In Iran, the Big Winner Is None of the Above
A second round between an extremist and a reformist will put the logic of boycott to the test.
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The presidential candidates can’t seem to talk about foreign policy without talking about him.
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Khamenei has set the stage for Iran’s presidential election.
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For the first time, Iranian officials are openly threatening to build a nuclear weapon—and even intimating that they already have.
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If the Iranian president turns out to have lost his life in a helicopter crash, it will set off a fierce scramble for power.
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The ideologues are winning a decades-long battle over Tehran’s foreign policy.
Ordinary Iranians Don’t Want a War With Israel
The people of Iran know that their main enemy is at home.
FPTV / AFP / Getty Iran’s Deadly Message to Journalists Abroad
A stabbing in London has energized those it was likely meant to silence.
Illustration by Paul Spella / The Atlantic. Sources: Ali Shirband/ Mizan News/ AFP / Getty; Amy Sussman / Getty; Iran International. Too Much Purity Is Bad for the Left
If socialists want to be a political force in America, they need to form coalitions, defend democracy, and change real people’s lives.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Javier Soriano; Debarchan Chatterjee; Chris McGrath; Bauzen / Getty. Iran’s Proxies Are Out of Control
By tying Iran’s fate to an unruly Axis, Khamenei has endangered his country and put it at serious risk of war.
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