International Relations

Hormuz is testing not only energy markets, but the petrodollar order that bound U.S. power, Middle Eastern oil, and dollar...

Trump, Tehran, and Israel still see victory as possible; the war has not yet reached the point where cost and...

Vahabi argues the Hormuz crisis exceeds past oil shocks and may bring inflation, stagnation, and social breakdown in Iran. Mehrdad...

Three experts reflect on the strike on Asaluyeh, warning of deepening hardship for workers, economic disruption, and a widening regional...

Ali Rasouli argues that Larijani was an executor, not a strategist, and that his assassination matters less than the regime’s...

A woman in Tehran describes fear, displacement, checkpoints, collapsing livelihoods, and a war that has tightened repression instead of opening...

Strikes reportedly hit Tehran’s leadership compound and military sites nationwide; Iran answered with rapid missile waves as explosions, interceptions, and...

After January’s massacre, mourning and war panic mingle with intensifying silencing and diaspora disputes, as Iranians argue over how to...

Iran is suspended between war and prolonged uncertainty, drifting from fear into numb exhaustion as everyday talk swings between hope,...

Washington’s message to the Islamic Republic is blunt: act like a “rational” Middle East player, choose between the U.S. and...