Iran

Iran Man

Rick Santorum says he's been studying Iran for a decade. But does he know what he's talking about?

BY URI FRIEDMAN | FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Canceling the Mullahs' Credit Card

How to sever Iran's financial lifeline.

BY MARK DUBOWITZ, JONATHAN SCHANZER | FEBRUARY 1, 2012

The Diaspora's Conscience

Does the National Iranian American Council have a moral obligation to speak out against the ayatollahs?

BY PETER KOHANLOO, SOHRAB AHMARI | FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Mexican Standoff

Republicans have a historic chance to win the Hispanic vote. They're shooting themselves in the foot.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | JANUARY 27, 2012

Why Stop There?

The Obama administration's leaner, meaner military may be still too big.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 26, 2012

Slipping Past the Censors

What controversial cinematic history can explain about Iran.

BY ABEL KEREVEL | JANUARY 23, 2012

All Silk Roads Lead to Tehran

Sanctions aren't the answer. If Washington is serious about building a new economic and security architecture across South and Central Asia, it can’t avoid working with Iran.

BY NEIL PADUKONE | JANUARY 23, 2012

Interview: Dennis Ross

Washington's guru of Middle East peace talks to Foreign Policy about whether Obama's Iran policy will backfire -- and why the Palestinian push for statehood could wreck the United Nations.

INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | JANUARY 20, 2012

Stop the Madness

Despite all the hype, Iran's nuclear program has yet to violate international law. It's time to calm down, think, and above all halt the rush to war.

BY YOUSAF BUTT | JANUARY 19, 2012

A Tale of Two Diasporas

Iraqi exiles were gung-ho to overthrow Saddam. So why are Iranian-Americans so keen on dialogue with the mullahs who rule Iran?

BY REZA MARASHI | JANUARY 19, 2012

Radioactive Politics

Why President Obama might be in serious trouble when it comes to his handling of Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

BY SCOTT CLEMENT | JANUARY 18, 2012

Threats and Promises

Do Obama’s red-lines with Iran and others really mean “or else”?

BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 13, 2012

False Flag

A series of CIA memos describes how Israeli Mossad agents posed as American spies to recruit members of the terrorist organization Jundallah to fight their covert war against Iran.

BY MARK PERRY | JANUARY 13, 2012

The 20 Percent Solution

Iran's provocative uranium-enrichment program is at the center of its confrontation with the West. It's also, potentially, the way out.

BY OLLI HEINONEN | JANUARY 11, 2012

Iran's Kamikaze Hormuz Threat

Will Tehran really shut off one of the world’s most important oil chokepoints? Only if it is truly desperate.

BY AFSHON OSTOVAR | JANUARY 9, 2012

Fighting Words

Mitt Romney and the GOP hopefuls sure like to talk tough about Iran’s nuclear threat. But if one of them wins in November, it’ll mean he'll have to walk the walk.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | JANUARY 6, 2012

Who’s Sanctioning Whom?

Is the United States really upping the pressure on Iran, or just hurting itself?

BY ROBIN MILLS | DECEMBER 23, 2011

Don't Just Do Something, Stand There!

What should America do about the Arab Spring? Not much.

BY F. GREGORY GAUSE III | DECEMBER 21, 2011

The Last Prisoner

The fate of a senior Hezbollah commander captured in Iraq raises questions about what the United States accomplished in Mesopotamia -- and the future of its shadow war with Iran.

BY MITCHELL PROTHERO | DECEMBER 16, 2011

Is Foreign Policy Obama's Safe Zone?

Not among Republicans.

BY SCOTT CLEMENT | DECEMBER 14, 2011

Game Change

From reciprocal nuclear reductions to making nice with Iran, 5 bold moves that could change the world.

BY STEPHEN M. WALT | DECEMBER 13, 2011

Next Year, in Review

From the fall of Ahmadinejad, Assad, Castro, and Chavez to the rise of cyberattacks -- the top 13 stories that could dominate the headlines in 2012.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | DECEMBER 12, 2011

Iran Has America's Super Spy Drone. So What?

Getting caught every once in a while is all part of the intelligence game.

BY MICAH ZENKO | DECEMBER 9, 2011

How to Smoke Opium in Tehran

A rare visit to an Iranian opium den.

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Chasing the Dragon in Tehran

Behind its façade of Muslim piety, Iran is one of the most drug-addled countries in the world.

BY ROLAND ELLIOTT BROWN | NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The Nuclear Options

Barack Obama's Iran policy is frustrating, slow-moving, and fraught with uncertainty. But have you taken a look at the alternatives?

BY JAMES TRAUB | NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Ayatollah for a Day

I war-gamed an Israeli strike on Iran -- and it got ugly.

BY KARIM SADJADPOUR | NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Atomic Dreams

With new evidence that Iran’s nuclear weapons program is gaining steam, the Islamic Republic is once again in the world’s crosshairs.

BY MARK HIBBS | NOVEMBER 9, 2011

The Persian Incursion

What I learned as the armchair general of a paper Israeli air force.

BY MICHAEL PECK | NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Trouble over Tehran

Five reasons that Israel and the United States might want to think long and hard about preemptively striking Iran's nuclear facilities.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | NOVEMBER 8, 2011