Iran

Atomic Dogs

Why can't the world's nuclear energy watchdog do anything about Fukushima or Iran's weapons program? I went to find out.

BY KONSTANTIN KAKAES | SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The Ahmadinejad Show

The conspiracy theories and fiery anti-American rhetoric remain, but the the Iranian president is a very diminished figure.

BY BARBARA SLAVIN | SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Waiting for Bushehr

The long wait for Iran's first nuclear power plant is finally over. It's now online, but is it ready?

BY ALI VAEZ | SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

The Final Failure

This is no time for either President Obama or the GOP to forget the threat of nuclear weapons.

BY SAMUEL R. BERGER, STEVE ANDREASEN | SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Notes from the Underground

In Tehran, apathy and fear has consumed the discontent and politically active. Now, as the Arab Spring changes the world around them, they live and wait for a miracle.

BY ROLAND ELLIOTT BROWN | AUGUST 31, 2011

900 Channels of the Great Satan

In Iran's latest TV obsession, the Ugly American is -- themselves.

BY AZADEH MOAVENI | SEPT/OCT 2011

The Prince of Persia

Machiavelli’s got nothing on Iran’s Supreme Leader.

BY KARIM SADJADPOUR | JULY 21, 2011

Houston, We Have a Problem

The end of the space shuttle program is a big step back for the United States, and a giant leap forward for everyone else.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JULY 7, 2011

Lift One from the Gipper

Tim Pawlenty has the Reaganite foreign policy talking points down, but do they add up to anything?

BY JAMES TRAUB | JULY 1, 2011

The Cynical Dairy Farmer's Guide to the New Middle East

How a couple of cows explain a changing region: equal opportunity offender edition.

BY KARIM SADJADPOUR | JUNE 15, 2011

The Incredible Shrinking Ahmadinejad

Iran's president is looking weak, and that's just what the supreme leader wants.

BY BARBARA SLAVIN | MAY 25, 2011

Too Big to Fail?

Is Syria's repressive dictatorship really so crucial to Mideast peace and stability that we can't let it fail? The Obama administration still seems to think so.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MAY 12, 2011

Is Ahmadinejad Islamic Enough for Iran?

Why the Iranian president's latest fight with the supreme leader could be his last.

BY ABBAS MILANI | APRIL 29, 2011

The LWOT: Massive cache of Gitmo docs released

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | APRIL 26, 2011

Can Nonviolence Work in Iran?

Iranian philosopher Ramin Jahanbegloo and longtime Italian diplomat and author Roberto Toscano on the future of Iran's opposition.

INTERVIEW BY KARIM SADJADPOUR | APRIL 18, 2011

Outraged in Riyadh

Is the House of Saud dumping Obama?

BY SIMON HENDERSON | APRIL 14, 2011

The Pipeline Paradox

Why is the United States helping Iran sell natural gas?

BY GAL LUFT | APRIL 12, 2011

The LWOT: DC-area man sentenced after terrorism plea; CIA aims to kill, not capture

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | APRIL 12, 2011

Iran's Blue-Collar Revolution

Has President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lost his working-class support base?

BY DARIUSH ZAHEDI, HAMED ALEAZIZ | APRIL 6, 2011

Think Again: The Afghan Drug Trade

Why cracking down on Afghanistan's opium business won't help stop the Taliban -- or the United States' own drug problems.

BY JONATHAN P. CAULKINS, JONATHAN D. KULICK, AND MARK A.R. KLEIMAN | APRIL 1, 2011

Saudi Arabia Strikes Back

The House of Saud's intervention in Bahrain is a slap in the face of the United States, and a setback for peace on the island.

BY JEAN-FRANÇOIS SEZNEC | MARCH 14, 2011

Best of ArabLeaks

Just how much did these cables change the world?

MARCH 9, 2011

The Shark Stops Swimming

Iran's supreme leader has just ousted his most formidable rival. Are the Islamic Republic's political games over? Or are they just beginning?

BY BARBARA SLAVIN | MARCH 8, 2011

Obama Is Helping Iran

How Washington's awkward handling of Middle East uprisings is playing into the hands of the Islamic Republic.

BY FLYNT AND HILLARY MANN LEVERETT | FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Echoes of Belgrade

From Minsk to Cairo, the nonviolent democratic uprisings of the past decade have been influenced by the tactics and imagery of Serbia's 2000 Bulldozer Revolution.

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

The Smiling Cleric's Revolution

Iran's optimistic reformers realize they've hit a dead end.

BY AZADEH MOAVENI | FEBRUARY 16, 2011

The Ripple Effect

From Algeria to Iran and the countries in between, a look at how revolution fever is spreading across the Middle East.

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

What Do Israel and Iran Have in Common?

Their hard-liners want Mubarak out.

BY MEIR JAVEDANFAR | JANUARY 31, 2011

Iran Cracks Down While Egypt Cracks Up

Tehran is claiming that the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt reflect the heady days of 1979. Not so fast says the Green Movement -- it's 2009 that's a better parallel.

BY BARBARA SLAVIN | JANUARY 31, 2011

How Tehran Sees Tunis

From Iran, it's more about 1979 than 2009.

BY MEHRUN ETEBARI | JANUARY 28, 2011