The decay of iran

Leadership contenders are lining up following the death of Iran’s supreme leader, including the son of the toppled shah, while the Islamic Republic persists

It’s hard to assess the significance of events ...

THE YEARS DID NOT MELLOW ALI Khamenei. Appointed Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran at age 50, he was the longest-serving ruler in the Middle East at the time of his death at 86 on Feb. 28

In Tehran, “dread and paranoia cloak the city ...

“Authoritarian politics and military aggression are a dangerous mix,” says Ben Rhodes in The New York Times. The decision to wage war on Iran was made by Donald Trump with “no legal basis, little publ

Iran and the US: a history of enmity