Targeted killings can disrupt an adversary, but they rarely lead to collapse — especially when the target is a nation-state like Iran.
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Throughout history, powerful militaries have been thwarted by smaller adversaries with more determination.
These 5 books explore Iran’s Islamic Revolution through religion, politics, mythology and personal experience – and take you inside its prisons.
Conflict between the two nations – often via proxies like Israel – has taken many forms since the 1980s.
It appeared that diplomacy was working, but the strikes by the US and Israel now risk destroying any chance of a peaceful resolution of this crisis.
The attack has come in the middle of talks between Washington and Tehran.
Surveys reveal the overwhelming support for an end to the Islamic Republic.
Interviews with 30 Iranian Canadians help to untangle the roots of political tensions and evolving solidarities in the Iranian diaspora in Canada.
Middle East expert Scott Lucas answers our questions about the politicians vying to become the next president of Iran.
Moderates are likely to be shut out of the race for the presidency, now seen as a stepping stone to Iran’s top job.
How far the violent exchanges between Israel and Iran will escalate may well hinge on how strong the two sides’ leader need to appear to their own people.
Iran has reached a stage in its weapons programme where it would be difficult for a single strike to do significant damage.
Girls’ schools have been at the centre of protests which are shaking the Islamic Republic to its core.
Increasing numbers of Iranians want a government of the people, not a monarchy or an Islamic theocracy.
Iranian women have often used images of actions such as singing and dancing unveiled to show what freedom means to them and to protest the Islamic Republic’s gender oppression.
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