunisienne. La manifestation s'est deroulee sous le slogan : "Marche nationale contre le retour de l'Etat policier et des milices d'Ennahdha". Tunisie, le 23 janvier 2021.NO USE FRANCE

Biden says he will listen to experts. Here is what scholars of the Middle East think.

Marc Lynch and Shibley Telhami

Friday, February 19, 2021

Shi'ite fighters gather to fight against Islamic State militants in al-Fatha, northeast of Baiji, October 18, 2015. Iraqi forces backed by Shi'ite militia fighters say they have retaken a mountain palace complex of former President Saddam Hussein from Islamic State fighters, as government forces push ahead on a major offensive against the insurgents. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

To save Iraq from economic collapse and fight ISIS, contain Iran’s proxies

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Syrian President Bashar al Assad visits Syrian army troops in war-torn northwestern Idlib province, Syria, in this handout released by SANA on October 22, 2019. SANA/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE.

Pity the nation: Assessing a half-century of Assadist rule

Steven Heydemann

Monday, December 14, 2020

Funeral of assassinated Iranian nuclear scientist November 30, 2020, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran: A handout picture provided by the Iranian defense ministry office shows the coffin of slain Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is being carried inside the Shrine of Imam Reza, during a funeral ceremony in the city of Mashhad, northeastern Iran, 29 November 2020. With a funeral worthy of the Islamic Republic s greatest martyrs , Tehran paid a final tribute to a scientist killed in an assassination blamed on Israel and promised to continue his work. Fakhrizadeh died on November 27 in a hospital from his wounds after assailants targeted his card and engaged in a gunfight with his bodyguards outside Tehran, according to Iran s defen Poolfoto ZUMAPRESS.com ,EDITORIAL USE ONLYNo Use Switzerland. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use Austria

Iran will lose the battle, but win the war

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

REFILE - CORRECTING TYPO An Iranian woman holds a red flower as she attends a ceremony to bury remains of 150 "martyrs" from 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war in Tehran, Iran June 27, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee/West Asia News Agency via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

How the Iran-Iraq war will shape the region for decades to come

Friday, October 9, 2020

Security men wearing protective masks stand on a street during a 24-hour curfew amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sanaa, Yemen May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Yemen’s disaster becomes “cataclysmic”

Monday, July 6, 2020

Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Mustafa al-Kadhimi delivers a speech during the vote on the new government at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, May 7, 2020. Iraqi Parliament Media Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Was Iraq’s prime minister right to go after an Iranian proxy?

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Iranians wearing protective face masks ride the metro, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tehran, Iran, June 28, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

Reopening the World: Reopening Iran

Suzanne Maloney

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Iranian lawmakers attend the opening ceremony of Iran's 11th parliament, practicing social distancing as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Tehran, Iran, May 27, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

What explains the decline of Iran’s moderates? It’s not Trump

Ali Fathollah-Nejad and Amin Naeni

Monday, June 15, 2020