Ali Khamenei

Ahmadinejad vs. The Ayatollah

Abbas Milani | Jun 21, 2011

A battle royal between the president and the supreme leader has engulfed Tehran. The result? Khamenei and his allies are methodically and ruthlessly establishing the planet’s most unabashed theocratic despotism.

Zoroaster and the Ayatollahs

Abbas Milani | Dec 16, 2010

Iran's culture wars between its Persian imperial past and Arab Muslim influence have been raging since long before the 1979 revolution.

Pariahs in Tehran

Kenneth M. Pollack | Oct 20, 2010

We shouldn't believe all we hear about the success of Obama's Iran strategy. The world needs to put a stranglehold on Tehran.

Dreams of Babylon

Ryan Crocker | Jun 28, 2010

Iraq is not yesterday’s war. If Obama withdraws too quickly, the tenuous peace will collapse.

Patient Stabilized?

Stephen Biddle | Feb 29, 2008

Iraq may be emerging from intensive care, but it could use a bit more stitching up.

Invasive Procedures

Ian Bremmer | Feb 29, 2008

Saving Iraq and Afghanistan will require some extensive operations.

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Commentary

Back to the Future in Iran's Election

Sahar Namazikhah

Reza Marashi

| May 16, 2013

The June elections have been shaken up by the entry of former president Rafsanjani.

Tehran's Almaty Opening

Mehrun Etebari | Apr 12, 2013

The Iranian press was unusually optimistic about the failed Kazakh negotiations. That hints at space for agreement.

Why the Iran Sanctions Don't Work

Bijan Khajehpour

Reza Marashi

Trita Parsi

| Apr 03, 2013

Nobody's happy about the bad economy, but Tehran isn't changing direction anytime soon.

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Blogs

Keeping Iran From Saying Yes

Paul R. Pillar | Dec 29, 2011

The United States has made it almost impossible for Iran to say yes to whatever it is the United States is supposedly demanding of Iran.

Rationality and Centrism in Tehran

Paul R. Pillar | Jul 08, 2011

Politics in Tehran have become more reasonable than politics in Washington.

Books & Reviews

Revivalism, Shi‘a Style

John O. Voll | Jan 03, 2007

Energized Shi‘a represent a powerful challenge to Sunni extremism and jihadism.