Iran Liberalism

DAVID WURMSER WAS  a longtime advocate of war with Iraq in the Bush administration. Eventually, he got what he wanted, and it was a total disaster. Now, Wurmser again has the ear of a president this time, Donald Trump and his sights are set firmly on Iran. …

(Bloomberg) -- Want to receive this post in your inbox every day? Sign up for the Balance of Power newsletter, and follow Bloomberg Politics on Twitter and Facebook for more. Iran has swiftly cracked down on protests that sprouted over its coverup of the sho…

Among those sanctioned were the secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council, the deputy chief of staff of the armed forces and the commander of the Basij militia that has been responsible for a brutal crackdown on anti-government protests. We are st…

Victims Ukraine Crash Reuters/Nazanin Tabatabaee;Imperial College London A Ukraine International Airlines flight carrying 176 people crashed minutes after it took off from Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport early on Wednesday. There were no survivors. …

US President Donald Trump speaks about the situation with Iran in the Grand Foyer of the White House on January 8, 2020. (Yasin Ozturk / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Thank you for signing up. For more from The Nation, check out our latest issue. Thank y…

Tehran  Hours after President Trump said Iran appeared to be "standing down" after an intense week of soaring tension, a senior Iranian military commander vowed Thursday that there would be "harsher revenge" taken against the U.S. Mr. Trump indicated on Wedne…

It didn’t take long for Iran to retaliate for the assassination of Qasem Soleimani. Early Wednesday morning, two U.S. bases in Iraq were hit by missiles fired from Iran, an action Iranian officials termed payback for what Foreign Minister Javad Zarif describe…

TEHRAN, Iran -- A researcher with dual French-Iranian nationality held for months in a notorious Tehran prison will not be tried on espionage charges, her lawyer said Tuesday. But she and another French researcher still face other security-related charges. …

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) A researcher with dual French-Iranian nationality held for months in a notorious Tehran prison will not be tried on espionage charges, her lawyer said Tuesday. But she and another French researcher still face other security-related charges. …

In a piece for The New Yorker this Monday, Robin Wright contends that when it comes to the Trump administration’s claim that the targeted killing of Iranian General Qassem Suleimani will make US forces safer in the Middle East, “nothing seems further from the…