Iran

An Iranian veiled woman waves an Iran’s flag as she arrives the University of Tehran to take part Friday prayers ceremonies before a pro-government rally against Iran’s anti government unrests, after Tehran’s Friday prayers, September 23, 2022. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

The reason Iran turned out to be so repressive

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

A newspaper with a cover picture of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police" is seen in Tehran, Iran September 18, 2022. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Will protests in Iran end the Islamic Republic?

Suzanne Maloney and David Dollar

Monday, October 3, 2022

Protests in Iran

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EDT

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris offers condolences to United Arab Emirates' President and ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan after the death of UAE's President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan at the Presidential Airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 16, 2022. United Arab Emirates Ministry of Presidential Affairs/Handout via REUTERS

Biden’s difficult task: Reviving US partnerships in the Middle East

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, July 8, 2022

A houthi supporter carries a weapon during a protest against USA and Saudi Arabia calling on the end of war in Yemen, a day after the truce was renewed in Sanaa.

Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia is a chance to end the war in Yemen

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Ibrahim Kalin, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman and chief foreign policy adviser, meets with Finnish delegation led by the State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jukka Salovaara, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Ankara, Turkey May 25, 2022. Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS

Turkey’s threat to derail Swedish and Finnish NATO accession reraises the Kurdish question

Friday, June 3, 2022

Iran's and U.S.' flags are seen printed on paper in this illustration taken January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Reviving the JCPOA is the better alternative — but can it be made sustainable?

May 2022

Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr shake hands with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in Najaf, Iraq January 6, 2022. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

Muqtada al-Sadr’s alliance: An opportunity for Iraq, the US, and the region

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Smoke billows from a Saudi Aramco's petroleum storage facility after an attack in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia March 26, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Yemen: Peace at last?

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Enrique Mora and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria December 3, 2021. EU Delegation in Vienna/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

Iran’s nuclear aspirations

Suzanne Maloney and Fred Dews

Friday, February 18, 2022

FILE PHOTO: A drone aircraft is put on display at an exhibition at an unidentified location in Yemen in this undated handout photo released by the Houthi Media Office July 9, 2019. Houthi Media Office/Handout

Yemen war spreads to the UAE

Thursday, February 10, 2022

Members of the Iraqi predominantly Shia Muslim Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) parade symbolic coffins at Baghdad's Tahrir Square during a rally organized to mark the second anniversary of the United States airstrikes that targeted weapons depots and command centres of the Iran-backed Hezbollah Brigades. The targeted paramilitary group, which constitutes part of the PMF, suffered dozens of casualties in the attacks that took place in Al-Qa'im, an Iraqi town located near the Syrian border. 12/29/2021, Ameer Al Mohammedaw/dpa

New vulnerabilities for Iraq’s resilient Popular Mobilization Forces

Ranj Alaaldin and Vanda Felbab-Brown

Thursday, February 3, 2022

Houthi supporters demonstrate against Saudi-led air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen January 21, 2022. REUTERS/Adel Al-Khadher

The Houthis have won in Yemen: What next?

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

British Minister of State for Middle East, North Africa and North America James Cleverly, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pose for a photo at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin, Germany January 20, 2022. Kay Nietfeld/Pool via REUTERS

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard — January 2022

Monday, January 31, 2022

A Taliban fighter stands guard at a checkpoint during a snowfall in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 3, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara

The proxy wars in Afghanistan, Yemen, and Pakistan

Bruce Riedel and Sajjan Gohel

NATO DEEP Dive

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Enrique Mora and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani and delegations wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria December 17, 2021. EU Delegation in Vienna/EEAS/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

Why bombing Iran is (still) a bad idea

Bruce Riedel and Annelle R. Sheline

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gesture during a rally commemorating the annual Hezbollah Martyrs' Day in Nabatieh, Lebanon, November 11, 2021. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

Is Hezbollah overplaying its hand inside Lebanon?

Stephanie T. Williams

Friday, November 19, 2021

File photo dated March 25, 2003 of United States President George W. Bush (R) speaks next to US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (C) and US Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz (L) during a visit at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Donald Rumsfeld, the acerbic architect of the Iraq war and a master Washington power player who served as US secretary of defense for two presidents, has died at the age of 88. Photo by Alex Wong/Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Reflections on the long-term repercussions of September 11 for US policy in the Middle East

Itamar Rabinovich

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

The flag of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban) is pictured from the Dowqarun border crossing between Iran and Afghanistan, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran August 29, 2021. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Will the Taliban regime survive?

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden SPEAKS with Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Treat Iraq’s Iran-aligned militias like ISIS

Friday, July 30, 2021