Iranian voters picked a moderate president
Hussein Banai discusses Iran's power structure and the big takeaways from the 2024 presidential elections.
Iran’s president has died. What happens now?
Iran has a succession plan – and a population that’s deeply dissatisfied with the current regime.
Iranian women have been protesting mandatory hijab for decades
Both outside and within Iran’s government, women have been strategizing for this moment. So why did the movement catch fire now?
Are Iran’s hijab protests different from past protest waves?
Broader and broader swaths of society are showing that they’re outraged, with grievances that won’t soon go away.
How the Ukraine crisis could make the Syrian civil war worse
Shifting Russian troops away from Syria risks opening up new threats
Iran passed restrictions on contraception and abortion. Will that distract protesters from the economy?
Controlling women’s bodies may not work as well this round
Iran elected a hard-liner president. What does that mean for the nuclear deal?
Ebrahim Raisi’s anti-Western views may limit the benefits that many Iranians hope to see under a revival of the deal
We know one thing about Iran’s new president, even before this week’s election. He won’t be a reformer.
The consolidation of power within the Revolutionary Guard leaves little room for opposition politicians
In Iran’s elections, the hard-liners lost. What comes next?
[caption id="attachment_58885" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Supporters of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani