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How Iran Will Elect Its President, and Why He Matters
Bloomberg· 3 days agoIran is scheduled to hold a snap presidential election on June 28 following the death of Ebrahim ...
Iran Helicopter Crash Shows Tehran's Reliance on an Aging Fleet as Well as Its Challenges at Home
US News & World Report· 5 days agoBy the time Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi boarded his window seat on a helicopter ferrying him, the foreign minister and six others, thick clouds already ...
Iran OKs 6 Candidates for Presidential Race, but Again Blocks Ahmadinejad
US News & World Report· 4 days agoThe council again barred former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a firebrand populist known for the crackdown that followed his disputed 2009 re-election, from running. The council’s decision ...
The Middle East’s Perfect Storm
The National Interest· 6 days agoAs Israel launches its offensive on Rafah at the peril of the hostages and its international standing, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again...
Russia's New Co-Operation Pact With Iran Suspended, RIA Agency Reports
US News & World Report· 2 days ago"This is a strategic decision of the leadership of the two countries," RIA cited Zamir Kabulov, the foreign ministry official as saying. There was no immediate comment from the Iranian side.
The Forgotten World War III Scare of 1980
Foreign Policy Magazine· 4 days agoOn Sept. 2, 1980, a U.S. government Special Coordination Committee met to try to determine how to deter a large-scale Soviet invasion of Iran. The...